Paula Granados is the Head of the EMKP and is responsible for leading the programme on a day-to-day basis. She oversees the implementation of the programme, including digital preservation and curation of ethnographic resources, training, and advocacy for the work of EMKP and the Museum through research and dissemination.
Paula’s background is in the archaeology of the Late Iron Age Iberian Peninsula and Northern Africa with a focus on cross-cultural interaction through material culture. Her research draws on the intersection of cultural heritage and digital technologies, and the challenges of digital preservation particularly when it comes to the modelling of Indigenous epistemologies and alternative ontologies. Her areas of expertise include the collaborative curation of cultural heritage initiatives through digital media and experimental technologies, the creation and mediation of knowledge in museums and data and knowledge modelling via Linked Open Data technologies. Paula is also interested in the application of ethical research to digital technology use, particularly as it relates to accessibility, environmental sustainability, and intellectual property rights.
Paula received her PhD from the Open University. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the ARENET-funded ‘InDIGenius’ programme, to promote the use of digital technologies by Indigenous scholars for language and culture documentation efforts in the Americas, and the steering committee of the Linked Pasts Symposium to connect researchers, curators and practitioners with an interest in historical places.
Dr. Paula Granados García