Fiona Cameron
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| Fiona Cameron | |
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| Affiliation: | Centre for Cultural Research / University of Western Sydney |
| Email: | f.cameron@uws.edu.au |
| Phone: | +61 2 9685 9677 |
| Homepage: | http://uws.edu.au/centre_for_cultural_research/ccr/people/dr_fiona_cameron |
Dr Fiona Cameron is Research Fellow, Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies at the CCR. Fiona’s research interests embrace the concept of the museum and interrelationships between museums and contemporary societies. These interests fall into two research fields. The first examines the social, civic and political roles of museums in contemporary societies, in the representation of contentious subjects, and in a globalising world. The second investigates digital technologies and museum collections.
Dr Cameron is currently Chief Investigator for the ARC Linkage project Reconceptualising Heritage Collections (a partnership with the University of Western Sydney, University of Technology, Sydney and the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney) She has been chief investigator on four other ARC funded grants most notably the international research project Exhibitions as Contested Sites - the roles of museums in contemporary societies Fiona is also a museum practitioner and has worked in the sector as a museum director, a social history curator and as a curatorial consultant on major exhibition projects in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Vanuatu.
