Dr Anna Catalani

Programme Leader

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• Monday: 9.30am - 4.00pm (when not teaching)
• Tuesday: 9.30am - 4.00pm (when not teaching)
• Wednesday: 9.30am - 4.00pm
• Thursday: 9.30am -4.00pm

Dr Anna Catalani joined the University of Salford in 2009 as Lecturer in Museum & Heritage Studies. She is currently the programme leader for the MA in Art and Design. Anna holds an MA and PhD in Museum Studies, both from the University of Leicester and a PGCert in Higher Education and Research from the University of Salford.

Postgraduate teaching:

Collections Management; Heritage Interpretation; Visitor Studies; Research Methods.

Undergraduate teaching:

Design awareness; Design and Visual Literacy.

My research interests are  interdisciplinary, with work on creative and cultural tourism, museum studies, heritage interpretation, material culture and identity construction, bridging the gap between heritage-based disciplines, audience engagement, and the cultural and creative industries.

Academic Qualifications:

• Pg.Cert. In HER, University of Salford, Sept. 2009 – July 2010;
• PhD in Museum Studies, AHRC funded University of Leicester, Nov. 2001 – June 2006;
• MA in Museum Studies, University of Leicester (with distinction in the dissertation): Sept. 2000-Sept. 2001;
• Hons. B.A. in Archaeology and History of Art, Pisa University, Italy: Nov. 1993 - Nov. 1999;

Professional Memberships:

• International Council of Museums;
• Leisure Studies Association;
• Museum Association;
• Museum Ethnographers Group;
• Museums and Galleries History Group;
• Royal African Society;
• Tourism Society

Journal Articles

Catalani, A. and Ackroyd T. ‘Hearing heritage: soundscapes and the inheritance of slavery’, Journal of Heritage Tourism, to be published in 2013;

Catalani, A. ‘Representing traditional Yorùbá religious objects in museums: the Western re-making of a cultural heritage’ in Library Trends (Special Issue: Preserving Cultural Heritage), Summer 2007, Vol. 56, No. 1, 66-79.

Catalani, A., Pearce, S. M. ‘Particular thanks and obligations. Antiquarian women in Antiquity, 1770 -1830’, Antiquaries Journal, 254-278. London: Maney Publishing, 2006.

Catalani, A. ‘Objects of religion: interpreting the Yorùbá intangible heritage from a Western perspective’, Journal of Museum Ethnography 2004, March 2004, No. 16, 9-18.

Catalani, A. ‘Oggetti di religione: l’intangibile patrimonio Yorùbá’ in La nuova Museologia, ICOM Italia, Nov. 2003, 9, 21-24.

Book Chapters

Catalani, A. ‘Telling another story: western museums and the creation of non-western identity; in Encouraging Collections Mobility – A Way Forward for Museums in Europe, M. Hagedorn-Saupe, S. Pettersson and A. Weij. eds., 2010, pp. 258-268.

Catalani, A. ‘Yorùbá identities and Western Museums: ethnic pride and artistic representations’, in Heritage and Identity. Engagement and Demission in the Contemporary World, M. Anico & E. Peralta (eds) London: Routledge, 2008, pp.181-192.

Catalani, A. ‘From shrines to glass cases: Yorùbá intangible heritage displayed in western museums’, in Orisa. Yorùbá gods and spiritual identity in Africa and in the Diaspora, Toyin Falola and Ann Genova (eds) Trenton and Asmara: African World Press, 2005, pp. 243-257.