Background Information

This website forms part of my university research project, Re-examining History, undertaken during my second year of the Culture, Criticism and Curation undergraduate programme at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. The project was developed within the theoretical framework, reading materials and assignment requirements provided by the course.

My research, grounded in critical theory and cultural analysis, examines how history is produced, legitimised, and disseminated. I do not view history as a neutral record of the past, but rather as a process profoundly shaped by power, ideology, and institutional structures. Crucially, I seek to explore which narratives achieve mainstream status, while which experiences are marginalised, overlooked, or systematically excluded from historical accounts.

This project centres on core themes from Unit 07: Interrogating Histories, focusing on issues of gender, visibility, and power. These are analysed within the context of cultural production, modes of representation, and technological infrastructure. The website content engages with contemporary debates on transantagonism, institutional exclusion, visual mechanisms, and how data systems govern bodies and identities.

I conceive this website as a research-oriented digital publication rather than a commercial or promotional platform. Its primary audience comprises university faculty and students, particularly those engaged in cultural studies, curatorial practice, and critical theory. Through the medium of the web, I seek to explore how scholarly research can be presented within digital spaces while maintaining its theoretical depth and critical rigour.

Ultimately, this project reflects my ongoing concern with how knowledge is curated, history is authorised, and visibility is distributed within cultural institutions and media systems. By revisiting history from marginalised and overlooked perspectives, I seek to challenge mainstream cultural narratives and the power structures underpinning them.