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Anthropology, Art & AI
(Human-led | AI-assisted & AI-hybrid | Ethical British Research)
Born-Digital Archivist • Anthropologist • Archival Portrait Photographer
•ND Oral Historian • Creative Technologist • Artist-Researcher
Founder of The Black Art Hub CIC & The Benjamin Zephaniah Community Library & Archives.
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Archive & Oral History Services: PAC
Canterbury Cathedral & the Historical Dockyard Chatham
📣 Current Call-Outs (Participation & Research)
I am currently inviting participants for archival portraiture, oral histories, and cultural documentation:
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Black British Service Personnel / Armed Forces (30+)
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Black women based in Medway
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UK women from all backgrounds (30+)
These contributions form part of a growing born-digital cultural archive.
👉 Register interest / take part →
✊🏾 Summary
This work ensures that lived experience becomes:
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documented
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preserved
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accessible
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recognised as cultural heritage
Member of ARA & Oral History Society (OHS)
A selection from the archival collection project of black-and-white environmental portraits, capturing the tattoo industry within Medway.
A selection from An archival collection project of black-and-white environmental portraits, capturing the tattoo industry within Medway though photographic narration by Michi Masumi
A selection from An archival collection project of black-and-white environmental portraits, capturing the tattoo industry within Medway though photographic narration by Michi Masumi
A selection from the archival collection project of black-and-white environmental portraits, capturing the tattoo industry within Medway.
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Floral Collection - Twydall, Kent, 2018 - 2024
🌍 CULTURAL HERITAGE
Cultural Heritage & Living Archives
My work sits within the field of "born-digital cultural heritage", where lived experience, memory, and identity are actively documented, preserved, and transformed into archival assets (IDCHAA).
Through the DAIACHA framework,
I work across the following:
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intangible cultural heritage (memory, voice, identity)
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digital cultural practices
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oral history and lived experience
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community-led documentation
This work helps create living digital archives, safeguarding cultural narratives from loss, misrepresentation, or exclusion in future records.
I am a transdisciplinary artist-researcher and born-digital archival portraiture photographer working at the intersection of Black British cultural heritage, oral history, and AI-assisted/AI-hybrid creative practice.
My work spans photography, sonic poetry, digital archives, AI-hybrid visual art and cultural anthropology, with a focus on documenting and preserving the lived experiences of Black British women as intangible cultural heritage.
Through a human-led approach to creative technology.
I treat AI as an assistive tool rather than an author – supporting processes, expanding creative possibilities and enabling the development of ethical, community-centred digital archives.
Alongside my creative work, I carefully create digital collections, where each image serves as both art and a cultural record, backed by information about the subjects, their permission, and methods for keeping the digital files safe for a long time.
My work falls within Black Studies and Black British Feminism, contributing to new ways of documenting, archiving, and representing identity through contemporary digital and visual methods.
💼ARCHIVAL SERVICES
Archival Services & Community Archive Development
I offer consultancy and creative services to support individuals, organisations and communities in building born-digital cultural archives.
I am a trained oral historian and ND archivist.
Member of: Oral History Society (OHS), ARA, CAHG, Friends of The National Archive
🧭 Archive Setup & Strategy
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Advice, structure and planning
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Metadata, ethics and workflow systems
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ND-friendly archive design
💰 From £150
🎙 Oral History & Documentation
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Interview design & facilitation
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Recording (audio/video)
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Transcription + archive preparation
💰 From £300 - £600 per session
📸 Archival Photography Services
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Portrait documentation
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Environmental storytelling
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Cultural archive creation
💰 From £250 - £500 per session
👉 Work with me / request a quote →
🏛 Born-Digital Archive Creation
🥉 Tier 1: Cultural Heritage Library Setup
👉 Entry level — ideal for individuals, small groups, early-stage projects
Includes:
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Basic digital library setup
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File organisation system
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Intro to metadata (simple cataloguing)
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Guidance on ethics + consent
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ND-friendly structure
💰 Price: From £850
⏳ Timeframe: 2–6 weeks
🥈 Tier 2: Cultural Heritage Archive (Structured + Catalogued)
👉 Mid-level — for organisations, funded projects, community groups
Includes:
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Everything in Tier 1
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Structured archive system
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Full cataloguing framework (metadata fields)
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File naming + classification system
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Basic preservation guidance (3–2–1)
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Light platform setup or integration
💰 Price: From £2,500
⏳ Timeframe: 8–12 weeks
🥇 Tier 3: Born-Digital Archive Creation (Full System)
👉 High-level —
Includes:
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Full online archive setup (CMS-based)
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Structured collections (IDCHAA)
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Advanced metadata and cataloging system
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Platform build + organisation
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User navigation (ND-friendly design)
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Ethics, consent + governance structure
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Preservation strategy (PAC: Preservation, Archiving, Cataloguing)
💰 Price: From £5,000+
👉 (This option is scalable, and bespoke quotations are provided.)
⏳ Timeframe: 16–26 weeks (4–6 months)
🎯 ADD-ON SERVICES
🎙 Oral History & Documentation
per session/project block
📸 Archival Photography
per session
👉 These can:
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stand alone
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OR feed into Tier 2 & 3 projects