ITP 2025 fellows reports – Africa, Oceania and the Americas

We’re pleased to share the reports written by the 2025 ITP fellows about their experience and learnings from the annual programme.

Click the names to read the reports from the 2025 fellows who spent their British Museum departmental time with the Africa, Oceania and the Americas department:

Daniel Oliveira Lira

Specialist in Indigenous Policies, Museu do Índio / FUNAI (National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples), Brazil

UK partner placement: Manchester Museum, Manchester Art Gallery, Whitworth Art Gallery

Supported by the John S Cohen Foundation

Julián Roa Triana

Museums Consultant, Colombia

UK partner placement: Glasgow Museums

Supported by the de Laszlo Foundation

Fernando Astudillo

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador

UK partner placement: North East Museums

Supported by the John S Cohen Foundation

Kataraina Poi

Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou, Assistant Guardian of Taonga Māori, Tairāwhiti Museum, New Zealand

UK partner placement: Glasgow Museums

Supported by the Edith Murphy Foundation

La’akea Ai

Digital Humanities Specialist, Bishop Museum, Hawaii, USA

UK partner placement: Norfolk Museums Service        

Supported by the Edith Murphy Foundation