Introduction

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  • Lydia W. Muthuma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i21.367

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Author Biography

Lydia W. Muthuma

The Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya

 

Lydia Muthuma is a lecturer in the department of visual arts at the Technical University of Kenya. She is also a member of the Academic Committee for the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, the Kenya College of Arms and is the current chair of UNESCO’s national committee for the memory of the world. Dr. Muthuma’s research interests are the historiography of contemporary art in Eastern Africa. Her recent published works include: “The Representation of Womanhood in Kenya’s Contemporary Painting: Mukabi’s mama kibanda” (Paralaxe 1, 2019: 38–52); “The conservation of public monuments as a tool for building collective identity in Nairobi” (in Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Kenya: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach, ed. Anne-Marie Deisser and Mugwima Njuguna. London: UCL Press, 2016). She curated an exhibition: “Changing Perspectives: Nairobi past and present, a photographic story” hosted by Bristol Archives https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk and National Museums of Kenya in June-September 2019.

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Published

15.04.2020

How to Cite

Muthuma, L. W. (2020). Introduction. AM Journal of Art and Media Studies, (21), 23–24. https://doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i21.367

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Contemporary East African Aesthetics – Guest Section Editor Lydia W. Muthuma