Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Lorna-Jane Richardson is Lecturer in Digital Humanities and Heritage in the School of Art, Media & American Studies. Her research and teaching responsibilities are focused on both digital media and cultural heritage.
The Invisible Women – Developing a Feminist Approach to Film Archive Metadata and Cataloguing
Lorna is Co-I on this UK-Ireland Digital Humanities project, led by UEA and the Irish Film Institute. The project intends to explore how film archives can take practical action to update, enhance and improve catalogue metadata via feminist research methodologies. By using this approach, it will reveal the hidden heritage related to women's creativity.
The Endo Project
Lorna was Co-I on 'The Endo Project', a three year research project funded by the Stiftelsen Marcus och Amalia Wallenbergs Minnesfond, with the University of Umeå, Sweden. This project aimed to understand how people suffering from endometriosis use the internet and social media to cope with their condition. This work relates to a broader research interest in how embodied health movements are using the affordances of digital media to enable user-driven forms of knowledge gathering, and knowledge production, as well as peer-support practices.
Academic Background
Lorna has a PhD (2014), funded by the AHRC, from the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities, titled 'Public Archaeology in a Digital Age'. She also has an MA in Public Archaeology and a BA in Medieval Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology, UCL.
Prior to joining the UEA in 2018, Lorna worked as an AHRC Creative Economy Research Fellow at the University of York, as a postdoctoral researcher in the Digital Social Studies Unit, Department of Sociology at the University of Umea, Sweden, and as an AHRC funded Visiting Researcher at the University of Cambridge Museums.
Prior to returning to HE as a mature student and undertaking her PhD, Lorna worked in the archaeological sector in a number of roles. This included time as a field archaeologist and community archaeologist. She has worked for a number of organisations including the Thames Discovery Programme, Wessex Archaeology, MOLA, L-P Archaeology and the Council for British Archaeology.
Building on her background in community archaeology, she established the Waveney Valley Community Archaeology Group in Norfolk in 2013. She is a Trustee of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeology Society, and the Bungay Museum Trust, and is currently the Curator of Bungay Museum in the Waveney Valley.
Key Research Interests
Lorna's research focuses on the use of digital technologies to support, exclude and contain public discourse, encourage creativity, alternative ideas, lived experience, and the repurposing of expert knowledge in online communities. She has written extensively about public engagement and community participation in archaeology, especially with and through digital media.
Lorna is currently working on a project centred on Stonehenge. This examines public perceptions of the site and it's importance to non-experts, using data drawn from online communities. You can access a comic about her research on Stonehenge here.
Lorna would welcome applications for postgraduate supervision on these aspects of digital media research, including archaeology, archives, museums, digital cultural heritage, or digital humanities more broadly.
Key Responsibilities
Undergraduate Teaching:
Digital Media: Concepts, Technologies & Cultures
Digital Humanities: Theory & Practice
Digital Storytelling
Postgraduate Teaching:
Critical Perspectives in Museums & Heritage
Cultural Heritage & Archiving in a Digital Age
Critical Practice in Museums & Heritage
Areas of Expertise
Lorna's field of expertise is focused on issues of public engagement with archaeology and cultural heritage, especially through digital media.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- Archaeology & Archaeological Science
- public archaeology
- digital heritage
- Electronic Information Resources
- digital humanities
- social media
- internet studies
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The Invisible Women – Developing a Feminist Approach to Film Archive Metadata and Cataloguing
Johnston, K. M., Graham, A., Kelly, S., Richardson, L., Richardson, L., Williams, M. & Frith, P.
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/08/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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EndoSisters – Information work and peer support in a digitally embodied patient movement
1/01/19 → 30/09/21
Project: Research
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Endometriosis pain and epistemic community: Mapping discourses in online discussions among sufferers
Lindgren, S. & Richardson, L., Jun 2023, In: Social Science & Medicine. 326, 115889.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Faculty Report from the Centre for 21st Century Digital Archaeology Studies
Richardson, L-J., 7 Dec 2022, Epoiesen. (Epoiesen: A Journal for Creative Engagement with Archaeology and History )Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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The Dark Side of Digital Heritage: Ethics and Sustainability in Digital Practice
Richardson, L-J., 1 Mar 2022, Critical Archaeology in the Digital Age : Proceedings of the 12th IEMA Visiting Scholar Conference . Gartski, K. (ed.). Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, p. 201-210Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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What's the meaning of Stonehenge
Richardson, L. & Pickering, T., 28 Aug 2021, Epoiesen: A Journal for Creative Engagement with Archaeology and History .Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Reflecting on evaluation in public archaeology
Ellenberger, K. & Richardson, L-J., 2019, In: AP: Online Journal of Public Archaeology. 8, 1, p. 65-94Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile10 Citations (Scopus)39 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Society of Antiquarians of London
Richardson, Lorna (Recipient), Jun 2015
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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What’s the Meaning of Stonehenge?: An Exploration of Public Perceptions & Public Engagement’
Lorna Richardson (Speaker)
16 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Association of Critical Heritage Studies (UK Chapter) (External organisation)
Lorna Richardson (Council Member)
Mar 2023 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
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Stirling University Heritage Seminar: The dark side of digital heritage: ethics and sustainability in digital practice
Lorna Richardson (Speaker)
22 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Post-Medieval Archaeology (Journal)
Lorna Richardson (Editorial board member)
2021 → …Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Association of Internet Researchers (External organisation)
Lorna Richardson (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association