Meet the team

Danny Zborover is Director of the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research and Head of the Americas Section at the British Museum. As an anthropological and historical archaeologist, he collaborates with descendent communities in Latin America in the co-creation of community museums and the preservation of cultural heritage. Danny received his PhD from the University of Calgary and his MA from Leiden University, and held postdoctoral and teaching positions at various universities in North America. He directed and conducted research projects in northern and southern Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, US, and Canada, focusing on the study of long-term colonialism, territoriality, mobility, social memory, mining, and pirates.

Louise Cardoso de Mello is Head of the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research at the British Museum. She is a historian and anthropologist who specialises in Latin American archaeology, with an emphasis on Indigenous peoples and Afro-descendant communities in Amazonia. Louise has held affiliations with the University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Brazil’s National Museum and the Museum of Huelva, finally receiving her PhD from the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Spain and the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Brazil. Her experience encompasses the development of community-based projects for the conservation and promotion of traditional knowledge, memory and heritage mostly in Mexico, Peru and Brazil.

Santiago Valencia Parra is Digital Curator for the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research at the British Museum. His professional background combines art historical and curatorial interests related to the Global South. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), an Art History MA from Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), and a Curating MA from the University of Essex (UK). He has guided creative and communication processes related to artistic and cultural institutions.