

Colonial Legacies and Digital Heritage with Kate Simpson
Living Culture Making Heritage by Kate Huber and Stacey Copeland
Feb 23, 2026
38:01
Episode notes
How does digital heritage reproduce colonial hierarchies of power—or help resist them? Digital Humanities and archival scholar Dr. Kate Simpson (University of Glasgow) sits down with Kate Huber to unpack why heritage is always political. From repatriation to the Global North–South digital divide, they explore how infrastructures, platforms, and access shape what gets preserved, shared, and valued. Recorded during Simpson’s visit to Tilburg University, this conversation asks: who gets to be visible in the archive, and on whose terms?
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Keywords
museum
archives
technology
digital humanities
colonial history
scotland
digital heritage
Where this episode is made
Continent