{"id":1261,"date":"2025-10-26T16:54:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knowafrica.uevora.pt\/?page_id=1261"},"modified":"2025-10-26T16:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:58:11","slug":"lennon-mhishi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.knowafrica.uevora.pt\/en\/lennon-mhishi\/","title":{"rendered":"Lennon Mhishi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Lennon Mhishi<\/strong> \u00e9 antrop\u00f3logo e investigador interdisciplinar cujo trabalho articula m\u00fasica, vida social e express\u00f5es criativas africanas e diasp\u00f3ricas, com especial interesse nas interse\u00e7\u00f5es entre museus, cole\u00e7\u00f5es coloniais, arte contempor\u00e2nea, p\u00f3s-escravatura e colonialismo, bem como nas din\u00e2micas contempor\u00e2neas de explora\u00e7\u00e3o, trabalho for\u00e7ado e direitos humanos em contextos africanos. Atualmente \u00e9 Assistant Professor de Antropologia na University of British Columbia (desde 2025), depois de uma not\u00e1vel trajet\u00f3ria de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e curadoria em institui\u00e7\u00f5es de refer\u00eancia internacionais.<\/p>

Entre 2021 e 2025 foi investigador no Pitt Rivers Museum da Universidade de Oxford, no \u00e2mbito do projeto Reconnecting \u201cObjects\u201d: Epistemic Plurality and Transformative Practices in and Beyond Museums<\/em>, financiado pela Volkswagen Stiftung, que promoveu colabora\u00e7\u00f5es entre Oxford, Cidade do Cabo, Dacar, Dschang e Berlim. Nesse contexto, co-curou exposi\u00e7\u00f5es e performances centradas em m\u00fasica, som e reconex\u00e3o de patrim\u00f3nios coloniais com as suas comunidades de origem.<\/p>

Antes disso, foi Investigador P\u00f3s-doutorado na Universidade de Liverpool (2017\u20132021), integrando a Antislavery Knowledge Network<\/em>, onde coordenou estrat\u00e9gias comunit\u00e1rias para enfrentar formas contempor\u00e2neas de explora\u00e7\u00e3o atrav\u00e9s das artes e do patrim\u00f3nio. Liderou projetos criativos e de comunica\u00e7\u00e3o intercultural, incluindo o podcast Creative Paths to Freedom<\/em>, e participou em debates p\u00fablicos sobre escravatura, migra\u00e7\u00e3o e desigualdade racial.<\/p>

\u00c9 membro da rede Black Health and Humanities da Universidade de Bristol, integrando um esfor\u00e7o interdisciplinar para compreender como o pensamento e a criatividade negra respondem a desigualdades hist\u00f3ricas na sa\u00fade e no conhecimento cient\u00edfico. Foi tamb\u00e9m MuseumsLab Fellow (2023) e Early Career Fellow no Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship da Universidade de Oxford (2023\u20132024), onde investigou modelos sustent\u00e1veis de lideran\u00e7a comunit\u00e1ria e transforma\u00e7\u00e3o institucional nos museus.<\/p>

Det\u00e9m um PhD em Antropologia e Sociologia pela School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Universidade de Londres (2017), com a tese Songs of Migration<\/em>, sobre m\u00fasica, identidade e vida diasp\u00f3rica entre zimbabueanos em Londres. \u00c9 tamb\u00e9m mestre pela Monash University (Austr\u00e1lia, 2013) e pela Universidade do Zimbabu\u00e9 (2009), onde iniciou a carreira docente.<\/p>

A sua produ\u00e7\u00e3o acad\u00e9mica inclui artigos em revistas como Global Policy Journal<\/em> e The Republic<\/em>, al\u00e9m de cap\u00edtulos em volumes dedicados \u00e0 biopol\u00edtica, ao racismo m\u00e9dico e \u00e0 mem\u00f3ria colonial. Desenvolveu ainda projetos de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e curadoria como Nursing Nostalgia<\/em> e Prisoners of Love<\/em> (2023), que exploram o papel dos arquivos, das artes e das comunidades na preserva\u00e7\u00e3o de mem\u00f3rias silenciadas.<\/p>

Como conferencista e curador, tem colaborado com museus e institui\u00e7\u00f5es culturais na Europa, \u00c1frica e Am\u00e9rica, incluindo o Berlin Biennale, o Museu Nacional do Qu\u00e9nia, a Universidade do Gana e o Museu de Brooklyn. Em paralelo, atua como membro do conselho do Center for Victims of Torture (2023\u20132026), refor\u00e7ando o compromisso entre pesquisa, \u00e9tica e justi\u00e7a social.<\/p>

A obra e o percurso de Lennon Mhishi distinguem-se pela capacidade de articular investiga\u00e7\u00e3o acad\u00e9mica, pr\u00e1tica art\u00edstica e engajamento comunit\u00e1rio, propondo formas inovadoras de pensar a restitui\u00e7\u00e3o, a mem\u00f3ria e a transforma\u00e7\u00e3o das institui\u00e7\u00f5es culturais num contexto p\u00f3s-colonial.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lennon Mhishi<\/strong> is an anthropologist and interdisciplinary researcher whose work connects African and diasporic music, social life, and creative expression, with a particular interest in the intersections between museums, colonial collections, contemporary art, post-slavery and colonialism, as well as the contemporary dynamics of exploitation, forced labor, and human rights in African contexts. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (since 2025), following a distinguished trajectory of research and curatorial practice in leading international institutions.<\/p>

Between 2021 and 2025, he was a researcher at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, as part of the project Reconnecting \u201cObjects\u201d: Epistemic Plurality and Transformative Practices in and Beyond Museums<\/em>, funded by the Volkswagen Stiftung. This initiative fostered collaborations between Oxford, Cape Town, Dakar, Dschang, and Berlin. Within this framework, he co-curated exhibitions and performances centered on music, sound, and the reconnection of colonial heritage with its source communities.<\/p>

Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool (2017\u20132021), working within the Antislavery Knowledge Network<\/em>, where he coordinated community-based strategies to address contemporary forms of exploitation through the arts and heritage. He led creative and intercultural communication projects, including the podcast Creative Paths to Freedom<\/em>, and participated in public debates on slavery, migration, and racial inequality.<\/p>

He is a member of the Black Health and Humanities network at the University of Bristol, contributing to an interdisciplinary effort to understand how Black thought and creativity respond to historical inequities in health and scientific knowledge. He was also a MuseumsLab Fellow (2023) and an Early Career Fellow at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, University of Oxford (2023\u20132024), where he explored sustainable models of community leadership and institutional transformation in museums.<\/p>

Mhishi holds a PhD in Anthropology and Sociology from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London (2017), with the dissertation Songs of Migration<\/em>, focused on music, identity, and diasporic life among Zimbabweans in London. He also holds master\u2019s degrees from Monash University (Australia, 2013) and the University of Zimbabwe (2009), where he began his academic career.<\/p>

His academic work includes publications in journals such as Global Policy Journal<\/em> and The Republic<\/em>, as well as chapters in edited volumes on biopolitics, medical racism, and colonial memory. He has also developed research and curatorial projects such as Nursing Nostalgia<\/em> and Prisoners of Love<\/em> (2023), which explore the role of archives, the arts, and communities in preserving silenced memories.<\/p>

As a lecturer and curator, he has collaborated with museums and cultural institutions across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, including the Berlin Biennale, the National Museum of Kenya, the University of Ghana, and the Brooklyn Museum. In parallel, he serves as a board member of the Center for Victims of Torture (2023\u20132026), reinforcing the commitment between research, ethics, and social justice.<\/p>

Mhishi\u2019s work and trajectory stand out for their ability to interweave academic research, artistic practice, and community engagement, proposing innovative ways of rethinking restitution, memory, and the transformation of cultural institutions in a postcolonial context.<\/p>

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