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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Whose Heritage matters. What gets preserved and why do we identify with certain items, places, or histories more than others? Welcome to Living Culture, making heritage.

In collaboration with Digit Magazine, University of Groningen and Tilburg University. Hosted by Kate Huber and Stacey Copeland.

Theme music by Karl Christenson

Podcast Artwork by Clara Daniels

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