Chiara Minestrelli

Chiara is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Media at London College of Communication (University of the Arts London) and Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Contemporary Media Cultures.

She holds a PhD in Indigenous Studies from Monash University, specialising in Australian Indigenous Hip Hop, identity, culture, spirituality and media. Her ethnographic book explores Indigenous artists’ identity construction. As Visiting Professor at Lehigh University, she taught cultural studies topics and organised ethnographic seminars and events featuring Native American artists.

Chiara is passionate about social justice, and her research interests range from Indigenous and cultural studies, decolonisation, identity and representation, popular culture, media industries, digital technologies (primarily VR), digital heritage, museum studies and multimodality.