Danielle Aimée Miles
Research Assistant, Beyond Museum Walls Research GroupDepartment: CaPSL Affiliates
Danielle Aimée Miles is a graduate student at Concordia University in the Art History Department studying under the supervision of Professor Anne Whitelaw, finishing her Master’s Thesis. Danielle’s present research revolves around the institution of Encyclopedic museums in Canada and the exhibition of Classical Antiquity. Her writing applies postcolonial methodologies, critical museology, and narratology, among others, to analyze, but also theorize, innovative approaches to exhibiting collections acquired and presented through outdated and problematic ideologies.expand
The relationship(s) between critical museological theory, display practices, and collecting tendencies are at the very heart of Danielle’s research. Art practices that engage with institutional critique and ideas of subversion are of a particular interest as well. She has worked as a Teaching Assistant in postcolonial methodologies, as well as a Research Assistant to Professor Anne Whitelaw, researching the influence of women’s volunteer groups within Montreal art museums and the collection and development of Canadian Contemporary art practices. Presently, Danielle is working as a Research Assistant for Dr. Heather Igloliorte on the FQRSC funded Beyond Museum Walls project.