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Biography
Professor Carolina Rito is a researcher and curator whose work is situated at the intersection between knowledge production, the curatorial, and contested historical narratives. She is Professor of Creative Practice Research, Research Centre for Arts, Memory, and Communities, Coventry University; an Executive Board Member of the Midlands Higher Education & Culture Forum; and a Research Fellow at the Institute of Contemporary History (IHC), Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Rito is the Executive Editor of The Contemporary Journal and has published in international journals such as King’s Review, Mousse Magazine, and Wrong Wrong. From 2017 to 2019, she was Head of Public Programmes and Research at Nottingham Contemporary, leading the partnership with Nottingham Trent University and University of Nottingham. She holds a PhD in Curatorial/Knowledge from Goldsmiths, University of London, where she also taught from 2014 to 2016. She lectures internationally—in Europe, South America, and the Middle East—on her research and curatorial studies.
Education/Academic qualification
Curatorial/Knowledge, Doctorate, Goldsmiths, University of London
Curatorial Studies, MA, Universidade de Lisboa
External positions
Editorial Board Member of The Curatorial Journal, School of Visual Arts
18 Feb 2025 → …
Curatorial Studies Working Group Member, EARN Expanded Artistic Research Network
2022 → …
Chair of the Collaborative Research Working Group, Midlands Higher Education Culture Forum
2018 → 2024
Editor-in-Chief, The Contemporary Journal
2018 → 2021
Research Fellow, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2016 → …
Keywords
- AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General)
- exhibition studies
- curating
- exhibition histories
- DT Africa
- Liberation Movements
- Colonialism
- Postcolonial Studies
- NX Arts in general
- curatorial studies
- curating
- cinema
- contemporary art
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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CAMPUS Independent Study Programme
Rito, C. (Principal Investigator), Sternfeld, N. (Academic), Dyangani Ose, E. (Researcher), Bhambra, G. (Academic), Gario, Q. (Researcher), Franke, A. (Researcher), Condorelli, C. (Researcher) & Campt, T. (Academic)
18/10/19 → 30/09/20
Project: Other
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The Curatorial: From Epistemic Capacities to Curatorial Research
Rito, C. & Madoff, S. H. (Editor), 1 Feb 2025, The Curatorial.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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The Lexicon
Rito, C. (Editor), Wilson, M., Gheorghe, C., Slager, H. & Orer, B., 1 Feb 2025, The Curatorial.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Special issue
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The Changing Same? British Black Artists and Visual Arts Organisations in the Midlands
Rito, C. & Goodwin, P., 25 May 2023, 1 ed. Coventry: Coventry University. 88 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The Discoveries Museum and the Contested Colonial Legacies in Contemporary Portugal
Rito, C., Faucquez, A.-C. (Editor), Gosson, R. (Editor) & Michael, A. (Editor), 1 May 2023, (Submitted) Narrativizing Slavery in European Museums: Arts and Representations. Liverpool University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The essayistic in the curatorial: Repurposing the politics of exhibition
Rito, C., Jul 2023, From the scenic essay to the essay-exhibition: Expanding the essay form in the arts beyond literature and filme.. Delbecke, J. (ed.). Ghent: Ghent University, p. 99-106 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review
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Activities
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The Curatorial in Artistic Research: Making Research Public
Rito, C. (Speaker)
25 Jan 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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The Curatorial (Journal)
Rito, C. (Advisory Board Member)
1 Feb 2025 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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The Curatorial (Journal)
Rito, C. (Section Editor) & Madoff, S. H. (Editor-in-chief)
1 Feb 2025 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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School of Visual Arts
Rito, C. (Visiting professor), Madoff, S. H. (Adviser) & Rito, C. (Visiting researcher)
1 Jan 2024 → 30 Jun 2024Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Archives of the Revolution and the Portuguese Empire
Rito, C. (Speaker) & Stock, R. (Organising Committee)
7 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Prizes
Press/Media
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O 25 de Abril não passou por aqui – O Núcleo Museológico das Caldas da Rainha
1/09/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Entrevista: Carolina Rito. O Museo en Transformacion
Rito, C. & Bella, M.
22/01/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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Black Arts Movement in Coventry
Rito, C. & Godley, S.
18/04/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other