David Dibosa

Dr. David Dibosa is co-author of Post-Critical Museology: Theory and Practice in the Art Museum (Routledge, 2013). He trained as a curator, after receiving his first degree from Girton College, Cambridge. He was awarded his PhD in Art History from Goldsmiths, University of London, for a thesis titled, Reclaiming Remembrance: Art, Shame and Commemoration. During the 1990s, David curated public art projects, including In Sight In View, a billboard project in Birmingham City, England, as well as a sculpture park in the English West Midlands. From 2004-2008, he was Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Theory at Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts London. He remains at UAL, where he is now Reader in Museology and Course Leader for MA Curating & Collections at Chelsea College of Arts.

Key Texts by David Dibosa include ‘Cultural diversity: politics, policy and practices. The case of Tate Encounters’ in Museums, Equality and Social Justice (Eds., Sandell, R., and Nightingale E.,). Co-authored with Dewdney, A., and Walsh, V., Routledge, London, 2012, pp. 114-124. ‘Cultural Inequality’ in Beyond Cultural Diversity: The Case for Creativity, Appignanesi, R., (ed.), Co-authored with Dewdney, A., and Walsh, V., Third Text, London, 2010, pp. 81-91. ‘The Use of Studios: Television, Art Practice and the Visual Strategies of Gilbert & George, in Sexualities, Sage Publications, London, 2009, pp. 251-262.