Hannah Turner, University of British Columbia

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of British Columbia profile.

Latest papers

Transmediation as method and intervention: The woven artwork of Jaad Kuujus (Meghann O'Brien).
Journal of material culture · 2025 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

NSERC CREATE Training Program in 3D Printing Technology and Materials (3DPTM)
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$750,000
Wrapped in the Cloud: An Anthropology of the Multimodal between the Physical and the Virtual
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$116,160
The Work of Repair: Making Visible Colonial Legacies in Canadian Museums
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$73,916

All 5 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Transmediation as method and intervention: The woven artwork of Jaad Kuujus (Meghann O'Brien).

Turner H, Hennessy K

Journal of material culture2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/13591835251340919 PMID: 40904796

NSERC CREATE Training Program in 3D Printing Technology and Materials (3DPTM)

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Li, Hongbin H

Keywords: 3d printing; additive manufacturing; biomaterials; biomedical engineering; computer aided design; inks; metals; polymers; tissue engineering

$750,000

Wrapped in the Cloud: An Anthropology of the Multimodal between the Physical and the Virtual

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hennessy, Kate

Keywords: multimodal; research creation; art practice; exhibition; weaving; decolonizing methodologies; collaboration; curation; museum ethnography

$116,160

The Work of Repair: Making Visible Colonial Legacies in Canadian Museums

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Turner, Hannah

Keywords: museum; cataloguing; colonialism; documentation; digitization

$73,916

"This is the riddle I've been trying to solve": A longitudinal oral history of the challenges and experiences of Black people in Vancouver

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Henry, Annette M.

Keywords: oral history; narrative research; qualitative methodologies; intersectionality; diaspora theories; critical race theories; black teachers; black students; social contexts of education; feminist theories

$114,627

"This is the riddle I've been trying to solve": A longitudinal oral history of the challenges and experiences of Black people in Vancouver

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Henry, Annette M.

Keywords: oral history; narrative research; qualitative methodologies; intersectionality; diaspora theories; critical race theories; black teachers; black students; social contexts of education; feminist theories

$66,942

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Kate Hennessy

Cultural Anthropology

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Turner, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Transmediation as method and intervention: The woven artwork of Jaad Kuujus (Meghann O'Brien)." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The Work of Repair: Making Visible Colonial Legacies in Canadian Museums" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]