Kara Blackmore is a curator and anthropologist who works at the intersection of arts, heritage and post conflict reconstruction. She has more than a decade of experience in east and southern Africa working for NGOs, cultural institutions and government entities. To reflect on this practice, Kara is undertaking her PhD at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. Her research investigates the politics of memory and memorialization in Uganda. She is also curating an arts-based pathway to impact for the Politics of Return research project, housed at the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa. She also speaks Kiswahili.