Anna recently graduated with a First Class Honours in History with English from the University of Plymouth. Her background is museums and heritage, with a focus on the themes of decolonisation and contested history. Anna’s dissertation, entitled ‘From imperialism to repatriation: the Royal Cornwall Museum as a case study in changing responses to indigenous artefacts in collections’, explored the museum’s collection of Māori taiahas (indigenous New Zealanders wooden spears) and discussed decolonisation and repatriation, comparing the Cornish case with three other museums in the South West. In 2020, she was awarded an IGNITE Micro-Internships, University of Plymouth, becoming a Digital History intern under the supervision of Professor Daniel Maudlin of Cornerstone Heritage. In this role, she has been researching and writing about contested heritage and the statues debate, with a focus on local history.