Dr. Sarina Wakefield

GRM 2017 Workshop: Gender and Identity in the Gulf: Cultural Constructions and Representations

Adjunct Faculty - College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, Zayed University

Dr. Sarina Wakefield is an Adjunct Lecturer in the College of Arts and Creative Enterprises at Zayed University in Dubai. She has lectured at UCL Qatar and has worked on museum and heritage projects in the UK and the Kingdom of Bahrain. Dr. Wakefield’s research interests center on critical heritage studies of the Gulf. She has a particular interest in ‘trans-national’ identity formation and representation, globalization, and migrant heritage and identity in the Gulf. Her PhD research focused upon the heritage industry in Abu Dhabi (UAE), and the inter-relationship between franchised and autochthonous heritage. Current projects include exploring the relationship between futurology and heritage in Dubai as well as research on how migrants use ‘outdoor’ heritage space in the Gulf States. She has published work in international journals and books relating to the museums and heritage sector in the Gulf. Recent publications include the co-edited volume Museums in Arabia: Transnational Practices and Regional Processes (Exell and Wakefield, London & New York: Routledge, 2016); ‘Hybrid Heritage and Cosmopolitanism in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi’ in Reimagining Museums: Practice in the Arabian Peninsula, edited by Pamela Erskine-Loftus (Edinburgh and Boston: MuseumsEtc, 2013). Dr. Wakefield received her BSc in Archaeology and her MA in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester (UK) and her PhD from the Open University (UK).