The TRANSFORM Project studies the complex relationships between people and objects and how those relationships can lead to crime.
TRANSFORM doesn’t just focus on criminal acts.
We are interested in legal interactions with objects too.
By learning about the legal and illegal networks that form around antiquities, wildlife, and fossils we hope to better understand why people break the law and to develop better ways to protect these objects.
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Dr Donna Yates will give a keynote speech on 30 January 2024 at event titled “Dialogue with the art market” organised by the European Commission. The event is taking place
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Bērziņa took part in “la vente illégale sur le marché de l’art” conference organised by Anthemis.
Diāna Bērziņa was part on an expert panel focusing on monitoring compliance with art market regulations at a conference “la vente illégale sur le marché de l’art” organised by Anthemis
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On 2 November Dr Donna Yates gave a presentation titled “Crime in Collections: Patterns, Priorities, and Hidden Knowledge” at a conference “The Market for Latin American Antiquities” organised by co-organized
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Yates speaking at the“The Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts” conference
Dr Donna Yates will give a talk at “The Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts” conference taking place from 27 to 29 September 2023 at the University of Hamburg. Yates
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Yates will give a keynote at German Anthropological Association Meeting in Munich
Dr Donna Yates will give a keynote at the German Anthropological Association Meeting in Munich for the workshop “Contested Knowledge, Contested Objects: Positioning of Mesoamerican Studies Regarding the History of
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Diāna Bērziņa will present her current research on affective atmosphere in art fairs at ‘White-collar and organisational crime: New ideas, directions, and perspectives’ workshop, taking place in Manchester on 6-7
Yates, Donna and Peacock, Emily (2024) T. rex is Fierce, T. rex is Charismatic, T. rex is Litigious: Disruptive Objects in Affective Desirescapes. International Journal of Cultural Property. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0940739124000055
The artification of fossils in commercial art spaces: Dinosaurs in a desirescape
Yates, Donna and Emily Peacock (2024) The artification of fossils in commercial art spaces: Dinosaurs in a desirescape. Journal of Material Culture. https://doi.org/10.1177/135918352412482.
Berzina, Diana (2024) Between Crime and Commemoration: Human–Object Relationships in the Treasure Hunting for World War II Objects. Critical Criminology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-023-09738-0
Reputation laundering and museum collections: patterns, priorities, provenance, and hidden crime
Yates, Donna and Shawn Graham (2023) Reputation laundering and museum collections: patterns, priorities, provenance, and hidden crime. International Journal of Heritage Studies, DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2023.2284740
Yates, Donna and Neil Brodie (2023) The illicit trade in antiquities is not the world’s third-largest illicit trade: a critical evaluation of a factoid. Antiquity, First View: 1–13.
Affective Atmosphere in an Art Fair Jewel Heist
Yates, Donna and Diāna Bērziņa (2023) Affective Atmosphere in an Art Fair Jewel Heist. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research.
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