About Us
Dr Constance Smith
Constance Smith is Lecturer and UKRI Future Leader Fellow in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester, UK. Her research explores landscapes of architecture, time and urban change with a particular interest in participatory and practice-led research in collaboration with artists, communities and urban practitioners. Her work has been widely published and has featured in several exhibitions, including at the National Museums of Kenya.
James Muriuki
James Muriuki is a Nairobi-based art practitioner. His practice focuses on the transition of society through materials and objects, exploring the social landscape. His work takes up forms such as architecture and constructions as visual elements and metaphorical symbols that are an illustration of human capacity, desire and aspirations. He is an alumnus of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Centre of Curatorial Leadership, Fellowship and Training.
Kasim Ali
Kasim Ali is a North Kensington resident and Councillor in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, where he is Deputy Leader of the Labour Group. In 2020-21 he was a project facilitator and research assistant for High-rise Landscapes, exploring how social networks and community support that developed in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire were reanimated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Kasim has an MSc from the Institute of Global Prosperity at UCL, and has ongoing interests in issues of housing, health and community wellbeing.