Publications
Between London and Los Angeles: forming microcosmic diasporas of cultural belongings and contemporary Indigenous art at the British Museum [working title - forthcoming book]
This publication connects contemporary Native North American art with the British Museum’s collections. It centres Indigenous voices, advocates for collaboration and co-curation in museum practice, and addresses visibility and representation, colonial legacies, art activism, identity, and contemporary Indigenous artworlds. The research is grounded in nine years of work in this field and draws on case studies from the British Museum and collaborations with Indigenous artists, particularly in Los Angeles. Featuring guest authors Tima Link (Šmuwič Chumash), Mattie Reynolds (Choctaw), Cara Romero (Chemehuevi), Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke Crow), Melinda Schwakhofer (Muscogee) Adrian Stimson (Siksika Nation) and guest interviews with Pamela J Peters (Diné Navajo), River Garza (Tongva/ Mexican), Kit Thomas (Mohawk).
Publisher: The British Museum Press
Pamela J. Peters. Photograph. ‘Native Apparition’.
Vikki Eagle at Union Station, Los Angeles. British Museum 2023,2003.2
Articles
Journal of Museum Ethnography
FORTHCOMING: Taylor, R. (2026). Weaving Relations: Community Engagement and Object-Based Research of Chumash Basketry. Journal of Museum Ethnography. (39)
Taylor, R. (2025). Art Grows Rooted: Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge as an Art Historical Methodology for Native North American Material Culture. Museum Anthropology, 48: e70015.
Journal of Museum Ethnography
Taylor, R., Zborover, D., de Mello, L. (2025). The Social Role of Museums and their Collections: Experiences with Community Museology in the Americas. Journal of Museum Ethnography. (38):17-34
The British Museum Magazine
Taylor, R. (2025). Emily's Shoes. British Museum magazine. Winter 2025
Museum Worlds Journal
Taylor, R. (2023). Review of Empowering Art: Indigenous Creativity and Activism from North America's Northwest Coast exhibition. Museum Worlds Journal.11(1):264-268.
The British Museum Magazine
Taylor, R. (2023). Carved in Stone. British Museum Magazine. Summer 2023
PhD thesis, UCL
Taylor, R. Contested Spaces: Negotiating Native American Artistic Identity in Los Angeles. Ph.D. Thesis. University College London.