On whiteness

A conversation between Julian Walker and Rob Lewis

Authors

  • Robert Lewis Birmingham Museums Trust
  • Julian Walker brap Associate

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29311/mas.v23i3.4960

Abstract

Julian, a white woman, is an anti-racism writer and facilitator (who, with Cheryl Garvey designed and delivered the Museums Association programme); Rob Lewis is Director of Transformation at Birmingham Museums Trust, a white man and participant on the Museum Associations pilot Anti-Racist Leadership programme in 2024. This conversation offers a personal reflection on coming to understand whiteness for Rob and Julian and took place following the conclusion of the Anti-Racism programme, and from within the construct of whiteness.

Author Biographies

Robert Lewis, Birmingham Museums Trust

Director of Transformation, Birmingham Museums Trust

Julian Walker, brap Associate

brap Associate

Downloads

Published

30.04.2026

How to Cite

Lewis, R., & Walker, J. (2026). On whiteness: A conversation between Julian Walker and Rob Lewis. Museum & Society, 23(3), 30–35. https://doi.org/10.29311/mas.v23i3.4960

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 3 (2025): Museums and Whiteness

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2026 Robert Lewis, Julian Walker

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Copyright remains with the author(s) of the article. This article can be re-used according to the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0  licence.