Paulina Ascencio Fuentes

Paulina Ascencio Fuentes is a researcher and curator, and an Anthropology Ph.D. candidate at New York University. She has a background in Philosophy and Social Sciences and holds an MA in Curatorial Studies from CCS, Bard College, New York. Between 2021- 2022 she was a Hevey-Filling Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Since 2023, she has collaborated with ENRICH (Equity for Indigenous Research and Innovation Coordinating Hub) and Local Contexts, two global initiatives that support Indigenous communities with tools that attribute cultural authority of heritage and data. 

Her research outlines transdisciplinary modes of knowledge production and transmission, analyzes cultural exchanges between Mexico and the United States, and approaches museums, archives, and collections as contact zones. She is a fellow of Consejo Nacional de Humanidades Ciencias y Tecnologías (CONAHCYT México) and between 2019- 2021 she was awarded the Jumex Foundation Grant to study abroad. In 2021 she was awarded the Ramapo Curatorial Prize to extend her MA thesis research with the curatorial project “Notes on Anarchaeology,” presented in Fall 2023. She is 1/4 of the curatorial collective The Department of Love. She lives and works between Guadalajara and New York City. 

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Announcing the 2025 Cohort of the CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice

The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is pleased to announce the 2025 cohort of the CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice. Now in its eleventh year, the Seminar will provide twelve outstanding students from around the world with the opportunity to engage in the critical responsibilities of museums today.  The ... Read More >