Rita Ouédraogo

Rita Ouédraogo is a curator, researcher, and writer based in Amsterdam. She continuously develops experimental and collaborative projects and public programmes on collaboration, archives, (de)colonialism, the African diaspora, institutional power, counter-culture, popular culture, and social issues. She holds an MSc in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology from the University of Amsterdam. Ouédraogo has worked on various projects aimed at broadening access to museum collections and on projects outside institutional structures. She researches questions related to cooperation and solidarity, examining modes of collaborative practices across power differentials, especially within a decolonial framework. She is the co-founder and current curator of Buro Stedelijk, the project space of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. A place to discover Amsterdam’s dynamic and progressive art scene.

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