Dr Laura de Harde is a visual artist, researcher and curator. The exhibition and publication, Inherited Obsessions, on show at the Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History, are key outcomes of the project she developed as the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of the Arts at the University of Pretoria (2020–2022). De Harde developed a special interest in surfacing ‘quieter’ contributions to knowledge production, eclipsed by overarching master narratives while completing her doctorate in history of art at Wits University (2019). Continuing with this theme, De Harde has contributed to books and published articles in journals such as de arte and Critical Arts. Her creative work has been included in group exhibitions, most recently the KKNK Virtual Exhibition: ‘If you think about it, just midding in the meantime (or) Progression’ (2021) and Nirox Open Lab II: ‘Good Neighbours’ (2022).