Dr Adriana Valderrama Lopez is a psychologist with a Masters in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution and a PhD in Heritage and Museum studies from Ulster University. Adriana has worked as a full-time professor in the School of Law and Political Science at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana where she lectured on subjects related with conflict, transitional justice, and political philosophy with a focus on critical theory and psychoanalysis. Her current research examines contested curatorial practice in societies dealing with a difficult past such as Colombia and Norther Ireland. She is the former director (2016-2018) of Casa de la Memoria Museum, Medellin, Colombia.