Niall Finneran is Professor of historical archaeology and heritage studies at the University of Winchester. His PhD was in African archaeology from the University of Cambridge, and he has also been working in the Caribbean for over twenty years, mainly in the Windward Islands. He has written extensively on material culture, religious identity and community heritage.

Christina Welch is a Reader in religious studies at the University of Winchester. Her PhD research focused on the spiritual appropriation of North American Indian identities. Since then, she has developed internationally significant research expertise around death studies, Caribbean indigenous knowledge systems and plant use, and community heritage. Christina is neurodivergent.