This is the landing page for larger projects, past and present. Where more detailed information is available to share, it will be linked to from here.
Projects
Craft and Heritage in Upland Southwest China (2022-present)
Learn more about this research project focused on handmade objects and intangible cultural heritage policy among the minority nationalities of upland Southwest China and its borderlands.
Museum Ethnography in the Native South (2020-present)
Learn more about this project involving museum- and community-based research on material culture collections from, and exhibition representations of, the Native American peoples of the Southern US.
Collaborative Work in Museum Folklore and Heritage Studies (2017-2021)
Learn more about this binational, team project focused on the study of textiles and intangible cultural heritage policy among Yao, Dong and Bai communities in Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan China.
Intangible Cultural Heritage and Ethnographic Museum Practice (2013-2016)
Learn more about this binational, team project focused on professional exchange between Chinese and American museums of ethnography and the development of the major traveling exhibition and catalogue Quilts of Southwest China.