Cultural heritage serves as a medium to understand our past and to foster communication rooted in diverse historic legacies.

As a scholar in heritage studies, I engage in a wide range of intercultural events spanning various geographic contexts. These include organizing workshops in local neighborhoods for international participants, curating exchange exhibitions between national and regional cultures, and initiating research projects that compare different societies.

I hope you enjoy this journey of exploring the global history through our shared heritage. 

How to initiate interdisciplinary research?

In 2018, some colleagues, friends, and I established the Association of Architectural Anthropology in China. Since then, we have organized thematic conferences, seminars, and workshops every (half) year.

In 2022, we launched the River Cities Network, a more diverse consortium of transdisciplinary teams from around the world. Each team focuses on a unique aspect of waterways within the urban context.

Despite these efforts, debates persist among the fields of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering.

Urban neighborhoods and rural villages represent living heritage, created, owned, and actively used by local communities. As such, heritage studies are inherently an applied humanities discipline, grounded in the collaborative engagement of academic researchers, public and private practitioners, and local communities.

I collaborate with museums, architectural studios, governmental administrations, resident organizations, and companies in different cultural backgrounds on a variety of practical projects and educational programs. By building bridges between different stakeholders in the knowledge chain, we strive to create societal impact through the use and reuse of cultural heritage.