Mr Mingyuan Jiang

I am a PhD Candidate at the Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University. My research examines knowledge production and cultural interpretation in museums, with a focus on how ethnological museums collect, research, and represent ethnic heritage. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork at a major ethnological museum in China, I examine the behind-the-scenes processes through which curators, researchers, and communities negotiate the interpretation of cultural heritage. More broadly, I am interested in museum practice, material culture, and how expertise circulates within and across heritage institutions. I hold an MA in Cultural Heritage and Museology from Fudan University.

museum and heritage studies, knowledge production, curatorial practice, cultural interpretation, material culture

M.A., B.A., Cultural Heritage and Museology, Fudan University