Current research students

Read about current students' research projects in Museum and Heritage Studies.

A research focus on the intercultural interpretation and display of Chinese material culture, using the Canterbury Museum collection as a case study.

Ruihe's study will take a comparative view, focusing on Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and China.

Sara Joyce is researching museum interpretation of taxonomic names within natural history.

Anamaría focuses her PhD on the dynamics and narratives of community-based museums from South America through the lenses of sociomuseology.

Gorbachev specialises in technologies to visualise the past and unconventional methods of museum display such as replication and 3D modelling.

Tatenda's research focuses on the integration of Indigenous knowledge systems and mainstream technoscience for sustainable heritage management.

Yiqi's doctoral research examines the role of digital narratives in shaping visitors’ emotional and affective engagement with cultural heritage.

Franziska will combine theory and practice in Museum and Heritage Studies, using methods like exhibition analysis, visitor research and interviews.