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Sarah Huang
doctoral researcher, school of creative media, city university of hong kong
Sarah is a researcher based in Hong Kong. With training in art history and sociology, she is applying digital tools to humanities. From 2014 to 2018, Sarah was a core member of the SEACHINA (Socially Engaged Art in Contemporary China) project, responsible for data collection and curation of an online archive and the development of a mass open online course (MOOC). Sarah is currently a graduating PhD student. Her project examines illustrated botanical books produced in China from the 16th to the 20th century, focusing in particular on the production and dissemination of knowledge on famine foods, their ecological implications, and connections with contemporary practices. She was a visiting fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (2021) and EALC, Harvard University (2022), and is now serving as an advisory committee member for the PST 2024 project at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Projects and publications:
Survival Manuals in the Great Chinese Famine
(download:
texts PDF;
slides PDF)
Journal article: "Fulfilling the Potential of All Plants: Jiuhuang Bencao and the Discourses on Famine Foods," Ming Qing Studies 2021, pp.87-126.
(download the Introduction; for full article, please email Sarah at sarah.huang@my.cityu.edu.hk)
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