· Anthropology, Urban Anthropology, Heritage politics, Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO, Global governance, Memory and History, Space and place
Philipp Demgenski
Philipp Demgenski obtained his PhD in Anthropology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Between 2012 and 2015, he conducted a total of 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork on inner city redevelopment and urban heritage in Qingdao. His dissertation is titled “Seeking a Future for the Past: Negotiating inner-city redevelopment and heritage in Qingdao, China”. He is currently writing a book on this topic. Between 2017 and 2019, Philipp served as a post-doctoral researcher at the École des hautes etudes en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris, France, working on the a project titled “UNESCO Friction: heritage-making across global governance.” Philipp is now a Junior Professor (Associate Researcher) at the Anthropological Institute, Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University.
Education Background
2010 - 2016: The Chinese University of Hong Kong : Ph.D. (Anthropology)
2008 - 2009: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (UK): M.A. (Chinese Studies)
2006 - 2008: Minzu University of China : Chinese Language
2003 - 2006: University of East London (UK): B.A. (International Development and NGO Management)