相関地域研究部門・特定研究員
Master’s in World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development (ITC-ILO Turin School of Development, Universita degli Studi di Torino, Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Master’s in Cultural Heritage Studies (Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas, Philippines)
Specialty: Cultural heritage management, Historic urban landscapes, Heritage and development in Southeast Asia
My research interests are culture-based urban regeneration, heritage and development, and Southeast Asian trading entrepôts. I am keen to explore practical ways that heritage can be used as a vector of development to directly benefit communities.
During the past decade, I have helped manage cultural heritage projects across Southeast Asia, including a heritage and climate change project with the SEAMEO SPAFA Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts in Bangkok, Thailand. Much of my previous work focused on the Philippines, where I have led collaborative heritage projects spanning heritage conservation, archaeology, anthropology, history, and museology.
Prior to joining CSEAS in 2022, I supervised several built heritage conservation projects in the World Heritage town of Vigan and beyond. I have conducted research on the intangible heritage of Ilocos, the urban history of the entrepôt town of Vigan, and maritime history in the West Philippine Sea / South China Sea. I have also managed projects on the digitization of Ilocos archival records and archaeological digs of pre-Spanish contact period Ilocos sites. More recently, I have been involved in setting up several museums and curating exhibits, at Museo Balay Mestizo (a local urban heritage museum), Museo ti Sakada (a labor history museum), and Museo ti Belen (a crèche museum).
As Heritage Resource Manager for the Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS) and a Program-Specific Researcher at CSEAS, I now have the valuable opportunity of working on the fascinating heritage of maritime Southern Asia, including the Maldives and Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam, and collaborating with colleagues from this region.
