Irene Chen
Irene (Kunxiu) Chen
Year of Entry: 2024
Research: Ongoing Research Title: Institutional Control over Digital Contested Cultural Belongings in English Museums: Conditions, Stabilisation and Reproduction
Ongoing Research Core Question: What conditions make institutional control over digital contested cultural belongings possible in English Museums, and how is this control stabilised and reproduced over time?
Supervisor(s): Charlotte Woodhead
Email: Kunxiu.Chen@warwick.ac.uk
Irene(Kunxiu) is a PhD candidate at the School of Law, University of Warwick. Her research examines the institutional control exercised by English museums over digital cultural heritage, with particular attention to contested cultural belongings and questions of legal and ethical justification. Her work sits at the intersection of cultural heritage law, copyrigth law, trust law, and museum policy.
She is a student member of the Museums Association, English Heritage, and Art Fund. She very welcomes conversations with researchers and practitioners who share similar interests in cultural heritage, museums, and digital governance.