Hey there! I’m Hsiao-Chi Chu, a cross-disciplinary practitioner with a focus on art, cultural heritage, migration, refugees, and humanitarian development.
I specialise in bridging humanitarian fieldwork and curatorial practice — building platforms, archives, and cross-regional networks that connect displaced communities’ cultural knowledge with the systems that need to hear it.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (SELECTED)
2023.06 – Present | Research Lead, Taiwan Art Space Alliance (TASA), Hybrid / Europe/ Taiwan
Leading research on cultural sustainability indicators for art residencies, I develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess socio-economic impacts. By facilitating multi-stakeholder workshops, I synthesize complex field data into practical guidance for cultural resilience.
2020.08 – 2021.08 | Research Assistant, Humanities across Borders (HaB), IIAS, Leiden University
Investigating the translocal Indigo project across Asia, I conducted qualitative research and contributed to academic writings. My work specifically focused on transforming traditional indigo cultural practices into adaptable pedagogical frameworks across diverse contexts.
2012.09 – 2013.08 | Research Assistant, National Science Council (NSC / 102-2420-H-010-005-MY3), Taiwan
Contributing to primary cognitive research, I conducted mixed-methods (qualitative and quantitative) analysis to investigate how art-based learning processes actively sculpt the intrinsic modular organization of spontaneous brain activity.
2012.10 – 2013.06 | Research Assistant, Cultural & Creative Industries Policy Research Ministry of Culture / TNUA, Taiwan
Conducting primary mixed-methods research for the Cultural and Creative Industries, I analysed the structural policymaking processes within Taiwan’s performing arts sectors to inform and support evidence-based cultural governance.
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