Yewong Tenzin Dongchung is studying the cultural and material history of woodblock printing technology in Tibet and Inner Asia from the 17th to the 19th century for her dissertation. Her chapters are based on major printing sites in Beijing, Kham, central Tibet, and Amdo/Mongolia. In her study of artisans and artisanal knowledge, her methodology is informed by material culture studies (studied under Professor Dorothy Ko) and history of science and technology (studied under Professor Pamela Smith). She works closely with museum collections of Tibetan materials and has completed an oral field in philosophy of history with Professor Manan Ahmed to understand the connected histories of colonialism and secularism in dealing with the collected objects. Yewong’s MA thesis focused on a 20th-century Tibetan monastery architect and a master carver called Cho Phuntsok. She earned her undergraduate degree at Wellesley College.
Yewong Tenzin Dongchung
