Observed arrival · 2026-10-25
Xiaojian Zheng’s work on place and belonging
An artist and sociologist’s portfolio of photography, film, installations, exhibitions, and research on how people experience place and home.
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- The 2025 documentary Desultory Narrative runs 73 minutes and was filmed in Tai’an, China.
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The work section labels pieces by medium and date, including digital photographic prints from 2025 and a framed photograph. The research summary describes long-term ethnographic fieldwork and asks who has the power to define a place’s meaning. News entries also record a University of Galway exhibition and a visiting doctoral research appointment at Oxford.
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