BOGE XIAO · PORTFOLIO

A life of paying attention.

I’m Boge Xiao (she/her), an anthropology undergraduate at the University of Washington. I study language, manuscripts and the everyday practices that carry knowledge between people.

UW SEATTLE · CLASS OF 2030

你好，我是肖博戈（she/her），现为华盛顿大学西雅图校区人类学专业本科生，同时参与跨学科荣誉项目。我的仡佬族与壮族背景，引导我走向西南中国的语言田野、口述史，以及壮文写本与东南亚文字传统的研究。这里收录我的研究、田野笔记、文献收藏、写作和公共生活。

My Gelao and Zhuang heritage first drew me toward the stories that risk slipping out of view. In Southwest China, that interest took me into mountain villages, family homes, and conversations across languages.

Alongside fieldwork, I study manuscripts: how they are written, what they carry, and how we can make them readable for new audiences. Oral histories and ancient texts offer different ways of approaching the same question—how people pass a world on.

The manuscript study began in the Yuanpei program and is still the work I return to. Each paper carries a question forward and tests the next one. Follow Cultural Rhythms of Writing

Now at the University of Washington in Seattle, I study Anthropology and am part of the Interdisciplinary Honors Program. This website continues with me: a place for research, personal observations, and public life.

Historical dress · An image retained from my original website.

Field encounters in Southwest China · From my original portfolio

WHY ANTHROPOLOGY

Where these questions began

“My Gelao and Zhuang heritage showed me the silence left by lost stories, driving me to forge connections, not just preserve relics.”

From my original personal statement.

Yi traditional clothing · Original portfolio photograph

A PERSONAL ARCHIVE

More than a research identity.

My original website also held personal photographs, clothing, and moments outside formal research. They remain part of this evolving record.

WAYS OF READING THE WORLD

Languages & learning

Spoken & lived

Mandarin, Zhuang, and Southwest Mandarin: native.
English: fluent. Vietnamese: beginning.

Read & studied

Classical Chinese: advanced.
Latin: intermediate.

Beyond a single subject

Anthropology, mathematics, theology, social psychology, and language teaching.

PUBLIC LIFE

Outside the research page

A newspaper, a public conversation

Founding a school newspaper and creating opportunities for student reporting and editorial practice.

Boge Cosmos

Latin and Greek roots become a shared space for language learning through bilingual worksheets and tutoring.