BOGE XIAO · PORTFOLIO
A life of paying attention.
I’m Boge Xiao—an undergraduate, fieldworker, manuscript researcher, and a person who likes to listen.
UW SEATTLE · CLASS OF 2030
中文简介 Chinese introduction
你好，我是肖博戈，现就读于华盛顿大学西雅图校区跨学科荣誉项目，计划学习人类学。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。
阅读77条古籍研究（可切换中英文）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 am part of the Interdisciplinary Honors Program and intend to pursue a B.A. in Anthropology. This website continues with me: a place for research, personal observations, and public life.
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.
Read about my field research
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.
Explore everyday encountersWAYS 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.
Explore the project →Boge Cosmos
Latin and Greek roots become a shared space for language learning through bilingual worksheets and tutoring.
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