Miranda Williamson

Miranda's thesis explores oral history as a methodology when researching built heritage.

Miranda Williamson undertook a Master’s by thesis in the Museum and Heritage Studies programme. Her project ‘Building Stories: Oral History and Built Heritage’, explores using oral history as a methodology when researching built heritage. Her project formed out of the experience of working for several years as an archive-based contract researcher of built heritage around New Zealand. These past projects have encompassed not just old buildings, but an array of structures from lighthouses and bridges, to sheds and wharves. She has previously studied Mandarin, History and Asian Studies at Auckland University and Peking University, and has also worked in the Events Team at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, on Wellington City Council’s Heritage Team, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.