Prof. Gwendolyn Kulick's Journey into Pakistan's Heritage
Sunday, June 28, 2026
The academic journey of German design researcher Prof. Dr. Gwendolyn Kulick is both extensive and impressive. She studied Product Design at the University of the Arts Berlin. From 2004 to 2017, she volunteered for the Thatta Kedona project. She also taught at BNU in Lahore before moving to Cairo University in 2015. Until 2017, she contributed to the Thatta Kedona doll display at the Ethnological Museum of Berlin.
Her doctoral research focused on the Thatta Kedona doll project in the small Pakistani village of Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka in Okara District. Dr. Kulick completed her PhD in February 2024 at the School of Design and Art at the University of Wuppertal, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Brigitte Wolf. Her dissertation explored Pakistan’s Crafts for Empowerment.
The following link provides access to key sections of her dissertation, including information about the contributors and their perspectives:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11euvVqTg75pmsmoWAzOnAKoNVCatNfqP/view
To watch the complete YouTube video, click the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=funH722-mwk
Labels: Gwendolyn Kulick, Research
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