Ping-hsiu Alice Lin, PhD (林炳秀) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University researching gemstone economies in South Asia and their intersection with labor, expertise, and imperial histories. She examines how valuation practices are embedded within imperial and colonial circuits of extraction and contemporary expertise around provenance.

Pakistani owned shoe shop, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 2016
Pakistani owned shoe shop, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 2016
Silver gemstone jewelry on display, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2017
Silver gemstone jewelry on display, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2017
Alluvial mining site, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, 2019
Alluvial mining site, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, 2019
Copper lap used in hand-faceting, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2019
Copper lap used in hand-faceting, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2019
Rough lapis lazuli in shop basement, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2017
Rough lapis lazuli in shop basement, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2017
Mineral specimen display, Chanthaburi, Thailand, 2019
Mineral specimen display, Chanthaburi, Thailand, 2019