Friederike Voigt is principal curator of the Middle Eastern and South Asian collections at National Museums Scotland. She holds a master’s degree in Iranian studies, art history and sociology from Humboldt University of Berlin. Her research focuses on the role of crafts in Iranian society, including the relationship between craft production and Iran’s encounter of modernity, ideas of learning and the mutual influence of technical advancement and aesthetic developments. She is interested in collecting practices and networks and develops alternative positions for interpreting and engaging with historical collections.