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Historicized Innovation: Knowledge Tradition and its Encounter with the New
In Chinese erudite tradition almost every object or technique was attributed to an inventor or originator. From the twelfth century onward, scholars b
Chinese Building Manuals and Traditions of Architectural Technology
In China, master craftsmen and imperial architects as well as scholars summarized practical knowledge of building in manuals and presented them to spe
Media and Methods of Practical Knowledge Transmission: Craftsmanship and the Qing Court
This project addressed sociocultural issues, knowledge mobility across space, and the social context of artisans. In this context, socialcultural issu
Geographies of Knowing: China Historical GIS
Models and sketches provide a way of transmitting practical knowledge across distances without personal contact. Their role in Chinese history is uncl
Monumentalized or Marginalized, Writings about Technology in Chinese History: A Database
Technological issues and practical know-how are recurring themes in the premodern Chinese written tradition, addressed in various literary genres for
Mapping China in the 18th Century: Hand-drawn Maps from the "Qing Atlas Tradition"
The Museum am Rothenbaum (MARKK) in Hamburg keeps an impressive collection of maps from East Asia, namely China, Japan and Korea. Currently the maps a
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Tracking Citation Patterns and Knowledge Diffusion in Song Dynasty Notebooks
This project analyzed the social, thematic, spatial, and temporal dimensions of information exchange in imperial China through the quantitative and qu
The Bibliophile Qi Chenghan: Book Consumption and Commercialization in Late Ming China
This project dealt with one of the largest private libraries Dansheng tang of Qi Chenghan (1565–1628) in Shanyin of the Late Ming perio
Craft Knowledge Experimentation and Theory Construction: A Rereading of the "Jingjing lingchi" 鏡鏡詅癡 (Blazoning Infatuation in Front of Mirrors)
Stimulated by a group of optical toys and instruments from Europe, such as eyeglasses, mirrors, camera obscura, magic lanterns, telescopes, and kaleid
Tracking Shifting Body Knowledge in Ming Qing China
This research project was largely concerned with the question of how knowledge relates to practice in Chinese History. Angelika Messner asked, wi