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Exploring the Material Culture of Acoustics in German Collections
There is an extensive literature on the history of acoustics in Germany, complemented by diverse collections of surviving historic acoustical instrume
"It Was the Nightingale, Not the Jumbo": Acoustic Borderlands at Frankfurt Airport
Noise is a notorious issue in conflicts over airport operation and extensions, affecting spatial planning, land use, and public health in airport regi
The Relation between the Market and the Making: Song to Mid-Qing Coal Culture
This research project on the history of science in China attempts to frame technology and natural knowledge as an integral part of broader sociocultur
Publications, Grace Yen Shen. "Taking to the Field: Geological Fieldwork and National Identity in Republican China." Osiris 24 (1 2009)
The Emergence of Expertise: Professional Cultures and the Development of Occupations
This project searched for the implicit and explicit signs of the incorporation of practical knowledge into the examination system. Focusing mainly on
Games of Chance and Mathematical Knowledge in Late Ming and Qing China
Recently, historians of law, economy, literature, and art in China have become increasingly interested in daily life encyclopedia (lit. Complete Books
Artifacts of Authentication: People Making Texts Making Things in Ming-Qing China
The uses and connotations of the word zhen (authentic, genuine, true) in Late Imperial scholarly discourse were broad. This is clear from frequent app
External Alchemy in Song China
The Song dynasty (960–1279) saw a gradual transition from external alchemy to internal alchemy. The former concerns the preparation of elixirs in the
Systems, Tools, and Artifacts: Technology Transmission in Premodern China
This project examined how and when technology became an "object of knowledge" in Premodern Chinese Culture. Dagmar Schäfer enquired into methodologica
Cultural Traditions of Technical Knowledge
Chinese elite writings provide evidence of concepts of technology—they reflect upon changes and these reflections in turn influence the culture of kno
A Philological Archeology of Master Craftsmen
This was an investigation into how technical knowledge was represented in biographical writings and how craftsmen and their skills are perceived by Ch