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MoreA Book on al-Khazini’s Book on the Balance of Wisdom
This project studies the book ’Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini’s Kitab Mizan al-hikma (The Book of the Balance of Wisdom). This project aims to produce a tra
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A draft English translation of Khazini’s book has been prepared. It is superior to the complete Russian and partial English, French, and German transl
Keeping Time With the Earth
When the second-most-destructive earthquake in Mexico City’s history struck on September 19, 2017, 32 years to the day after the most-destructive eart
Ownership of Knowledge
MoreModeled Modernity: A Critical History of Computing in the People's Republic of China
At the MPIWG, Bo An is working on his dissertation, an interdisciplinary history of computation and modeling in the People's Republic of China ov
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A central working hypothesis—widely held but rarely investigated—is that modern computing has significantly changed Chinese governance, society, and c
Bo An
Bo An is a PhD Candidate in East Asian and Media Studies at Yale University. His research intere...
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Science Social Special: There Is No One History of Science (but It’s All Interconnected)
MoreScience Social Special: There Is No One History of Science (but It’s All Interconnected)
MoreAt the Edge of Land and Ocean: Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Fish Skin
This project addresses multiple issues related to contemporary sustainable fashion practices, with approaches inspired by Arctic fish skin heritage, s
The Forgotten History of Intercropping: On the Marginalization of Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture
Intercropping—the practice of growing mixtures of crops in a single field, in contrast with the “pure stands” typical of industrial agriculture—has lo