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Guji as Artefact and Category in Chinese Local Gazetteers
My project explores the nature of guji (古蹟) as artifact and as category of place-representation in China, by analyzing variations in the contents, all
The Emergence and Construction of British SSK in its First Two Decades: East Asian Perspective
I am finishing a book project (in Chinese) on the historical construction of British SSK (sociology of scientific knowledge), a major school of STS, i
Local Gazetteers in Republican China: Spatial Order Continuity and the Modern–Traditional Divide
My project for the Local Gazetteer Workshop takes the local gazetteer as a site to demonstrate the continuity of spatial order in China between the la
Commentaries on Mathematical Texts in a Comparative Perspective
Commentaries from many cultures and scholarly fields have been edited and studied increasingly over the past years, from a variety of perspectives, ab
Working Group Participants, Karine Chemla, SPHERE, Université Paris VII CNRS, Workshops 2017, Commentaries Workshop, August 1–15, 2017
Structural Analysis and Style Observation of Chinese Local Gazetteers
There are a wide variety of Chinese local gazetteers, including general gazetteers, chronicle gazetteers, prefecture gazetteers, regional gazetteers,
Music and the Limits of Psychology, 1910–1960
For many observers of music-theoretical thinking in Europe around 1910, the state of the art was identified with research programs oriented by the asc
Controversies in Crisis in Psychology (1897–1933)
Scientists spend most of their time doing research. But sometimes they stop and reflect on their discipline. In talks, textbooks or general introducti
Funding Institutions, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Fighting Uncertainty and Promising Safety—Practices of Evidence for Technical Safety in 20th Century Engineering
Since the beginning of industrialization the safety of technological systems, the reliability of artifacts, and the avoidance of engineering accidents
Researching Radio: Sound Archives and Discipline Formation, 1930–1945
This project investigates the relationship between radio, sound archiving, and the rise of radio studies (Rundfunkwissenschaft). Largely unknown today
Colonial Ears: Noise, Acoustics, and Hearing Bodies in Colonial Taiwan
This project investigates the transfer of noise monitoring technologies from New York City to Taipei vis-à-vis Japanese colonial administrators in the