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Acoustic Surveillance in Brazil
In Seeing Like a State (1998), James Scott argues that legibility is of paramount importance for modern statecraft. The creation of an administrative
Anthropocene Campus Lisboa: Parallax
Applications open for Anthropocene Campus Lisboa: Parallax, deadline October 15, 2019
Jun 17, 2019 View Details on the CIUHCT WebsiteRoads and Localities: A Perspective from Local Gazetteers on Road Construction in 18th Century China
Based on the digital tools of LoGaRT, this project studies the commemorative essays about road construction in the local gazetteers. Drawing upon the
Research Scholar Ursula Klein quoted in the Berliner Zeitung on Alexander von Humboldt
Go to ArticleThe Cosmic Board Divination in Medieval China: Integrated Studies on the Manuscript of Divination Book
The manuscript Bushishu (Divination Book) copied in the early Tang period (only volume 23 survived) was separated into two fragments. The fi
Xixia’s Contributions to Astrology as Reflected by Visual Materials
As one of the key stations on the traffic route between the East and the West, Tangut was famous for its ability to learn comprehensively from various
Expansive Science: Medium and Discipline in Southern Mexican Intellectual Practice, 1880–1920
This project examines antiquarian and natural historical practice in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century southern Mexico, analyzing the visua
Secondary Sounds: A History of Perception through Routine Experimental Practices in the Psychological Laboratory
Sometimes, the dull sound of tapping on a shoe box could be heard in the lab. At other times, much more complex installations of interconnected instru
Article by Postdoctoral Fellow Maria Avxentevskaya for The Conversation reprinted in MaxPlanckForschung
Go to ArticleNoisy Politics: Acoustics, Sound, and Music in an Age of Populism
The wave of populism sweeping liberal democracies is often associated with the emergence of social media. And, indeed, the “twitterization” of politic