In classical Chinese, “Tu (圖)” can mean either images, illustrations, or drawings. This working group intends to look at visual representations in Chinese local gazetteers and find better ways to work with these visual materials, given that one can search and tag texts but not illustrations. Publications from the working group include the special issue "Visual Materials in Local Gazetteers," published in the Journal of European Association for Chinese Studies (2022) and the Focus Section "Using Chinese Local Gazetteers for the History of Science," published in ISIS (2022).
Working Group
(2018-2023)
“Tu (圖)” in Local Gazetteers
Past Events
Publications
Wu, Shellen (2022). “Introduction: Redrawing the Map of Science in Modern China.” Isis 113 (4): 797–804. https://doi.org/10.1086/722362.
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Gerritsen, Anne and Kenneth Hammond, eds. (2022). Visual Materials in Local Gazetteers. Special issue, The Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies 3. Wien: European Association for Chinese Studies. https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/jeacs/issue/view/594.
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Burton-Rose, Daniel (2022). “Wenchang Buildings in Later Imperial China A Consideration of the Visual Record in Late Imperial Local Gazetteers.” Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies 3: 59–84. https://doi.org/10.25365/jeacs.2022.3.burton-rose.
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Hammond, Kenneth (2022). “Visual Materials in Chinese Local Gazetteers.” Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies 3: 5–9. https://doi.org/10.25365/jeacs.2022.3.hammond.
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Conference Activities
Entire Working Group
- “Visual Materials in Chinese Local Gazetteers” panel session, International Convention of Asia Scholars, July 18, 2019.
Ken Hammond
- “Visual Representations of Urban Space in Ming Local Gazetteers,” Association for Asian Studies annual conference, March 22, 2019.
