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Madhu Narayanan
Madhu Narayanan is a PhD candidate at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian I...
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Materiality as a Constructed Notion: Bamboo Basket Makers Can Tell the Story?
This project discusses the journey of natural plant fiber together with a set of human skills in a given spatial and cultural context. I investigate h
BMBF Project: Knowledge for Academic Cooperation: Research-based and Action-Guiding China Expertise for German Science Organizations
The Lise-Meitner Research Group (LMRG) “China in the Global System of Science” launched a new research project at the MPIWG on November 1, 2023. The p
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In the LMRG, project coordinator Anna Katharina Strob and project leader Anna Lisa Ahlers are responsible for the scientific conte
The Waste of the Body
It is not the couch, bed, or car seat, but rather the toilet on which our comfort and privacy are practiced and confirmed. Having a designated place t
Bovine Regimes: When Animals Become Technology
Bovines have been bred for their milk, meat, urine, fodder, blood, and their ability to carry loads for millennia. Arguably more than any other nonhum
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Epistemologies of Craft: The Role of Material Innovation in Making Color Expertise
This project aims at reconstructing color-making practices in India and Europe and hereby pursues a double goal: it will massively enrich our knowledg
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Common Knowledge and Its Sources in the Sinosphere, 14th to 20th Centuries
Category books (leishu 類書) are an important cornerstone for the compilation and delineation of knowledge in Imperial China. Since the third century, t
Lorraine Daston im Interview bei der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung über die Rolle von Regeln für die Kultur
Zum Artikel (Paywall)Lorraine Daston in an interview at the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on the role of rules in culture
Go to Article (German, Paywall)Albert the Great on the Human Being
Since time immemorial, human beings have attempted to answer the most fundamental questions about themselves: What does it mean to be human? One influ