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Commentary: New Directions in the Study of PRC-Era Science (September 2019)

East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Volume: 13
Issue: 3
Pages: 443-448

URI: https://read.dukeupress.edu/easts/article-abstract/13/3/443/140140/Commentary-New-Directions-in-the-Study-of-PRC-Era

DOI: 10.1215/18752160-7755647

ISSN: 1875-2152; 1875-2160

Publication Date: September 2019
Edition Details: Themed articles on technology in the People's Republic of China
Language: English

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Commentaries Materiality History of science, as a discipline Birth control; contraception; sterilization Agriculture Sound 20th century China

This essay offers commentary on the previous three articles regarding PRC-era science by Sarah Mellors, Chuan Xu, and Sigrid Schmalzer. It notes that by moving beyond older concerns that were centered on issues of state control or techno-nationalism, these articles exemplify new directions in the study of PRC-era science. Their focus on lived experience, local stories, and materiality provides rich and diverse perspectives on histories of science in the PRC by exposing the often contradictory ways in which the power and influence of science operated across society. The commentary concludes by identifying three pathways for future research.

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Article Mellors, Sarah (September 2019) Less Reproduction, More Production: Birth Control in the Early People’s Republic of China, 1949–1958. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (pp. 367-389). unapi

Article Xu, Chuan (September 2019) From Sonic Models to Sonic Hooligans: Magnetic Tape and the Unraveling of the Mao-Era Sound Regime, 1958–1983. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (pp. 391-412). unapi

Article Schmalzer, Sigrid (September 2019) Layer upon Layer: Mao-Era History and the Construction of China’s Agricultural Heritage. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (pp. 413-441). unapi

Article Fu, Jia-Chen (September 2019) Practice and the History of Science in the PRC: A Historiographic Reflection. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (pp. 449-463). unapi

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