Article ID: CBB672185525

Materials and Skills in the History of Knowledge: An Archaeological Perspective from the "Non-Asian" Field (April 2019)

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Kuijpers, Maikel H. G. (Author)


Technology and Culture
Volume: 60
Issue: 2
Pages: 604-615


Publication Date: April 2019
Edition Details: Themed articles on Joseph Needham's "Science and Civilization in China"
Language: English

This essay assesses the connections between craft, science, and technology, which I explore through the notion of skill. In particular, what we can learn from studying things and materials? Where do the properties of materials fit in the history of science and technology? Materiality, I argue, allows for a synthetic kind of thinking in line with the approach taken by Joseph Needham in his seven-volume Science and Civilisation in China (1954–84). A methodology is proposed that seeks to harmonize science and craft knowledge, and offers a potential route through which the relationship between social and material phenomena may be explored.

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Includes Series Articles

Article Mei, Jianjun (April 2019) Some Reflections on Joseph Needham's Intellectual Heritage. Technology and Culture (pp. 594-603). unapi

Article Nappi, Carla; Wark, McKenzie (April 2019) Reading Needham Now. Technology and Culture (pp. 562-573). unapi

Article Chen, Buyun (April 2019) Needham, Matter, Form, and Us. Technology and Culture (pp. 574-582). unapi

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Article Baichun; Miao (April 2019) Joseph Needham's Research on Chinese Machines in the Cross-Cultural History of Science and Technology. Technology and Culture (pp. 616-624). unapi

Article Tilley (April 2019) A Great (Scientific) Divergence: Synergies and Fault Lines in Global Histories of Science. Technology and Culture (pp. 583-593). unapi

Article Hsia; Schäfer (April 2019) Introduction to Themed articles on Joseph Needham's "Science and Civilization in China". Technology and Culture (pp. 554-561). unapi

Article Moon (April 2019) Editor's Note: Themed articles on Joseph Needham. Technology and Culture (pp. 553-553). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Tilley, Helen
Mei, Jianjun
Chen, Buyun
Xuetao Li
Huang Xing
Zhang, Baichun
Concepts
History of technology, as a discipline
History of science, as a discipline
Methodology
Global history
Historiography
Area studies
Time Periods
Early modern
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
China
East Asia
Germany
Europe
Taiwan
Korea
Institutions
International Congress of the History of Science
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