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Craft Knowledge at the Interface of Written and Oral Cultures

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: How did artisans in late imperial and Republican China reproduce technical knowledge, what role did writing play in knowledge reproduction, and to which extent did literate and oral knowledge cultures meet? This article looks at these questions from two angles: it reconstructs tacit, oral, and literate modes of knowledge transmission among artisans (in particular papermakers) in the nineteenth and twentieth century, and it looks at the production, circulation, and potential impact of texts dealing with artisanal techniques.

Source: East Asian Science Technology and Society An International Journal

DOI: 10.1007/s12280-010-9115-4

Author: Jacob Eyferth

Institution: University of Chicago

Language: English

Topic: Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4239095691

FWCI: 6.725

Cites: 43

Cited by: 23

Related to: 10