MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Event

Apr 22-23, 2021
Visual Materials in Local Gazetteers

Based on the foundation laid by MPIWG’s “Tu 圖” Working Group and the Local Gazetteers Research Tools (LoGaRT), this workshop invites 14 scholars to conduct comprehensive and comparative research that investigate the role of visual materials in Chinese local gazetteers, Projects to be presented cover the following themes: geography and spatial representations, objects, material culture and ritual processes, star maps and astronomy, and the discourse. Please see complete program below.

The participants and audience are expected to read all the papers in advance of the workshop. At the workshop, each paper has a dedicated 15-minute slot. Each author will talk within 5 minutes to briefly indicate their works and to address what is missing in the draft papers. The rest of the time will be devoted to Q&A.

 

Poster (final)

Program

  • Day 1 (5-7 pm, Berlin time)

    17:00-17:05             Introduction (Shih-Pei Chen)

    17:05-18:05             Panel #1

    • Mapping Geo-Modernity through LoGaRT, Shellen X. WU (U Tennessee).
    • Longitude and Latitude of Local Gazetteer Maps in the Qing Dynasty—Analysis based on LoGaRT Database, Jiajing ZHANG (U Chinese Academy of Sciences).
    • Old Sites and New Institutions: Visualizing Agricultural Science in Early Twentieth-Century Gazetteers, Peter Lavelle (Temple U).
    • Destruction of the City, 1840-1949, Changxue Shu (KU Leuven).

    18:05-18:50             Panel #2

    • Historical Cartography in Chinese Local Gazetteers, Kenneth J. Hammond (New Mexico State).
    • Engraving the Pleasant Cityscape: Picturing Wandering, Pleasure, and Scenic Sites of Jiangnan in Ming and Qing Local Gazetteers, Yizhou Wang (Heidelberg U).
    • Urban Centers and Peripheral Sites: Questioning Narratives of North-South Difference, Daniel Knorr (U Cambridge).

    18:50-19:00              General discussion

  • Day 2 (5-7:30 pm, Berlin time)

    17:00-18:00             Panel #3

    • School and School Library Tu in Local Gazetteers, Joseph Dennis (U Wisconsin-Madison).
    • Towers Dedicated to Astral Deities in Late Imperial China, Daniel Burton-Rose (IKGF Erlangen).
    • Ritual objects and the local gazetteer: representations of sets of musical instruments, Anne Gerritsen (U Warwick).
    • Expanding the Empire through the Night Sky: The Astrological Markers of Frontier Regions in Late Imperial Chinese Gazetteers, Tristan Brown (MIT).

    18:00-18:45             Panel #4

    • Depictions of the Yellow River as expressions of localness in traditional local gazetteers, Qin Yang (Australian National U).
    • Locating the Sea: A Visual Analysis of Coastal County Gazetteers in Late Imperial China, Sander Molenaar (U Warwick).
    • Elegantizing Landscapes: The Rise of Local Views in Ming China, Xin Yu (Washington U in St. Louis).

    18:45-19:00             General discussion

    19:00-19:30             (Volunteered) General discussion

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Contact and Registration

Please contact Shih-Pei Chen for any additional information. If you would like to participate, please send an email to event_dept3@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de. Only limited spaces available.

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2021-04-22T00:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2021-04-22 00:00:00 2021-04-23 00:00:00 Visual Materials in Local Gazetteers Based on the foundation laid by MPIWG’s “Tu 圖” Working Group and the Local Gazetteers Research Tools (LoGaRT), this workshop invites 14 scholars to conduct comprehensive and comparative research that investigate the role of visual materials in Chinese local gazetteers, Projects to be presented cover the following themes: geography and spatial representations, objects, material culture and ritual processes, star maps and astronomy, and the discourse. Please see complete program below. The participants and audience are expected to read all the papers in advance of the workshop. At the workshop, each paper has a dedicated 15-minute slot. Each author will talk within 5 minutes to briefly indicate their works and to address what is missing in the draft papers. The rest of the time will be devoted to Q&A.   Program Day 1 (5-7 pm, Berlin time) 17:00-17:05             Introduction (Shih-Pei Chen) 17:05-18:05             Panel #1 Mapping Geo-Modernity through LoGaRT, Shellen X. WU (U Tennessee). Longitude and Latitude of Local Gazetteer Maps in the Qing Dynasty—Analysis based on LoGaRT Database, Jiajing ZHANG (U Chinese Academy of Sciences). Old Sites and New Institutions: Visualizing Agricultural Science in Early Twentieth-Century Gazetteers, Peter Lavelle (Temple U). Destruction of the City, 1840-1949, Changxue Shu (KU Leuven). 18:05-18:50             Panel #2 Historical Cartography in Chinese Local Gazetteers, Kenneth J. Hammond (New Mexico State). Engraving the Pleasant Cityscape: Picturing Wandering, Pleasure, and Scenic Sites of Jiangnan in Ming and Qing Local Gazetteers, Yizhou Wang (Heidelberg U). Urban Centers and Peripheral Sites: Questioning Narratives of North-South Difference, Daniel Knorr (U Cambridge). 18:50-19:00              General discussion Day 2 (5-7:30 pm, Berlin time) 17:00-18:00             Panel #3 School and School Library Tu in Local Gazetteers, Joseph Dennis (U Wisconsin-Madison). Towers Dedicated to Astral Deities in Late Imperial China, Daniel Burton-Rose (IKGF Erlangen). Ritual objects and the local gazetteer: representations of sets of musical instruments, Anne Gerritsen (U Warwick). Expanding the Empire through the Night Sky: The Astrological Markers of Frontier Regions in Late Imperial Chinese Gazetteers, Tristan Brown (MIT). 18:00-18:45             Panel #4 Depictions of the Yellow River as expressions of localness in traditional local gazetteers, Qin Yang (Australian National U). Locating the Sea: A Visual Analysis of Coastal County Gazetteers in Late Imperial China, Sander Molenaar (U Warwick). Elegantizing Landscapes: The Rise of Local Views in Ming China, Xin Yu (Washington U in St. Louis). 18:45-19:00             General discussion 19:00-19:30             (Volunteered) General discussion Anne GerritsenKenneth HammondShellen WuJiajing ZhangShih-Pei Chen Anne GerritsenKenneth HammondShellen WuJiajing ZhangShih-Pei Chen Europe/Berlin public