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Science in Cultural Borderlands: Methodological Reflections on the Study of Science, European Imperialism, and Cultural Encounter
- East Asian Science, Technology and Society: an International Journal
- Duke University Press
- Volume 1, Number 2, 2007
- pp. 213-231
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This article examines the methodological issues arising from the study of science and European imperialism. Drawing upon recent scholarship in a variety of fields, it argues for a combination of the concepts of "cultural borderlands" and "scientific imperialism" in analyzing the formation of science in cultural encounter. It also urges STS scholars to pay more attention to the field sciences. Although the focus of the article is on science and British imperialism in nineteenth-century China, its conclusions address an important aspect of the history of East Asian science, technology, and medicine from the early modern period to the twentieth century.
Chinese Abstract:
本文審視研究科學與帝國主義一些方法論上的問題。綜合 近年來學術界對相關問題的論述, 本文嚐試從“接境地帶” 和“科學帝國主義” 兩個觀念出發, 探討文化遭遇情境中的科學實作及知識生產, 並強調田野科學 在科學史上的重要性。雖然本文以英國科學帝國主義在十九世紀中國為主軸, 其論點及方法對研究東亞科技及醫學在近現代的發展具有較廣泛的應用價 值。