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Graphics and Text in the Production of Technical Knowledge in China: The Warp and the Weft (SINICA LEIDENSIA, 79) by Francesca Bray; F. (ed.); Dorofeeva-Lichtmann; V. (ed.); Metailie; G. (ed.); Francesca Bray; Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann; Georges Mtaili is a engineering available to read on EtoBox.
What is Graphics and Text in the Production of Technical Knowledge in China: The Warp and the Weft (SINICA LEIDENSIA, 79) about?
This collection offers a challenging new interpretation of technical knowledge in Chinese thought and practice. Conveying technical knowledge in China through charts, plans or drawings ("tu") dates back to antiquity. Earlier studies focused on specialised forms of "tu" like maps or drawings of machines. Here, however, "tu" is identified in Chinese terms, viz. as a philosophical category of knowledge production: visual templates for action, spanning a range from mandala to modernist mapping proje
Who reads Graphics and Text in the Production of Technical Knowledge in China: The Warp and the Weft (SINICA LEIDENSIA, 79)?
It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.
Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- Francesca Bray; F. (ed.); Dorofeeva-Lichtmann; V. (ed.); Metailie; G. (ed.); Francesca Bray; Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann; Georges Mtaili
- Publisher
- Brill Academic Pub
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789004160637
- Category
- engineering
- Subjects
- Language Learning, History, Engineering
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
