Shaoling Ma, "The Stone and the Wireless: Mediating China, 1861–1906" (Duke UP, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
00:00
The Diaries of a Diplomat
i sod is brought to you by hp. A, ye, if you could tell us a little bit more about this trio of protagonists with whom you start the book? A, who are, like you say, they're writing records. They are themselves cultural mediators. And in particular, what was interesting to me was the way in which they reconceptualize one or writing as an inscriptive practice that is not necessarily linked to writing itself. I wanted to push back against conventional readings of laching writers according to whether they are progress and pro westen therefor pro technology, versus tho ta, those thermore conservative.
Play episode from 23:07
Transcript
