Conferencia: Pasado y presente de la innovación en China. Madrid, 1 de octubre de 2012 Dagmar Schäfer. Directora del Centro de Estudios Chinos de la Universidad de Manchester. Reino Unido. She is a specialist in the History of Chinese science and technology and received her Ph.D. from the University of Würzburg, Germany in 1996 and worked and studied at the Zhejiang University PRChina, the Ts'inghua University ROC, the University of Pennsylvannia, U.S.A. and the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany. Her publications include "The Crafting of the 10,000 Things" (University of Chicago Press, 2011), and "Cultures of Knowledge: Technology in China" (Brill, 2012).

1. CASA Asia
Madrid 01 October 2012
Dagmar Schäfer, University of Manchester

2. 1.Innovation and texts
Song Dynasty 宋代 (960-1279)
2. Innovation and rhetoric
3. Innovation and media culture
4. Heritage

3. 1.Innovation and texts
People’s Republic of China (1949-
2. Innovation and rhetoric
3. Innovation and media culture
4. Heritage
Joseph Needham (1900-97), at work in China, ca. 1950s

4. 1.Innovation and texts
Song Dynasty 宋代 (960-1279)
2. Innovation and rhetoric
3. Innovation and media culture
4. Innovation and heritage
宋 Song Dynasty 960-1279

5. 1.Innovation and texts
Ming Dynasty 明代 (1368-1644)
2. Innovation and rhetoric
3. Innovation and media culture
4. Heritage
明 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

6. 1.Innovation and texts
2. Innovation and rhetoric
Yuan Dynasty 元代 (1279-1368)
3. Innovation and media culture
4. Heritage
元 Yuan Dynasty (1279-1367)

7. 1.Innovation and texts
2. Innovation and rhetoric
Yuan Dynasty 元代 (1279-1368)
3. Innovation and media culture
4. Heritage
Re-evaluations of practice and theory
Talents 才能
Proper and ripe behavior 行遣熟閑
strong debating skills 語言辯利
experienced in laws 通習條法
knowledgeable about the Confucian classics 曉解
儒書
Solid/sound calculation skills 算法精明
clear calligraphy 字畫端正

8. 1.Innovation and texts
2. Innovation and rhetoric
3. Innovation and media culture
The Qing Dynasty (1645-1911)
4. Heritage
The Qing Dynasty (1645–1911)
Beijing

9. 1.Innovation and texts
2. Innovation and rhetoric
3. Innovation and media culture
The Qing Dynasty (1645-1911)
4. Heritage
Memoranda and reports, concerning
artisnal production. Many carry the signature of
Hai Wang 海望 (n.d.), Master of
Household on Artisanal Production

10. 1.Innovation and texts
2. Innovation and rhetoric
3. Innovation and media culture
The Qing Dynasty (1645-1911)
4. Heritage
Alloy sample for the production of Tibetan bronze figures (51 cm height/ 21,2 cm width)
On its front it reads: Gilded Lima (?) 紫金利馬同 ( 驪瑪 ). Two yellow stripes (official orders) are glued to its back. The first
lists the ingredients . The second is an imperial remark that the result was not satisfactory . Dated to 22 day, 1st month, qianlong
46 (1781). Reg. Nr. 177654

11. 1.Innovation and texts
2. Innovation and rhetoric
3. Innovation and media culture
The Qing Dynasty (1645-1911)
4. Heritage
Ruler and compass circulating between
Yangzhou and Beijing on an imperial order for
interior design, ca. 1747, Palace Museum,
Forbidden City, Reg. Nr. 041923
Porcelain design, qianlong 22 Wooden model ( 玺印木样 ) for the production of a jade stamp,
(1757), Palace Museum, Guangxu era. Palace Museum, Forbidden City, Reg. Nr. 161920
Reg. Nr. 231978

12. 1.Innovation and texts
2. Innovation and rhetoric
3. Innovation and media culture
The Qing Dynasty (1645-1911)
Silk production at the Qing court 4. Heritage
British Museum‘s edition commissioned by Plan of the Organization of the Inner
the Kangxi Emperor (1662-1722), produced Weaving Bureau
in 1696 by the court painter Jiao Bingzhen. 清漪園内織染局萬壽山清漪園地盘畫樣
It is also known as the Yuzhi (imperial) 全圖 . Constructed in the year 1751.
Gengzhi tu, 康熙禦制耕織圖 Beijing Palace Museum, Reg. Nr. 01330

13. 1.Innovation and texts
2. Innovation and rhetoric
3. Innovation and media culture
The Qing Dynasty (1645-1911)
4. Heritage
Sketch of an imperial Winter gown ( 慈禧緊身衣裳 ), presumably produced by the
Court workshop for painting and design (instead of as usually the Ministry of Rites)
and then approved by the emperor. Sketch 8, Qing Dynasty ca. 30 cm

14. 1.Innovation and texts
2. Innovation and rhetoric
3. Innovation and media culture
Porcelain in Jingdezhen The Qing Dynasty (1645-1911)
4. Heritage
Court Ladies, Painting Scroll,
Artist: Tang Ying 唐英 (1682–
1756), court painter and supervisor
for porcelain manufacture in
Jingdezhen city.
© First National Archived order for a fish basin,
Archive, Beijing signed by Hai Wang 海望 (n.d.),
Master of the Court Household for
© Gugong bowu yuan, Beijing Artisanal Production.
© Gugong bowu yuan, Beijing
Design drawing for a gold fish basin,
1754. Artist: Unknown

15. intangible knowledge – tangible heritage