Lehrende: Dr. Jörg Henning Hüsemann
Veranstaltungsart: Übung
Orga-Einheit: 03-Ostasienwissenschaften
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Offizielle Kursbeschreibung: “From Pit Cultivation to Hybrid Rice: Farming Knowledge in Chinese History” Course description The shift from hunting and gathering to farming, or what we call the “Neolithic Revolution”, was a major step for the development and survival of complex societies. Scholars have tended to view agriculture as the foundation for the rise of modern civilizations across the world. As the primary source of food supply, farming remained important until modern times and it is therefore no surprise that it was among the central concerns of scholarly and official discours-es throughout the ages. Building on the rich body of primary sources and secondary scholarship, this seminar asks how historical actors in China have received and produced, accepted and discussed, adapted and transformed, circulated and transmitted farming knowledge across time. What role did agriculture play in the development of sciences and how did agronomists adopt knowledge produced in other fields? We will explore the cultural and socio-historical contexts of agricultural knowledge production and discuss the role of agriculture in Chinese history. The seminar will be accompanied by readings from agricultural writings (nongshu ??) and other primary materials. An advanced command of written Chinese is therefore required. At the end of this course, participants will understand the historical development of agriculture as well as the plurality of farming knowledge production in China and will be able to conduct individual case studies within this field of research.
