Editor in Chief; Contributor for Sinologist
I research the manuscript culture of early China (5th –2nd century BCE). I work primarily with bamboo and silk manuscripts from the fourth and third century BCE, of which a great number has been discovered in the last decades. I study criteria and methodological issues to explore this new material. As an intellectual historian, I look at how texts were used to shape knowledge for early Chinese thinkers, and how at the same time they modify our representations of the history of ideas and knowledge of early China.
My link with the digital world comes from my workflow routine. These manuscripts can only be accessed as pictures and digital files. New websites promoted by universities appear every year. This enables all scholars to research manuscripts from anywhere in the world, but the websites’ design constrains access in different ways. Learning how to navigate these websites properly is key to my research.
See all my posts here, https://digitalorientalist.com/author/maddalenapoli/
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