Doctoral Dissertation Research: Imitation versus Innovation: The Case of Mobile Phone Design and Manufacturing

这个项目将研究仿冒电子产品，重点是移动电话。PI将使用民族志方法研究擅长复制和改进手机技术和设计的中国企业家和艺术家。他将根据中国的学习掌握概念来定位这项研究，该概念将模仿实践作为通往创造力的途径。这项研究将产生一篇学位论文和学术文章。美国企业和政策制定者以及多个领域的学者应该会对这种做法有更全面的了解

This project will study knock-off electronics focusing on the case of mobile telephones. Using ethnographic methods the PI will study Chinese entrepreneurs and artists who specialize in the practice of copying and improving upon cellphone technology and design. He will situate this study in terms of the Chinese concept of learned mastery which embraces practices of imitation as route to creativity. The research will result in a dissertation and scholarly articles. A fuller understanding of the practice should be of interest to US corporations and policy makers, as well as scholars in a number of fields