Exploring Traditions: Sources for a Global History of Science

探索传统：全球科学史的来源

• 批准号: AH/J007005/1
• 负责人: Sujit Sivasundaram
• 金额: $ 4.62万
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FJ007005%2F1
• 关键词: Exploring; Traditions; Sources; Global; History

The long-term historical development of the sciences in global context has already attracted public attention, and questions of cultural espionage and secrecy, the parallel and divergent histories of innovation and invention, the role of knowledge in warfare, imperialism, naval power and political ascendancy, as well as the dynamics of intercultural exchange and barter, have all occupied a place in public consciousness. Questioning the status of the global in the sciences is also of immense importance if we are to come to a more reflexive understanding of some of the key issues facing our planet today, including the challenges of underdevelopment, education, healthcare, epidemics, information exchange, 'indigenous' knowledge and rights, and the technological gap. This project seeks to interpret the globalization of the sciences since 1750 in a new way, by encouraging scholars, students and policymakers to think beyond their usual starting points. It asks them, firstly, to use new sources, and in particular to avoid a tendency to rely solely on the deposits in European libararies and museums, and in particular those in European languages and traditions of production and representation, in order to understand how science was globalized and also how it was used by different cultures. This has been one of the key limitations to our understanding of the global in science. Secondly, it encourages all those involved in the network to establish sustained exchanges with other scholars, students and policymakers elesewhere, and in particular in Africa and South Asia. This is driven by the belief that if we are to understand the global in science, we need to be globally engaged in intellectual terms. Thirdly, it seeks to link scholars working on quite different areas and in line with different methods; in the world of museums as well archives; in the study of particular areas of the world as well as Europe; and as historians, sociologists, philosophers, and anthropologists amongst others. The legacy of the project will lie in the training it will provide to a new generation of postgraduate and postdoctoral students, as well as the training resources it will develop for the study of the globalization of the sciences. It will bring its findings to a wide audience by use of video presentations, poisition papers and briefing documents. It will also help those working in museums and libaries to consider how to interpret and display their materials in the UK.The project will be based at the University of Cambridge, which has already proven itself to be a leading centre for the study of global histories of science, with scholars based at a number of its departments and institutes studying and writing in this field. It will involve visits by four scholars with African and South Asian intersts to Cambridge and will also involve a series of workshops and a conference in Delhi. At heart this is a globally collaborative enterprise about the globalization of the sciences, which will have global impact.

科学在全球背景下的长期历史发展已经引起了公众的关注，文化间谍和秘密，创新和发明的平行和不同的历史，知识在战争中的作用，帝国主义，海军力量和政治优势，以及文化间交流和易货贸易的动态，都在公众意识中占据了一席之地。如果我们要对当今地球面临的一些关键问题有更深刻的理解，包括欠发达、教育、医疗保健、流行病、信息交流、“土著”知识和权利以及技术差距等挑战，那么质疑全球科学的地位也是非常重要的。该项目旨在以一种新的方式解释自1750年以来科学的全球化，鼓励学者，学生和政策制定者超越他们通常的起点思考。它要求他们，首先，使用新的资源，特别是避免仅仅依赖欧洲图书馆和博物馆的存款，特别是那些在欧洲语言和传统的生产和代表，以了解科学是如何全球化，以及它是如何被不同的文化使用的倾向。这一直是我们在科学上理解全球的关键限制之一。第二，它鼓励所有参与网络的人与其他地方，特别是非洲和南亚的其他学者、学生和决策者建立持续的交流。这是因为我们相信，如果我们要理解科学的全球性，我们就需要在全球范围内参与智力活动。第三，它旨在将从事不同领域和不同方法的学者联系起来;在博物馆和档案馆的世界中;在世界和欧洲的特定领域的研究中;以及作为历史学家，社会学家，哲学家和人类学家等。该项目的遗产将在于它将向新一代研究生和博士后学生提供的培训，以及它将为科学全球化研究开发的培训资源。它将利用录像介绍、立场文件和简报文件向广大听众介绍其调查结果。该项目将在剑桥大学开展，该大学已经证明自己是全球科学史研究的领先中心，其多个系和研究所的学者都在该领域进行研究和写作。它将包括四名对非洲和南亚感兴趣的学者访问剑桥，还将包括一系列讲习班和在德里举行的一次会议。从本质上讲，这是一个关于科学全球化的全球合作企业，将产生全球影响。