Conference: Epistemic Breakdowns And Crises In East Asia

Feb. 23, 2018

Fri, Mar 2, 2018 to Sat, Mar 3, 2018. Historians studying the production and dissemination of knowledge in East Asia face two challenges: one, how to overcome the influence of the epistemic categories and values imposed by their position as modern actors; and two, how to best understand the creation and validation of knowledge in its historical context.

By exploring epistemic breakdowns and crises, defined as occasions in which knowledge "fails" its users, scholars can not only examine the plurality of expectations and values held by different historical actors and groups, but also better determine the practices that have legitimized them. This workshop's participants will explore epistemic breakdowns and crises across multiple periods of East Asian history in order to both problematize the boundaries and criteria that have been assumed in the historical study of knowledge and illuminate the complexity of its production and dissemination.  

Conference sponsored by the East Asian Studies Program, Digital Humanities, History of Science Department, PIIRS, University Center for Human Values.

https://eap.princeton.edu/events/conference-epistemic-breakdowns-and-crises-east-asia