The Making of Asian Science: Comparative and Historical Perspectives

Session Submission Type: Open Panel

Abstract

This session explicitly brings together STS scholars who study scientific research systems in various Asian countries, and particularly India and China. These papers consider the development of scientific research in these Asian countries and the role played by governance systems, East-West-East mobility, and locally-grounded cultural and philosophical traditions in the dynamic shaping of scientific practice in Asia. The papers focus on either the contemporary period or earlier eras including the colonial and pre-colonial, and offer a range of methodologies from interviews to archival research for the study of Asian science.

Sub Unit

• Papers for Open Panels / Is there such a thing as Asian science?

Individual Presentations

• "Asian Science", as understood by Western-trained, Asian-born Scientists - Anju Mary Paul, Yale-NUS College

• Institutionalisation And Professionalisation of Science in Pre-Independence Era: A Case of Indian Science Congress Association - Sneha Sinha, Jawaharlal Nehru University

• Origin and Operation of the Chinese Academy of Engineering: An Interaction between Expertise and Politics - Nan Wang, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

• Evolution of Biotechnology in India: Historic and Epistemic Trajectories - Abhinav Tyagi, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Session Organizer

• Anju Mary Paul, Yale-NUS College