Chinese Engineers and their Spatial Imaginations: Architects of an Interconnected Nation, 1906–1937 (A06)

This project explores spatial formats of China through visions and plans of infrastructural interconnectivity. The period investigated spans the establishment of the first Ministry of Communications in 1906 to the onset of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937. Through an actor-centred analysis of the relevant ministries, polytechnic schools, and professional engineering associations, we demonstrate how different infrastructural visions of the nation state interact and constitute a fundamental dimension of territorializing space.

DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres

Subproject of SFB 1199:  Processes of Spatialization under the Global Condition

Applicant Institution Universität Leipzig

Project Head Professorin Dr. Elisabeth Kaske