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SUMMARY:Chinese natural history objects in 18th-century Paris: reflections
  on the non-circulation of knowledge - Huiyi Wu (CNRS-Centre Alexandre Koy
 ré)
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CONTACT:Olin Moctezuma
DESCRIPTION:During his stay in Macao during the 1720s\, the French doctor 
 Jacques-François Vandermonde (?–1746) built up a collection of Chinese 
 minerals with the help of local apothecaries. The collection of 79 mineral
  samples\, recently rediscovered in the Muséum national d’histoire natu
 relle in Paris\, was carefully labeled in Chinese\, and accompanied by a F
 rench translation of the mineral section of Li Shizhen's _Bencao gangmu_ [
 Compendium of materia medica]. However\, these carefully assembled materia
 ls failed to produce a tangible impact once they arrived in Paris\, avid a
 s it was of things Chinese. This talk builds around this case study to off
 er some reflections on the collections of Chinese natural history objects 
 in 18th-century France\, the networks undergirding them\, and the limitati
 on of their role as medium of knowledge.\n\n"Book to attend in person":htt
 ps://bit.ly/CabinetLent2022
LOCATION:Zoom and Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of
  Science
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