Language
When a Translation Changes the Question
See how a translation changes the question, and learn to pair a useful English term with its original context instead…
The collection
All pieces
A steadily growing collection of pieces on eastern histories and the connections between ideas, languages, beliefs, exchanges and objects.
Exchange
A Gift, a Trade or a Tribute? Reading Objects in Motion
Learn to read an object in motion as gift, trade or tribute by asking who chose the transfer, what obligations…
Objects
Before the Bound Volume: Knowledge on Palm Leaves
Knowledge on palm leaves travelled in long, narrow pages: learn how their format shaped writing, reading, copying and…
Belief
The Unbroken Tradition Myth: How Practices Change and Still Endure
The unbroken tradition myth obscures how customs adapt. Learn to trace what persists, what changes and how later…
Ideas
A Reading Hour for One Old Travel Account
A reading hour for an old travel account helps you separate what its writer saw, assumed and left unanswered, without…