Professor Joan Judge - Women As Vernacular Knowers In China’s Long Republic (1894-1954): What We Can Learn From Cheap Print

In this week's episode, we will talk about hidden histories of Chinese women’s everyday knowledge, skills like preserving food, treating illnesses, and managing households. These were forms of vernacular knowledge, passed down through practice, often undocumented. Professor Joan Judge from York University in Canada will uncover these histories when women left behind so few records of what they did or thought, and ultimately show how women’s practical knowledge intersected with science in ways often overlooked. Professor Judge was invited by the University of Hong Kong to give a talk entitled “Women As Vernacular Knowers In China’s Long Republic (1894-1954): What We Can Learn From Cheap Print”