Informal Talk: Qu Jian
When: Thu, 04.07.2024 10:15 AM until 11:45 AM
Where: Warburgstraße 26, 20354 Hamburg, 2002
The Social Life of Contracts: An Introduction to the Manuscript Culture of Contracts in the Qingshui River Society of Southwest China, c. 18th–19th Centuries
Professor Dr Qu Jian (China Agricultural University, Peking)
Contracts prevail in our daily life. This study aims to shed light on the social life of contracts, specifically how they were (re-)produced, modified, used, and archived/terminated by local communities in the mountainous areas along the Qingshui River in southeast Guizhou. Essentially, this study seeks to explore the relationship between the material aspects of contracts and their legal and social validity, striving for a deeper understanding of the materiality of contracts in late imperial China.
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Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures