Month: March 2023

For this week’s class we discussed inkstones, ancient Chinese text binding, stamps, etc. I found all of this not in my area of interest, though our discussions of inkstones were what intrigued me most. A question posed in class was why Prof. Ko insisted on “trying her hand at the processes and creating the objects… Continue reading Week 9

I found that Week 6’s lessons were more comprehensible to me and easier to grasp, as we discussed the issues of currency and value. The resources I focused on were [Money on the Silk Road, Chinese Money in Global Context] Though I must admit that the chronology of when all of the different types of… Continue reading Week 7 Blog Post