Fired clay in four porcelain clusters : a comparative study of energy use, production/environmental ecology, and kiln development in Arita, Hong Kong, Jingdezhen, and Yingge /

This book examines how energy use has evolved with technological advancements and changing social norms and ideas in environmental conservation and productive output in the ceramics-making industry. The four cities or towns of Arita, Hong Kong, Jingdezhen, and Yingge are the settings for this resear...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, [2014]
Temas:
Ceramic industries > Technological innovations > Asia.
Energy conservation > Asia.
Kilns > Asia.
Industries céramiques > Innovations > Asie.
Économies d'énergie > Asie.
Fours industriels > Asie.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Chemical & Biochemical.
Ceramic industries > Technological innovations
Energy conservation
Kilns
Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Japanese Trade Ceramics in the Premodern Global Trading Space
  • 2. Interpretations of Japanese Modernity: A Case Study of Japan's Energy Transition in the Ceramics Industry
  • 3. Energy Transition in Creative Production: Narratives and Fieldwork about Energy Use in the Ceramics-Making Industries of Hong Kong, Japan, and China
  • 4. Blue and White Fired Clay in Everyday Lives: An Ecology of Creative Production, Energy Use, and Aesthetics of Arita (with Comparative References to Jingdezhen)
  • 5. Ideas about Resource Use and the Natural Environment in Pottery-making: A Historical Comparative Case Study of Two Communities in Hong Kong and Japan
  • 6. Post-Modernism and Pottery-Making: A Case Study of Issues of Artistic Production, Environmental Awareness, and Energy Use in Hong Kong with Comparative References to China and Japan
  • 7. Negotiating the Narrative of the "r;Last Frontier"r;: A Case Study of a Fourth-Generation Hong Kong Potter and His Art as Well as Environmental and Ethical Consciousness through Non-Governmental Initiatives in Myanmar (Burma)
  • 8. Shek Kip Mei's Artistic Green Village
  • 9. Fieldwork in Arita: The Ecology of the Town, Its People, the Natural Environment, and Its Energy Use
  • 10. History of Jingdezhen Kilns, Its Development, and Energy Use (with Comparative References to Arita)
  • 11. Yingge
  • The Town, Its Developmental History, and Energy Use
  • 12. Conclusion.

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