Science Communication in Context of China: Reducing the Regional Imbalance
Science communication is influenced by various factors of social context, such as politics, economy, culture and history, and these factors have different impact on science communication in different time and space domain. China is a country with appreciable regional diversity, where exist huge gap in economic, social, educational and science and technology development. The imbalance in development makes social context of science communication a prominent feature in the country. In China, the demand of citizens on science communication presents diversified and complex features, which were intensified by the leapfrog development of science communication pattern. Based upon above considerations, China is taking public science communication strategy in a localized way by government and the society as well. This paper discusses the functions which science communication played in reducing the regional imbalance in China.
The Connotation and Goal of Science Popularisation in Modern China
The conceptual framework and practice of science popularisation in modern China are developing constantly. At present, science popularisation is usually considered to denote activities that disseminate science knowledge to the public, popularize scientific thoughts, carry forward scientific spirits, advocate scientific methods, constantly improve public-scientific literacy and communicate with the public for their all-roundevelopment in a way easy for them to understand, accept and get involved into the activity. Scientific methods, scientific thoughts, scientific spirits and relationships between science and society constitute the main ingredients of science popularisation. The main objective of science popularisation is to improve public-scientific literacy, promote communication between science and society as well as spread scientific culture.
Household economy and gendered labor in the 17th centurya.d. on Guam
Abstract The gendered division of labor in household economies is well known in documentary accounts of many societies, although archaeological evidence for it is often elusive. Our study compares ethnohistorical accounts of household organization with archaeological patterns at a 17th-century village on the island of Guam in the Marianas archipelago to determine if these different sources of evidence provide similar insights. We investigated archaeological assemblages from two latte (megalithic) buildings to document their economic activities. Unexpected differences in their assemblages revealed that economic activities varied between the two latte buildings. They were domiciles of a single economically integrated household, but their disparate functions likely signaled a gendered division of labor. This study reveals aspects of gendered labor that documentary accounts do not fully describe. Our findings suggest that the assumption that domestic buildings were functionally redundant in traditional societies must be tested on a case-by-case basis.