Floris Van Swet
Biographic Data
| ID | 4896760 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Floris Van Swet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Floris |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Swet |
| SIGNATURE | VAN SWET F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northumbria University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9578-8993 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Introduction: Migration and Technological Circulations in the Early Modern World
Recent scholarship has emphasised the central importance of cultural contact and global knowledge circulation for technological innovation; however, this connection remains understudied in the global early modern world. This introduction highlights the importance of combining migration history and the history of technology to shed new light on the roles of migrants in technological innovation from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. The…
The migration–innovation nexus in the early modern world
Scholars have long been aware of the link between migration and technological innovation in the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, but our understanding of this connection in the early modern period is poor and hampered by presentist preconceptions. This article sets out to launch a new research agenda that puts the agency of migrants back at the centre of the analysis, establishing how this connection worked in practice in the period before W…
Making Room to Grow
This paper examines rōnin (“masterless samurai”) and the rōnin label in Tokugawa Japan (1603–1868) through a focus on their interactions with rural areas and rural development projects. By positioning rōnin as a highly varied social group in search of livelihood and social status, this paper shows that conventional descriptions of them as disruptive ruffians overlook their social significance and complexities and misunderstand their existence as …
Migration and Technological Dialogue in Early Modern East Asia: A Historiographical Review
By reviewing historiographical trends within existing scholarship on migration and movement, and knowledge and technological dialogue in early modern East Asia, this article demonstrates how these bodies of work have become increasingly interdisciplinary and inclusive, thereby challenging prior characterisations of the region. Recent trends within the field combined with considerations of embodiment are, however, laying the groundwork for more me…
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Migration and Technological Dialogue in Early Modern East Asia: A Historiographical Review
By reviewing historiographical trends within existing scholarship on migration and movement, and knowledge and technological dialogue in early modern East Asia, this article demonstrates how these bodies of work have become increasingly interdisciplinary and inclusive, thereby challenging prior characterisations of the region. Recent trends within the field combined with considerations of embodiment are, however, laying the groundwork for more me…
Introduction: Migration and Technological Circulations in the Early Modern World
Recent scholarship has emphasised the central importance of cultural contact and global knowledge circulation for technological innovation; however, this connection remains understudied in the global early modern world. This introduction highlights the importance of combining migration history and the history of technology to shed new light on the roles of migrants in technological innovation from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. The…
The migration–innovation nexus in the early modern world
Scholars have long been aware of the link between migration and technological innovation in the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, but our understanding of this connection in the early modern period is poor and hampered by presentist preconceptions. This article sets out to launch a new research agenda that puts the agency of migrants back at the centre of the analysis, establishing how this connection worked in practice in the period before W…
Making Room to Grow
This paper examines rōnin (“masterless samurai”) and the rōnin label in Tokugawa Japan (1603–1868) through a focus on their interactions with rural areas and rural development projects. By positioning rōnin as a highly varied social group in search of livelihood and social status, this paper shows that conventional descriptions of them as disruptive ruffians overlook their social significance and complexities and misunderstand their existence as …
Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations (2 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (2 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (2 works) · Adaptation (eye (1 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · China (1 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (1 works) · Circulation (fluid dynamics) (1 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 works)