Qilin Cao
Biographic Data
| ID | 5900616 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Qilin Cao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Qilin |
| FAMILY NAME | Cao |
| SIGNATURE | CAO Q |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tongji University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1642-740X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The death of Wang I-lü
In July 1939, Wang I-lü, a recent high school graduate, was reported to have fallen down a staircase while wearing high heels. The accident triggered heated public debates in Shanghai. Some condemned high heels as dangerous and decadent; others defended them, while Wang’s classmates denied Wang had ever worn them. Amid these conflicting voices, this article treats the death of Wang I-lü not as a question of forensic fact but as a historically sit…
Expediting co-benefits of tailored municipal solid waste management strategies globally
Sound, Gender, and the Thing
This article argues that the earphone is a microcosm of the broader material and societal changes that occurred within the film translation industry in Republican Shanghai. As one of the acoustic devices that shaped the transmission and consumption of sounds in the modern world, the earphone was introduced to Shanghai cinema in 1939 to interpret Western sound films for Chinese audiences. The application of earphones gave rise to a new profession,…
Mars Is a Mirror”
Satellite as method
This article employs the satellite as a methodological lens to reconceptualize China’s Great Leap Forward, investigating this movement as an aesthetic crusade rather than a mere cause of political and economic pandemonium. Emerging as the movement’s most prevalent entity, the satellite underwent protean transformations—from an epitome of the Cold War to an emblem of socialist utopia, from its initial embodiment in popular science books to its emb…
Alice’s adventures in China
Alice’s adventures in China
The death of Wang I-lü
In July 1939, Wang I-lü, a recent high school graduate, was reported to have fallen down a staircase while wearing high heels. The accident triggered heated public debates in Shanghai. Some condemned high heels as dangerous and decadent; others defended them, while Wang’s classmates denied Wang had ever worn them. Amid these conflicting voices, this article treats the death of Wang I-lü not as a question of forensic fact but as a historically sit…
Expediting co-benefits of tailored municipal solid waste management strategies globally
Sound, Gender, and the Thing
This article argues that the earphone is a microcosm of the broader material and societal changes that occurred within the film translation industry in Republican Shanghai. As one of the acoustic devices that shaped the transmission and consumption of sounds in the modern world, the earphone was introduced to Shanghai cinema in 1939 to interpret Western sound films for Chinese audiences. The application of earphones gave rise to a new profession,…
Mars Is a Mirror”
Satellite as method
This article employs the satellite as a methodological lens to reconceptualize China’s Great Leap Forward, investigating this movement as an aesthetic crusade rather than a mere cause of political and economic pandemonium. Emerging as the movement’s most prevalent entity, the satellite underwent protean transformations—from an epitome of the Cold War to an emblem of socialist utopia, from its initial embodiment in popular science books to its emb…
Art (3 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (3 works) · History (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · China (2 works) · History (2 works) · Physics (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Acoustics (1 work)