Zihuan Zhou
@zihuanzhou.bsky.social
A PhD candidate (St Andrews) working and writing on the anthropology of (post-)pandemic, social imaginaries of social actors and institutions, post-industrial city, Northeast China, and the broader East Asia
“Intellectual work doesn't have enough materiality. One has to construct that materiality by working to a strict schedule, one has to work the same hours every day, just like one would in a factory.”
Foucault’s Christmas - "a Christmas day without writing, that was impossible! ... a day when, as he said, 'nothing has happened for several thousand years' " progressivegeographies.com/2024/12/25/f...
December 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“Intellectual work doesn't have enough materiality. One has to construct that materiality by working to a strict schedule, one has to work the same hours every day, just like one would in a factory.”
muse.jhu.edu/article/8412... Very interesting article examines how the Yongzheng emperor transformed Qing personnel management, using physical appearance, comportment, and speech. By privileging Manchu masculine and martial ideals, Qing bypassed bureaucratic factions and reinforced Manchu authority.
Project MUSE - The Court Audience and the Manchu Masculine Ideal: The Yongzheng Emperor's Secret Personnel Files
muse.jhu.edu
December 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
muse.jhu.edu/article/8412... Very interesting article examines how the Yongzheng emperor transformed Qing personnel management, using physical appearance, comportment, and speech. By privileging Manchu masculine and martial ideals, Qing bypassed bureaucratic factions and reinforced Manchu authority.