The Infrastructural Turn in Historical Scholarship

Q2 Arts and Humanities
Marilyn Bridges
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This essay argues that historical scholarship has taken an infrastructural turn in recent years. “Infrastructure” serves not just as a popular keyword in monographs and journal articles; it reflects a new approach to research that has permeated the field. An infrastructural approach offers a framework for historians to understand the power of traditional structures like the state and the economy in ways that accommodate transnational interconnections, technology, and the stubborn materiality of the phenomena under study. This essay analyzes why scholars have embraced the term recently, and it outlines the basic components of an infrastructural orientation. It concludes by considering the blind spots of an infrastructural approach, as well as directions for future scholarship.
历史学术的基础结构转向
本文认为,近年来,历史学术已经发生了根本性的转变。“基础设施”不仅是专著和期刊文章中的热门关键词;它反映了一种新的研究方法已经渗透到这个领域。基础设施研究方法为历史学家理解国家和经济等传统结构的力量提供了一个框架,以适应跨国联系、技术和所研究现象的顽固物质性。本文分析了为什么学者们最近接受了这个术语,并概述了基础设施取向的基本组成部分。最后,它考虑了基础设施方法的盲点,以及未来学术研究的方向。
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Modern American History
Modern American History Arts and Humanities-History
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