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Hele Bed and Bamboo Stick: One Lever, Two Usages, Two Kinds of Noodles
Read moreOne Lever, Two Usages, Two Kinds of Noodles
The same lever is used in different geographical locations and societies in different ways, while such ways are constructed by different agricultural conditions, the extent of urbanization, and the development of commercial culture. … -
Stand-to-pee Toilet: Practical Competency and Gendered Bodily Norms
Read moreStand-to-pee Toilet: Practical Competency and Gendered Bodily Norms
Stand-to-pee (STP) devices allow females to urinate while standing upright. … -
Hive Box: Controversies over Automation, Privatization, and Negotiability
Read moreHive Box: Controversies over Automation, Privatization, and Negotiability
The case inspires us to rethink whether the complete, neat, and organized automation is truly more superior to conventional service models that involve the “messy” but negotiable human factors. … -
Food Delivery Platform: Service Quality, Algorithm, Infrastructure, and People
Read moreService Quality, Algorithm, Infrastructure, and People
Behind the algorithm and the food delivery platform service is the huge supply of rural migrant workers in China. … -
The Popcorn Maker — An American Technology’s Journey to East Asia
Read moreThe Popcorn Maker — An American Technology’s Journey to East Asia
In May 2013, the beloved Australian-American science and entertainment show MythBusters released an episode called “How to Make Instant Popcorn.” … -
Luosi Fen and the Consumption of Instant Noodle in Contemporary China
Read moreLuosi Fen and the Consumption of Instant Noodle in Contemporary China
A few days before 2020’s spring festival, many Chinese people began to experience unprecedentedly strict lockdown measures because of the COVID-19 outbreak. … -
Taiwan Tea: Ongoing Struggles over Food Nationalism
Read moreTaiwan Tea: Ongoing Struggles over Food Nationalism
The cross-regional tea trade has been the window to look into the changing relationship between food localism and food nationalism. …