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在被称为“美国人类学之父”弗兰茨•博厄斯（Franz Boas）的策划下，美国自然历史博物馆在二十世纪初进行了第一次中国远征（Jacob H. Schiff China Expedition，1901-1904）。博厄斯派到中国的“取经人”，是通晓汉、藏、满、蒙、梵语和波斯语等十余种亚洲语言的德裔犹太人伯特霍尔徳•劳弗（Berthold Laufer，也译为“劳费尔”）。年轻的劳弗不辱使命，1904年为西方世界带回来第一批真正意义上的中国民族学收藏。然而博厄斯野心勃勃的亚洲研究计划、这批中国收藏以及劳弗的学术生涯，都随着1905年博厄斯从自然历史博物馆愤然辞职而前途未卜。博厄斯为什么会对中国感兴趣？劳弗眼中的中国与博厄斯看到的中国是否一样？当劳弗把中国带回来的皮影、鸽哨和《御制耕织图》摆在展厅里，当时的美国观众买账吗？这批收藏后来的命运又如何？

在这期播客中，供职于美国自然历史博物馆人类学部的薛茗博士将回顾百年前的这场中国远征，一个远征者在“人类学家”与“汉学家”之间摇摆的一生，以及美国早期人类学与中国研究失之交臂的遗憾。

薛茗博士的新书《77街的神龛——美国自然历史博物馆里物的灵韵与人的故事》今年由上海三联书店出版。

Under the direction of Franz Boas, considered the "father of American anthropology," the American Museum of Natural History conducted its first China Expedition (the Jacob H. Schiff China Expedition) from 1901-1904. Boas sent Berthold Laufer, a German-Jewish scholar fluent in over ten Asian languages including Chinese, Tibetan, Manchu, Mongolian, Sanskrit, and Persian. The young Laufer succeeded in bringing back the first truly significant Chinese ethnological collection to the Western world in 1904. However, Boas's ambitious Asian research plans, the Chinese collection, and Laufer's academic career all faced uncertainty when Boas angrily resigned from the Natural History Museum in 1905. Why was Boas interested in China? Did Laufer and Boas see China differently? How did American audiences respond to exhibits of Chinese shadow puppets, pigeon whistles, and imperial agricultural illustrations?

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选修课 Universus 是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。

选修课 Universus is a Chinese-language podcast created by the same people who founded the New York Chinese Cultural Salon (纽约文化沙龙）in 2013.

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本科毕业于北京大学生命科学院，2014年于美国加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）获得人类学博士学位，现供职于美国自然历史博物馆人类学部。她的研究关注物质文化、物质宗教、博物馆人类学、社会变迁等主题，长期在青海省黄南藏族自治州从事热贡唐卡艺术和唐卡艺人的研究。学术研究之外，担任纪录片导演、策展人、非虚构撰稿人。纪录片《画唐卡的女子》（2019）曾入选玛格丽特•米德国际电影节（Margaret Mead Film Festival）、世界遗产电影节（Heritales: International Heritage Film Festival）、亚洲研究学会电影节（AAS Film Expo）等。中文非虚构作品曾发表于三联《新知》杂志、澎湃思想市场、腾讯谷雨、飞地、《生活》月刊等媒体平台。

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在这期播客中，清华大学高等研究院研究员陈静远带领听众探讨了一个引人深思的话题：理论物理学的思维框架与认知方式。不同于常见的科普节目着重于介绍新概念和前沿发现，这次讨论聚焦于物理学家是如何构建知识体系、如何理解和统一看似不相关的现象。

从最早的数学抽象到现代物理理论,人类是如何逐步统一对自然界的认知的？为什么说物理学不仅仅是收集知识的"博物学",更是一种构建思想大厦的尝试？在量子信息与时空的统一、还原论与涌现性的讨论中,我们又该如何理解科学本质？

In this podcast, Chen Jingyuan, a researcher at Tsinghua University's Institute for Advanced Study, leads listeners through a thought-provoking topic: the theoretical frameworks and cognitive approaches in theoretical physics. Unlike typical science popularization programs that focus on introducing new concepts and frontier discoveries, this discussion centers on how physicists build knowledge systems and how they understand and unify seemingly unrelated phenomena.

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在这期节目中，我们延续上一期节目的建筑学和工程学角度，对“超级建筑”里人类历史发展的设想进行了进一步的推演：当地球环境不再适合人类居住，全球80亿人口将被迁移至北美大平原上的一座超级建筑群中。这个由网格化区块构成的巨型居住系统，不仅要解决人类的生存问题，更要尽可能保持危机前的生活丰富度。

当所有人类被迫共处一"楼"，地缘政治会如何重构？没有了海洋作为天然屏障，小国寡民还能否独善其身？在这个高度集中化的生存体系中，谁将成为新的统治阶级——是掌握核心技术的工程师，还是在旧世界就积累了财富的既得利益者？而当第二代、第三代在这个密闭空间中长大，他们还会认同曾经的民族文化吗？

In this episode, we continue our previous discussion on architecture and engineering by exploring how human history might unfold within a "super-structure": When Earth becomes uninhabitable, humanity's 8 billion population will relocate to a massive building complex on North America's Great Plains. This grid-based mega-structure aims not just to ensure human survival, but to maintain the richness of pre-crisis life.

When all of humanity is forced to live under one "roof," how will geopolitics be reshaped? Without oceans as natural barriers, can small nations maintain their independence? In this highly centralized system, who will become the new ruling class - the engineers who control core technologies, or those who accumulated wealth in the old world? And as second and third generations grow up in this enclosed space, will they still identify with their ancestral cultures?

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如果你刚刚开始关注大选，你的精神健康应该比美轮美换的几位主播要好一些。在大选前夕，美轮美换的几位主播做客纽约文化沙龙，帮你梳理了这场大选的关键时间点和重要议题：从拜登的意外退选到哈里斯的临危受命，从经济表现的党派差异到移民政策的困境，每个议题都折射出美国社会的深层分裂。

在摇摆州选情胶着、社会撕裂加剧的背景下，这场选举是否会重新定义美国政治？经济数据与民众感受之间的巨大鸿沟该如何弥合？移民政策的两难困境能否找到平衡点？当两党政治生态日益分化，社会撕裂愈发明显，美国的民主制度将面临怎样的挑战？

For those who are just tuning into the 2024 election discourse, your mental health is probably much better than the hosts of American Roulette – who have been breathlessly tracking every development for the past year. As the election day approaches, our guests from American Roulette have distilled all of the pivotal moments and critical issues that have defined this madhouse of a cycle - from Biden’s unexpected withdrawal to Kamala’s ascension, from partisan narratives on the state of the economy and immigration. Each flashpoint illuminates the deepening chasm of American society.

As the battleground state odds remain locked in a coin toss, we try to ponder the fundamental questions: will this election yet again reshape American politics? How to bridge the chasm between the escalating social divisions? Why do the economic indicators tell different stories to the two parties? And as the two-party ecosystem grows increasingly polarized and social fabric continues to fray, what trials await America's democratic institutions?

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纽约市的房价一直以来都是人们关注的焦点。随着时间的推移，房价的上涨不仅是一个经济现象，更是一个复杂而深刻的社会现象。作为全球金融中心和文化枢纽，纽约市吸引了大量的人口涌入和商业活动，导致了房屋需求的持续增加。但除此之外，纽约政府独特的规划政策和土地开发“游戏规则”也对房价形成了深刻的影响，往往以意想不到的方式影响市场供需关系。

政府是如何与开发商周旋的？为何纽约会有高楼大厦与老房子共存的城市面貌？保障房在纽约是如何开发的？政府对于开发项目有哪些限制和补贴？ 高房价对社会结构和文化氛围的影响是怎样的？

如果你对这期节目内容感兴趣，请关注主讲人罗雨翔的新书《创造大都会——纽约空间与制度观察》！国内各大平台均有销售（淘宝、当当、京东），海外用户请使用这个链接购买。

New York City's housing prices have long been a focal point of public attention. Over time, the rise in housing prices has become not just an economic phenomenon, but a complex and profound social issue involving multiple factors. As a global financial center and cultural hub, New York City has attracted a large influx of people and business activities, leading to a continuous increase in housing demand. Beyond the macroeconomics, New York's unique planning policies and land development rules have also had a profound impact on housing prices. At the same time, rising housing prices have led to changes in the city's social structure, challenging local residents with rising housing costs and deteriorating living conditions, sparking widespread discussions about social equity and economic development?

If you find this episode interesting, please check out our speaker Luo Yuxiang‘s new book 《创造大都会》!

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这场对话来自于纽约文化沙龙和沙丘研究所组织的一场线下对谈。要让“全世界的人都住进同一栋大楼”这种科幻式的想象成为一种合理的设定，会涉及很多学科的参与和讨论。年初我们邀请了二十几位来自各行各业的朋友就这个设定展开线下的想象和讨论。

基于线下讨论的蓝本，我们邀请了几位嘉宾进行了更加深度的对话，而这是对话的第一部分：从建筑学、工程学的角度考虑，这栋大楼应当被设计成什么样子呢？

In a fictional setting of a climate crisis, humanity is forced to move into a single building for survival. This bold premise sparked an interdisciplinary speculation exercise: How can we optimize resource allocation and spatial comfort while ensuring the basic survival needs of 8 billion people? Do we build a babel tower, or as the kids would say, “to the moon”? Do we want circular structure or even a giant greenhouse covering half of the United States?

To make the scifi premise plausible, an interdisciplinary approach was required. Earlier this year we invited twenty friends with diverse backgrounds to an in-person New York Cultural Salon round table for a speculative exercise. Based on the outline from the offline discussion, this is a deeper dive on the first and the foundational problem: From the perspectives of architecture and engineering, how would we even build this?

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For this episode, we are joined by three outstanding female artists - ADÀI, Dii Fu and Hedy - in a discussion around Adai's new album "Mom, I'm Thirty.” They explored the theme of artistic expression from a female perspective, how contemporary women artists can break free from the traditional male gaze and tell their own stories with unique voices.

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在这一期选修课中，我与黄潇潇展开了一场关于信仰、信仰和灵性生活的深入对话。潇潇在哥伦比亚大学获得东亚语言与文化硕士，并于圣托马斯大学攻读福传与文化硕士。

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从一个粒子物理学博士转型为公共写作者，程扬扬不断反思母语的影响与限制，重审自己与故乡的关系，在写作中实践自由，探索语言的边界。

Why do we write? Transitioning from a physics PhD to a public writer, Yangyang constantly reflects on the influence and limitations of her mother tongue, re-examines her relationship with her homeland, practices freedom in writing, and explores the boundaries of language.

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《选修课 Universus》是一档分享和探讨泛文化话题的中文播客，脱胎于2013年创办的纽约文化沙龙。

选修课 Universus is an Chinese-language podcast that explores a wide range of cultural topics. It originated from the New York Chinese Culture Salon, which was founded in 2013.

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