The Integration of Science, Technology and Culture: Historical Thinking and Leaping of the Times
The Integration of Science, Technology and Culture: Historical Thinking and Leaping of the Times -Professor Chen Xiejun’s speech at the 10th annual meeting of Shanghai Association for Science and Technology.
The integration of science and technology and culture is a historical proposition, which has been proved by history in the process of civilization and urban development. It is a history that has been proved by facts, but today it is endowed with the important significance and profound connotation of the times. The integration of science and technology and culture is a strategic issue. Obviously, today, the regular understanding and growth thinking of combining theory with practice in the evolution of science and technology and cultural construction are entrusted with the task of striving for initiative in general plan and expanding future space. The integration of science, technology and culture is a trend topic, so we should sum up our experience, be brave in exploring, make plans according to the situation and follow the trend.
Core view
The integration of technology and culture has existed since ancient times in Shanghai. Science and technology have long been incorporated into our daily life and become a culture. At the same time, science and technology is also an important part for us to deepen our understanding of life and the world and cope with the changing world.
The integration of science and technology and culture is of great practical significance today. We should consciously strengthen the pursuit of this integration and strengthen the research on countermeasures.
Chen Xiejun1952yearsevenBorn in Shanghai, born in Ningbo, Zhejiang. He is currently the deputy director of the Shanghai Cultural Relics Management Committee, the curator of the Shanghai Museum, the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress, and the deputy director of the Education, Culture and Health Committee. It mainly studies philosophy principles, philosophy of science, macro theory of contemporary urban culture and new disciplines, library science, museum science, informatics, art management, cultural and cultural management, etc. He has published such works as Introduction to Science-Theoretical Exploration of Discipline Development, Chronology and Chromatics in Life.90Many books, another editor-in-chief, published papers and articles.
The integration of science and technology and culture has existed since ancient times in Shanghai.
Science refers to a knowledge system that uses categories, theorems, laws and other forms of thinking to reflect the essence and laws of various phenomena in the real world. Technology generally refers to various process operation methods and skills developed according to production practice experience and natural science principles. Culture is the embodiment of people’s way of life and lifestyle, the result of historical accumulation, and the reflection of material life in the spiritual field in a certain era. The integration of technology and culture is a historical fact and necessity.
In fact, the integration of science and technology and culture has existed since ancient times. The excavation of ancient cultural sites in Shanghai, the cleaning of ancient tombs, the discovery of ancient ceramics, bronze and ironware, the excavation of utensils used by ancestors in daily life, such as cookers, containers, food containers and wine containers, and the exposure of ancient architectural remains have displayed the social customs, long life scrolls, changes in daily life and cultural style of Shanghai’s ancient civilization in a magnificent way.
fromtwentycentury60Age to90In the mid-1990 s, several excavations were carried out on the Songze site, involving Songze culture and Majiabang culture in cultural types.2004year2At the end of the month, the archaeological excavation of Songze site achieved brilliant results. The cultural relics of Majiabang culture unearthed this time include stone tools, bone implements and pottery. The stone axe is ground, and the axe body has a double-sided pipe drill hole. The technology of pipe drilling and perforation has always been thought to have appeared in the late Songze culture and was widely used in Liangzhu culture. The discovery of this stone axe advanced the technology of pipe drilling and piercing for more than 1000 years. This is of great significance for exploring and studying the development history of science and technology in Shanghai. Bone implements include bone darts for hunting and tooth knives for scraping. In addition to daily utensils such as pots, pots and beans, pottery also found a pottery pig with red color on the surface, which is a domestic pig that has been domesticated, kept in captivity and has lost its wildness. The discovery of Xiao Tao pig provides new data for the history of animal domestication and livestock breeding in China.
Significant achievements have been made in archaeological excavation of Qinglong Town site in Qingpu District, Shanghai. Qinglong Town is the first famous town in Shanghai, located in Baihe Town, Qingpu District, which was built in the fifth year of Tang Tianbao (746Year). According to legend, during the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan of Soochow once built a Qinglong warship here, and later defeated Cao Jun in Chibi. By the Tang Dynasty, Qinglong Town had become an important place for coastal defense. Because it is located at Hudukou in the lower reaches of Wusong River, it has a superior geographical position and developed shipping conditions, so it has become the earliest foreign trade center in Shanghai and has the reputation of "Little Hangzhou" in the Song Dynasty.2010In 2000, the Archaeological Research Department of Shanghai Museum carried out an archaeological excavation of Qinglong Town site in a planned and step-by-step manner with the academic topics of Wusong River, Hudu base, urban development, shipping and foreign trade as the objects in Shanghai historical archaeology. The first excavation in that year found the architectural base of Tang and Song Dynasties and a large number of porcelain pieces piled up, including hundreds of repairable ceramics. Two years later, archaeologists such as Shanghai Museum and Qingpu Museum excavated the site for the second time and got a better understanding of the layout and connotation of the whole site. The excavation cleared up the orderly arrangement.fourA stove, initially determined, is a large-scale and long-used relic of a casting workshop in the Tang Dynasty, which may be a cast iron workshop and was first discovered in Shanghai. There is also a well found in the remains, which is the deepest and most exquisite among hundreds of wells that have been discovered in Shanghai. There are many artifacts unearthed in the well, such as Tang parrot’s ribbon bronze mirror, iron kettle, iron lifting Liang Ding, iron hook, silver hairpin, celadon porcelain jar, wood carving fragments and so on. This excavation unearthed a large number of cultural relics such as porcelain, copper, iron and wood from the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, and preliminarily counted the recoverable cultural relics.3000Pieces, including many high-quality goods. The results of the two excavations of Qinglong Town Site are of great significance for excavating the origin of Shanghai’s history and culture, exploring the cultural source of the city and exploring the integration of science, technology and culture in history.
When it comes to Shanghai’s ancient civilization with a long history and complementary blend, we have to talk about the Yuan Dynasty sluice site in Zhidanyuan. Zhidan Garden is located at the intersection of Yanchang Road and Zhidan Road in Putuo District.2001yearfivemoon2sunIn the process of residential construction, such an archaeological site appeared. Later, the archaeological team immediately entered the site. After the trial excavation of the archaeological site, it was clearly the site of the sluice in the Yuan Dynasty. Shanghai had excellent water conservancy projects in the Yuan Dynasty. When it comes to water conservancy projects in the Yuan Dynasty, it is necessary to mention Ren Renfa’s National Treasure Exhibition of Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, which caused a sensation in China’s painting and calligraphy circles.seventy-twoAmong the national treasures, there is a flower-and-bird painting by Ren Renfa. Some people think that Ren Renfa was a professional painter in those days, but in fact Ren Renfa was a water conservancy expert in the Yuan Dynasty. This is an excellent case of the integration of science and technology with culture and art. According to historical records, Ren Renfa organized ten major water conservancy projects in Shanghai during the Yuan Dynasty, and today’s Zhidanyuan Sluice was created by Ren Renfa. It is really amazing that the stone tenon processing of Zhidanyuan underground site is exquisite and the technology level is superb. The archaeological work of Zhidanyuan is conducive to understanding the evolution of Wusong River. The predecessor of Suzhou Creek is Wusong River. Today’s Zhidanyuan sluice is far from the Suzhou River today.onekilometre (km)Far away. Therefore, a comparative study of the rivers at that time and now can roughly show the evolution of Wusong rivers.2012yeartwelvemoon31sunThe Yuan Dynasty Sluice Ruins Museum has been opened to the outside world, which has become a bright spot in the construction of Shanghai Museum and filled the blank of Shanghai Ruins Museum.
Science and technology have a profound cultural power.
Science and technology itself is also a kind of culture, and science and technology has a very powerful cultural force. How to understand the cultural power of science and technology? Or from0andoneTalk about.0andoneThe problem is the door to the computer world. have0andoneBoolean algebra, mechanical computers, electronic computers, and the culture of our digital age.
0andoneInvolving the logic of truth and falsehood, there is a "baldy paradox" in the logic of truth and falsehood. I asked everyone, "am I bald?" Everyone said, "How can you be bald with so much hair?" So I started pulling out my hair. Common sense tells us that a person’s hair can’t be countless, and it can definitely be pulled out. When I pulled out three hairs, I asked everyone, "Am I bald?" Everyone said that I heard that Mr. Zhang Leping painted San Mao, but I didn’t hear that Mr. Zhang Leping painted baldy. In this case, you should not be bald if you have left three hairs. According to the logic of truth and falsehood, you are "non-bald". I continued to pull out my hair. When I pulled out two hairs, I asked everyone, "Am I bald?" Everyone thinks that Sanmao is not bald, and of course Sanmao is not. Then, a dime is naturally not. The problem is that a hair is not bald, but it will become bald after it is pulled out. In any case, everyone will not accept this conclusion. This is the famous "Bald Man Paradox". This hurdle can’t be crossed.
1964In, there was an applied mathematician named Chad in the United States. He said that this problem had to be solved from fuzzy mathematics. hold0andoneEnclosed in brackets, then, in0andoneThere are countless corresponding values in the middle. In this way, there is a solution to the "baldy paradox" in the traditional logic of truth and falsehood. When people start to pull out their hair, it’s not bald.0, to the bald head.oneWhen you pull out half of your hair, it corresponds to0.5,0andoneThere are countless corresponding points between them, which theoretically helps the "baldy paradox" get rid of the predicament and puts forward a fuzzy mathematical theory. As soon as the theory of fuzzy mathematics is solved, the problems of fuzzy logic and fuzzy linguistics are solved.
Accurate mathematical tools may not be able to deal with abnormal social problems properly. Now, we have never encountered many problems in the political, economic and cultural fields. It can be said that we are facing a fuzzy world, and "fuzzy mathematics" is an "accurate" tool to deal with the fuzzy world.
Let’s introduce a "fault-tolerant technology" problem from the fuzzy problem. After the computer system was put forward, the problem of "fault tolerance technology" was put forward. For example, it is impossible for engineering in heaven to be fault-tolerant. In the development of electronic computers, the research and solution of "fault-tolerant technology" has played an important role, which makes it possible for the continuous development of electronic computers and the promotion of their systems.
Let’s talk about rhythm again. Rhythm is also a very important concept in science and technology. Once rhythm is connected with music and poetry, a new bright spot of science and technology culture appears. There are also rhythm problems in news layout and venue design, and rhythm will also bring out rhythm aesthetics.
I hope that through these examples, we can realize that science and technology have long been integrated into our daily life and become a culture. At the same time, science and technology is also an important part for us to deepen our understanding of life and the world and cope with the changing world.
Countermeasure research on the integration of science, technology and culture
The integration of science and technology and culture is of great practical significance today. We should consciously strengthen the pursuit of this integration and strengthen the research on countermeasures. I have some experiences that I want to share with you.
First, take the integration of science and technology and culture as a cultural attitude. At present, the pace of mutual integration of culture and science and technology is accelerating, and new cultural formats and new channels of communication are constantly emerging. Science and technology has increasingly become a key force to transform and upgrade traditional cultural undertakings and cultural industries, and a powerful engine to promote the scientific development and innovative development of cultural work. After decades of continuous exploration and innovation in reform and opening up, a new development concept of the integration of science and technology and culture has gradually formed. The integration of science, technology and culture is a development strategy, and it must become a consensus and common pursuit. The integration of science and technology and culture is a cultural attitude, which needs to be interpreted and deduced. The integration of science, technology and culture is a kind of comprehensive thinking, which should be explored across disciplines. The integration of science and technology and culture is a topic of the times. We should introduce new perspectives, new understandings and new thoughts from the information society, network technology, the world is flat, semantic revolution, cloud computing, the era of big data, culture and symbolic economy, and the new driving force to change the world in the future.
Second, it is very important to carry forward the spirit of urban science. Cultural spirit is of course important to the development of a city. However, today, our city should not only carry forward the urban cultural spirit, but also advocate the urban scientific spirit. Take Shanghai as an example, it has accumulated profound scientific and technological civilization in the development of ancient civilization and modern civilization. As for the scientific spirit of the city and the process of the integration of science, technology and culture, we should sort out the history and analyze individual cases, and make special research and scientific summary on the interaction of science and technology and culture in ancient civilization and the mutual promotion of science and technology and culture in modern urban footprints, from the perspective of "the light of science and technology culture in the sluice site of Yuan Dynasty", "The Elements of Geometry" translated by Xu Guangqi, a pioneer of science, "the science and technology culture of Jiangnan Factory is the first" and Yangshupu Waterworks, Power Plants and Pujiang Hotel.
The third is to cultivate projects and brands that integrate technology and culture.2012In, Shanghai issued the "Three-year Action Plan for Promoting the Integration of Culture and Science and Technology in Shanghai", striving to build a cultural science and technology innovation system and support system with reasonable structure, complete categories, optimized layout, high science and technology content and Shanghai characteristics. Science and technology promotes culture, and culture feeds back science and technology. The achievements of scientific and technological innovation are highlighted, new formats emerge and the development environment is improved. After combing history, understanding significance, making plans and integrating resources, the integration of science, technology and culture needs to determine projects, form brands, sum up experience and move with the times. We need a number of leading projects and their brands with scientific and technological content, such as animation games, network audio-visual, creative design, film and television production, culture and art, and digital services, to integrate scientific and technological connotation into the public cultural service system, the cultural industry system and the cultural market system, to provide scientific and technological support, to seek the integration of key technologies of science and technology culture, and to integrate into the innovative management platform of scientific and technological means, so as to lay a new foundation for the in-depth integration and development of science and technology and culture at a newer and higher level.
The fourth is to revitalize "popular science", "scientific prediction" and "scientific fantasy". "The integration of technology and culture" should start from the foundation and let the thoughts fly. Shanghai has a long tradition in popular science, "scientific prediction" and "scientific fantasy", which should be revived. "Popular science" is the cradle of scientific and technological development; "scientific prediction" has inserted the wings of tomorrow for the integration of science and technology and culture; "Scientific fantasy" is a form of fantasy to express the material, spiritual and cultural life and scientific and technological prospects of human beings in the future world, and its content is intertwined with scientific facts, foresight and imagination. "Popular science", "scientific prediction" and "scientific fantasy" make the integration of science and technology and culture travel with images, and lead the time axis of "judging the beauty of heaven and earth, analyzing the reason of all things, borrowing the wings of science and technology and communicating with culture" from yesterday to today to tomorrow smoothly, wisely and artistically.
Fifth, it is the requirement of the times to cultivate comprehensive talents of science and technology and culture and the integration of science and technology and culture, calling for the cultivation of comprehensive talents of science and technology and culture. Science, Technology and Culture comprehensive talents should have a compound knowledge structure that runs through all fields of science, technology and culture. It has both a special ability and a skill, as well as the wisdom of general knowledge and integration. It can not only explore yesterday’s footprints, but also base itself on today’s platform and embrace the deep-seated tomorrow of system integration. We should strive to become new explorers and practitioners of "the integration of technology and culture".
The sixth is to summarize China.2010Fresh experience of the 2008 Shanghai World Expo. China2010The 2008 Shanghai World Expo has created fresh experience for the "integration of technology and culture", which should be summarized in time and actively promoted. self1851Since the first World Expo in Britain in 2008,160Over the years, World Expos have always been the "cradle" of new technologies, new products and new materials, as well as the carrier of new ideas, new concepts and new technologies and one of the communication platforms. In essence, the World Expo is also a scientific and technological, materialized and scientific and technological humanistic spirit. Science and technology is the product of humanities, and the development of science and technology cannot be separated from the birth of humanities. Humanistic spirit is always tenaciously expressed from scientific spirit, and human thinking mode, values and management mode strongly change the scientific and technological landscape, social conditions and life trends.