In this report we briefly introduce the rationale behind a pilot project that is meant to serve as a test case for the feasibility of a longue-durée historical investigation of large-scale material infrastructures. The larger project is aimed at a critical analysis of how large-scale infrastructures such as roads, city walls, and bridges have contributed to regional and empire-wide integration, but equally why and how processes of integration regularly broke down, and how large-scale infrastructure projects contributed to countervailing trends including local tension, local autonomy, and cross-border regional formations.

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重新思考东亚的空间和权力：基础设施历史的数字化方法

在本报告中，我们简要介绍了一个试点项目背后的基本原理，该项目旨在作为对大规模物质基础设施长期历史调查可行性的测试案例。更大的项目旨在批判性地分析道路、城墙和桥梁等大型基础设施如何促进区域和帝国范围的整合，但同样地，整合过程为何以及如何经常崩溃，以及如何大规模大规模的基础设施项目有助于抵消趋势，包括地方紧张局势、地方自治和跨境区域形成。