Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan’s Computing Industry

Honghong Tinn, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Join us Thursday, March 6 at 3:30 – 5:00 PM PST for ‘Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan’s Computing Industry‘ a book talk with Honghong Tinn, University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

How did Taiwan, a former Japanese colony and the last fortress of the defeated Chinese Nationalists, ascend to such heights in high-tech manufacturing? In Island Tinkerers, Honghong Tinn tells the critical history of how hobbyists and enthusiasts in Taiwan, including engineers, technologists, technocrats, computer users, and engineers-turned-entrepreneurs, helped transform the country with their hands-on engagement with computers. Rather than engaging in wholesale imitation of US sources, she explains, these technologists tinkered with imported computing technology and experimented with manufacturing their own versions, resulting in their own brand of successful innovation.

Details and registration at https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/uwtaiwanstudies/island-tinkerers-with-honghong-tinn-university-of-minnesota