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A Scholarly Way of Life in the Making, 1470–1630
How do ways of life emerge, and how are they transformed? Ways of life are essential to any historical description of a given society, yet we have har
Hieronymus Brunschwig and the Making of Vernacular Medical Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
The writings of the German apothecary and surgeon Hieronymus Brunschwig (c. 1450–1512) represent a significant episode in the history of science due t
Dangerous Drugs: Global Medicines in Early Modern Russia
In 1645, the dying Tsar Mikhail Romanov was examined by his German doctors and prescribed, via Latin instructions, Chinese rhubarb, Alexandrine Senna,
Archival Impulses in German Radio: Collecting, Ordering and Reusing Sound (1930–1960)
In 1930, journalist Hans Tasiemka reported the pioneering introduction of sound recording and archiving at the Berlin Funk-Stunde station, on the init
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The Role of the Senses in Albert the Great’s Doctrine of Noetic Development
Albert’s scientific program of study, as laid out in his Commentary on the Physics, is an ordered studying of the natural sciences that leads to the p
Direktorin emerita Lorraine Daston in WDR 3 über die Politisierung von Forschung und Wissenschaft
Zum Audio-BeitragDirector Emerita Lorraine Daston for WDR 3 on the politicization of research and science
Go to Audio (in German)Corona Papers
At the MPIWG Berlin Katja Jug showed a selection of images as a projected sequence of images in the site-specific installation entitled Corona Pa
Knowledge as a Fellow Traveler
This research project dealt with the dissemination of knowledge in the sequel of that of power and belief structures on the Eurasian continent. The fo
The Problem of Cosmology: On the Challenges of Cosmological Inquiry
As the study of the beginning of the universe, its overall structure and possible end, cosmologies aim at ordering the entirety of existence, yet face