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Scientific Agriculture and Knowledge Exchange In the Global South: Mexican Wheat Seeds in India, 1961–1991
This research project examined how scientific ideas about new wheat strains were interpreted, reshaped, and consumed by locals in two different countr
Visiting Scholar Rudolf Stichweh interviewed by General-Anzeiger Bonn on receiving the Sarton Medal
Go to Article (in German)Seri-Technics: Historical Silk Technologies
At a time when the social and cultural importance of silk in the pre-modern global world is increasingly evident, this volume returns to the issue of technology and queries the ways in which actors determined the nature of silk by deploying, selecting, or pursuing certain set of technics, practices, or ideals (while dismissing or ignoring others).
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Boxes: A Field Guide
A book full of boxes. A box in itself. An unboxing. This book explores boxes in their broadest sense and size. It invites us to step into the field, unravel how and why things are contained and how it might be otherwise. By turning the focus of Science and Technology Studies (STS) to boxing practices, this collation of essays examines boxes as world-making devices.
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Research Technology Officer (f/m/d)
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) is seeking a Research Technology Officer (f/m/d) (initially for two years, with
Research Technology Officer (f/m/d)
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) is seeking a Research Technology Officer (f/m/d) (initially for two years, with
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Workshop | Oct 26, 2020 | 11:00 to 13:30
The Socio-Material History of Masked Societies in East Asia: A Virtual Workshop
As a way of avoiding the pitfall of cultural essentialism, this workshop focuses on the socio-material dimensions of the history of mask-wearing in East Asia.
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Director Emerita Lorraine Daston in Scientific American on language and science
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