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African Chemistry: Science with an African Totem
African Chemistry struggles with what it means to talk about African chemistry as imagined and practiced by Africans. Not simply western chemistry in
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Geological Knowledge in the Making of Modern Northeast Asia
My project sheds light on the role of geological knowledge in shaping the history of modern Northeast Asia, focusing on geological explorations o
Agents of Violence: Naval Technology and Late Qing China, 1875–1911
My dissertation investigates Qing China’s engagement with European naval technology and the transnational arms trade in the late nineteenth and early
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The Uses and Abuses of Things: Reconceptualizing Technology-in-use within the History of Technology
This project’s interconnected aim is conceptual and empirical: to develop artifact-focused conceptual tools to understand technological use and t
Women and Birth in Transition: The Politics of Childbirth Medicalization in Reform Era China
In the second half of the twentieth century, childbirth practices in China were increasingly subject to biomedical technologies, due to the
Constructing a Prospering World: History and Technology of Jade in the Qianlong Era
Archive materials from the Construction Department of the Imperial Household Department (内务府造办处) show the production of jade objects to have been of v
The Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene
No 67
The new volume "The Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene" presents a new way of thinking about the history of science and technology, one that offers a grand narrative of human history in which knowledge serves as a critical factor of cultural evolution.
Jürgen Renn
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Die Evolution des Wissens: Wissenschaft im Anthropozän überdenken
No 67
Der neue Band "The Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene" stellt neues Denken zur Geschichte der Wissenschaft und Technologie vor: Wissen wird als kritischer Faktor für die kulturelle Entwicklung verhandelt, und die Geschichte der Menschheit damit unter ein neues Metanarrativ gestellt.
Jürgen Renn
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Lino Camprubi
I am interested in intersections of science and technology with politics and philosophy. I pursu...
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Ken Alder
Ken Alder obtained his PhD in the history of science from Harvard University in 1991. Since then...
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