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Material Literacy. A History of Object-Based Learning
Object-based learning is often presented as a recent phenomenon, that uses the physical presence of objects to incite complex knowledge transfer in di
Object Lesson Box, ca. 1850, Werkbund Archive – Museum of Things, Berlin
Coloring Maps in East Asia
Within the initiative “The Language of Objects—Material Culture in the Context of Societal Developments” the German Federal Ministry of Education and
Industrial Catalysis and its Impact on the Human-Earth-System in the Anthropocene
Most definitions of the Anthropocene connect the new geological era to the industrial use of fossil resources. However, in the twentieth century, crud
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Surface of a catalyst in ammonia synthesis | high pressure reactor | use of synthetic ammunition in World War I; Micro-, meso- and macroscopic scenes
Enacting East Africa
My research studies the ambiguities and tensions that emerge as sovereign states integrate economically and politically with their neighbors. In parti
From Tin to Pewter: Craft and Statecraft in Qing China: 1700–1844
This project looks at the epistemic culture of craft and statecraft from 1700 to 1844 by following the trajectory of tin as an ore from the mines to i
Jeffrey Kotyk
Jeffrey Kotyk (PhD, Leiden University, 2017) is a Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Postdoctoral ...
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The Silkworm Project
Vivian's project as Artist in Residence was an artist book of her bio machine art series "The Silkworm Project," working closely with Lisa Onaga and t
Learning by the Book: Manuals and Handbooks in the History of Science
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How do practitioners—of any form of specialized knowledge—learn technical skills, and how do they find knowledge deemed as solid and secure?