MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Event

May 9, 2023
Reading Group: Animal Fibers as Sources of Inquiry

Tray and samples of the textile cabinet in the Textielmuseum in Tilburg

Tray and samples of the textile cabinet in the Textielmuseum in Tilburg source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Textielmuseum-cabinet-16.jpg

The Proteins and Fibers Working Group is pleased to announce a series of monthly meetings to discuss the topic of animal fibers. This reading group fosters multidisciplinary discussion aimed at resetting the boundaries of what counts as and can be known about animal materials as sources of historically sensitive inquiry. Building upon our ongoing conversations on how the identification and analyses of animal materials exist across different realms of expertise and disciplines we pose the following questions:

  • How do animal fibers result from processes of rendering animal tissues?
  • How do different scholars locate animal fibers in time and space despite their historical invisibility? 
  • How can historicizing studies of animal materials productively challenge assumptions of human exceptionalism? How does the study of animal materials relative to knowing fibers confront, confuse, or affirm distinctions between animals and plants?
  • What has motivated people in different professions to develop substitutions that mimic animal materials or their behaviors? 

Meetings will be held via Zoom and in person with pre-circulated readings.

2023 Meeting Schedule:

07.03.2023   16:30 R. 141
13.04.2023   16:30 R. 141
09.05.2023   16:30 R. 141
08.06.2023   16:30 R. 265
26.07.2023   16:30 R. 141

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Address
MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Room
Room 141
Contact and Registration

All are welcome! To indicate your interest in joining this reading group and to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Isabela Dornelas at ideoliveiradornelas@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.

2023-05-09T16:30:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2023-05-09 16:30:00 2023-05-09 18:00:00 Reading Group: Animal Fibers as Sources of Inquiry i Tray and samples of the textile cabinet in the Textielmuseum in Tilburg source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Textielmuseum-cabinet-16.jpg The Proteins and Fibers Working Group is pleased to announce a series of monthly meetings to discuss the topic of animal fibers. This reading group fosters multidisciplinary discussion aimed at resetting the boundaries of what counts as and can be known about animal materials as sources of historically sensitive inquiry. Building upon our ongoing conversations on how the identification and analyses of animal materials exist across different realms of expertise and disciplines we pose the following questions: How do animal fibers result from processes of rendering animal tissues? How do different scholars locate animal fibers in time and space despite their historical invisibility?  How can historicizing studies of animal materials productively challenge assumptions of human exceptionalism? How does the study of animal materials relative to knowing fibers confront, confuse, or affirm distinctions between animals and plants? What has motivated people in different professions to develop substitutions that mimic animal materials or their behaviors?  Meetings will be held via Zoom and in person with pre-circulated readings. 2023 Meeting Schedule: 07.03.2023   16:30 R. 141 13.04.2023   16:30 R. 141 09.05.2023   16:30 R. 141 08.06.2023   16:30 R. 265 26.07.2023   16:30 R. 141 MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany Room 141 Lisa OnagaIsabela de Oliveira Dornelas Lisa OnagaIsabela de Oliveira Dornelas Europe/Berlin public