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Animal Mobilities
This project examines how scientific knowledge production has mobilized and is mobilized by animals and animality. We inquire into how animal movement
Working Group Participants, Susanne Bauer, Yubin Shen
Reaping the Benefits of Water: The Technological Underpinnings of Political Reform in Eleventh-Century China
Much of the discussion of the Qingli 慶曆 and Xifeng 熙豐 reforms in eleventh-century China has hitherto focused on their economic and intellectual dimens
Carbon Cosmotechnics
Conducted through artistic research methods and practice, Carbon Cosmotechnics will examine the “low carbon” socio-technical imaginary emerging in con
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Fountain of Knowledge: How Science Turned Urine into Gold
What is the relationship between materials and value, and how have they played into scientific practice and authority? This project unravels the
The Social Side of a Scientific Breakthrough: Fritz Haber, Walther Nernst, and the Discovery of Ammonia Synthesis 1830–1930
No 83
Ammonia synthesis. Central to the mass production of fertilizer and explosives. It has been billed as the most consequential scientific breakthrough of the twentieth century. Historical perspectives on ammonia range from technological development to natural resource use, geopolitics, wartime industry, and social inclusion.
Benjamin Johnson
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Soziale Aspekte eines wissenschaftlichen Durchbruchs: Fritz Haber, Walther Nernst und die Entdeckung der Ammoniaksynthese 1830–1930
No 83
Die Ammoniaksynthese bildet eine wesentliche Voraussetzung für die Massenproduktion von Düngemitteln und Sprengstoff. Ihre Entdeckung wurde als wichtigster wissenschaftlicher Durchbruch des 20. Jahrhunderts bezeichnet. Historisch betrachtet war Ammoniak in Bereichen wie technologische Entwicklung, Ressourcenmanagement, Geopolitik, Rüstungsindustrie und soziale Inklusion von entscheidender Bedeutung.
Benjamin Johnson
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Knowledge Systems and Collective Life: A New Approach to the Study of Science and Politics
No 84
Climate change, the pandemic, war, migration, economic insecurity—over the past few years, crises seem to have arisen at an accelerating pace, along with urgent calls for action. In this context it seems obvious to many of those involved in crafting political responses that science has a critical role to play. Amid the uncertainties it offers the promise, if not always the reality, of a clear view of the problems and possible solutions.
Etienne Benson
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Knowledge Systems and Collective Life: Ein neuer Ansatz in der Erforschung des Verhältnisses von Wissenschaft und Politik
No 84
Klimawandel, Pandemie, Krieg, Migration, wirtschaftliche Unsicherheit – in den letzten Jahren scheint die Zahl der Krisen und der anschließenden Forderungen nach Sofortmaßnahmen immer mehr an Tempo zu gewinnen. Unter diesen Umständen erscheint es vielen der am politischen Entscheidungsprozess Beteiligten offenkundig, dass die Wissenschaft eine zentrale Rolle übernehmen muss. Inmitten der Unwägbarkeiten verspricht sie einen klaren Blick auf Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze, wenngleich sie dieses Versprechen nicht immer einlösen kann.
Etienne Benson
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The Forgotten History of Intercropping: On the Marginalization of Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture
Intercropping—the practice of growing mixtures of crops in a single field, in contrast with the “pure stands” typical of industrial agriculture—has lo
The American Chimpanzee: Creating a Scientific Resource, 1915–1995
Prial’s project traces the history of chimpanzees as laboratory animals in the United States during the twentieth century, considering how parts of th