Global Matters: Intersections between Histories of Science, Technology, and Environment
Organized in cooperation with the research project “A Global History of Technology (GLOBAL-HoT)” at TU Darmstadt, this seminar's aim is to seed a discussion bringing together diverse points of view about the ways in which global histories of science, technology, and environments can be produced.
Sessions are meant to be open-ended discussions. Therefore the virtual meeting space on Zoom will be open and available for half an hour beyond the given time to allow room for ongoing conversations to end according to their individual pace. Each participant is invited to bring their own expertise and suggestions for further readings. As a discussion starter the conveners will offer a set of questions framing the issue at stake and a brief text presenting recent developments in the literature. All additional readings are to be considered absolutely voluntary and the choice of which questions to actually discuss will fall collectively on all participants.
Advertisements for each event, including the introductory text, will be circulated in advance. For further information, please contact Wilko Graf von Hardenberg.
The seminar's aim is to seed a discussion bringing together diverse points of view about the ways in which global histories of science, technology, and environments can be produced. Three sessions have already been planned, each dedicated to a concept the coordination group thinks may help to (re)consider the place of the global in our disciplines:
- Session I: Practice (Jan. 21, 2021), convened by Alejandra Osorio and Wilko Hardenberg;
- Session II: Landscape (Feb. 18, 2021), convened by David Drengk and Chun Xu;
- Session III: Time and Temporality (Mar. 18, 2021), convened by Jonas van der Straeten and Tamar Novick.
Sessions are meant to be open-ended discussions. Therefore the virtual meeting space on Zoom will be open and available for half an hour beyond the given time to allow room for ongoing conversations to end according to their individual pace. Each participant is invited to bring their own expertise and suggestions for further readings. As a discussion starter the conveners will offer a set of questions framing the issue at stake and a brief text presenting recent developments in the literature. All additional readings are to be considered absolutely voluntary and the choice of which questions to actually discuss will fall collectively on all participants.