History of the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. Heaney
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Engineering Sciences ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals The Better to See You With: Peering into the Story of Little Red Riding Hood, 1695–1939

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Angela J. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Book Publishing ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
History Of ◽  
Little Red Riding Hood ◽  
The University

I received the 2017 Bechtel Fellowship and spent a month in Gainesville, Florida, from mid-April through mid-May, trekking each day to the University of Florida. There I pored over hundreds of volumes containing the story of Little Red Riding Hood and spent my weekends compiling data or visiting wildlife parks in search of alligators (which were in abundance).The story of Little Red Riding Hood has fascinated me since childhood, and now I am even more intrigued. Intense study of this story has led me to many fine explorations into the tale and has helped me understand the history of children’s book publishing. The Bechtel Fellowship gave me the opportunity to learn a great deal about a specific story, and sharing this knowledge enables me to spread my love of story and children’s books with others. Below is my report from my month of study.

How to understand engineering sciences with the techniques of the body: The case of the bridges collection of the Musée des Arts et Métiers explained by circus acrobatics

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-269
Author(s):  
Arnaud Dubois
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Engineering Sciences ◽  
History Of ◽  
Body Techniques ◽  
Epistemological Break ◽  
New Research

In this article, I will examine an experimental mediation performed by acrobats at the Paris Musée des Arts et Métiers in May 2016. I will ask if body techniques can facilitate the public’s understanding of the abstract engineering sciences exhibited in a science and technology museum. Using the ethnographic study of this performance, I will ask if this new type of museum mediation opens up new research issues about technical gestures and helps us to blur boundaries between tangible and intangible heritage in the museum context. In doing so I try to redeploy the methods of analysis of museum collections and to contribute to the theoretical and methodological renewal of the history of technology. I show that this new way to mediate science and technology museum collections using body techniques and gestures produces a methodological indistinctness between intentionality and contingency that often marks the epistemological break between art, technology and science in western culture. This anthropological way of looking at museums of science and technology opens up new research issues not only for the museum’s scientific and technical heritage but also for the history of science and techniques.

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