Postgenomics? A conference at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin

BioScience ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Thieffry ◽  
S. Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Fundamental Questions

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Art History ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Research Association ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Gender Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Max Planck Society ◽  
First Time

For the first time, the Max Planck Society is publishing an anthology on gender research, "Fundamental Questions". Thanks to the broad spectrum of disciplines and cultures represented in the Research Association, the authors, who come from various institutes, present their findings in numerous fields of research: law, art history, history of science, neuroscience and computer science. The approaches, topics, issues and methodology of the collected contributions are equally diverse. This diversity shows in the best possible way that the integration of the gender perspective is beneficial not only for applied science and development, but also for basic research. With contributions by Dr. Laura A. Bechthold, Elifcan Celebi, Dr. Marina Chugunova, Dr. Luisa Stella de Oliveira Coutinho Silva, Svenja Friess, Ph.D. Giorgia Gastaldon, Dr. Lisa Hanstein, Dr. Philine Helas, Prof. Karin Hoisl, Ph.D. Michael E. Rose, Esra Sarioglu, Isabel Valera and Dr. Ulla Weber.

Tracing the Movement of Knowledge across Vast Distances and Long Temporal Spans

Transfers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Pamela H. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
History Of ◽  
Trade And Exchange

A research group at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science on “Itineraries of Materials, Recipes, Techniques, and Knowledge in the Early Modern World” held a series of workshops (2014–2015) on the movement of knowledge (materials, techniques, objects) across Eurasia, resulting in an edited volume. Participants articulated a framework of “entangled itineraries,” “material complexes,” and “nodes of convergence” by which historians might follow routes of knowledge-making extending over very long distances and/or great spans of time. The key concepts are (1) “material complex” denoting the constellation of substances, practices, techniques, beliefs, and values that accrete as knowledge around materials; (2) the “relational field,” the social, intellectual, economic, emotional domain formed by a “node of convergence”—often a hub of trade and exchange—within which a material complex crystalizes; and (3) “itineraries,” or the routes taken by materials through which they stabilize and/ or transform.

Aural Speed-Reading: Some Historical Bookmarks

PMLA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 135 (2) ◽  
pp. 401-411
Author(s):  
Mara Mills ◽  
Jonathan Sterne
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
The Body ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Tuning Time ◽  
Speed Reading ◽  
Alexander Von Humboldt ◽  
Time Histories ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right

Together they are writing a book entitled “Tuning Time: Histories of Sound and Speed.” The authors would like to thank the Epistemes of Modern Acoustics group at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Jason Camlot, Iben Have, Burç Kostem, and Shafeka Hashash.We write the history of aural speed-reading and time-stretching technology in two tracks, taking a cue from Annemarie Mol's The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice, with its “upper text” and “subtext” that invite readers “to invent a way of reading that works for them from scratch” (ix). In the spirit of the story that opens track 1, on the left, we decided to jimmy the format of the PMLA page. To differing degrees, each track provides context, describes events, raises questions, and applies analytic frames. Track 1 is our narration of a series of events recalled by Harvey Lauer to Mara Mills; the insights derive from his professional expertise and personal reading experiences. Track 2, on the right, does not benefit from the kind of omniscient sight known as hindsight; it reads alongside. Think of these tracks as an animated and mostly asynchronous conversation among people who care about instruments of sound and reading in distinct but similarly fanatical ways. For a cluster of historical recordings associated with this essay, tune in to the Sound and Science: Digital Histories database: acoustics.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/sets/clusters/aural-speed-reading.

On the Value of Collective Work and Studying Practices: An Interview

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Lorraine Daston
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Collective Work ◽  
Current State ◽  
European Tradition ◽  
Joint Research Project ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference

A conversation with historian of science Lorraine Daston covers the current state of the discipline and Dr. Daston’s own projects. She argues that a history of science is indispensable for understanding contemporary science. She believes that the history of science has the potential to be liberating. By studying the historical variability of science, the discipline shows how science has become what it is — with certain subjects, standards and methods — and points to alternative ways for it to develop. The conversation also turns to whether “big pictures” of the development of science are possible. Although the discipline is trending toward localization with a focus on concrete material practices, historicism, and avoiding generalizations, those big pictures are still possible through collective research projects. Daston cites the efforts of the Working Group at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin as one example. The question of the relation between the history of science and philosophy is also discussed. Daston briefly outlines the status of the current interactions between these disciplines and singles out Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Bachelard, Canguilhem, Foucault, and Hadot as some of the key, at least on the European tradition. Speaking about the difference between histories of the natural sciences and the humanities, she suggests that the more interesting optics in their study may be practice-oriented rather than disciplinary. An example of research built around particular practices is her joint research project with Peter Galison on objectivity as a history of the practices for creating and reading scientific images. Daston briefly describes the history and features of their collaboration. In conclusion, she shares her immediate research plans.

scholarly journals Ideals and Practices of Rationality – An Interview with Lorraine Daston

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-188
Author(s):  
Michael Trevor Bycroft ◽  
Michael Trevor Bycroft
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Scientific Theories ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Classical Probability ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

Lorraine Daston is a historian of science based at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, where she has directed a research group since 1995. Her career spans five decades and has included award-winning monographs such as Classical Probability in the Enlightenment (1988), Wonders and the Order of Nature (with Katherine Park, 1998), and Objectivity (with Peter Galison, 2007), as well as a large number of collective works. She visited the University of Warwick in March 2017 to deliver the Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture. In a wide-ranging interview, she spoke about the evolution of the discipline of the history of science; the research programme known as historical epistemology; the nuts and bolts of collaboration in the humanities; her current research on archives in the sciences and the humanities; and the transience of scientific theories.

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