616 Search Results
Astrology and Archives
The history of astrology has been written about in terms of scientific, theological and occult ideas, and practices including observations and computa
The Information Order of the Prussian Frontier, 1772–1806
In 1793 the Prussian government conducted a survey, called the Indaganda (things which must be hunted or tracked down), of towns in the province of So
Organized Wisdom and Revenge of the Humdrum
Right from the beginning, the term "bureaucracy" was a sneer or an accusation, to be contrasted with organized wisdom. Officials concerned with produc
A Political Ecology of Sound Insulation
My project counts the cost paid for sound’s insulation as a reproducible matter of concern. The “political ecology” I am assembling documents the impo
Artisan Knowledge and Musical Instrument Making in South India
How do craftspeople know what they know? How is acoustic knowledge embodied in skills and labor? How do instrument makers relate to musicians as instr
Roads and Localities: A Perspective from Local Gazetteers on Road Construction in 18th Century China
Based on the digital tools of LoGaRT, this project studies the commemorative essays about road construction in the local gazetteers. Drawing upon the
Expansive Science: Medium and Discipline in Southern Mexican Intellectual Practice, 1880–1920
This project examines antiquarian and natural historical practice in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century southern Mexico, analyzing the visua
Secondary Sounds: A History of Perception through Routine Experimental Practices in the Psychological Laboratory
Sometimes, the dull sound of tapping on a shoe box could be heard in the lab. At other times, much more complex installations of interconnected instru
Artificial “Listening”: From Fechner to Sensor Fusion
At the MPIWG, I will develop one chapter of a larger forthcoming book for MIT Press that focuses on how we make sense in our current age of artificial
Artist in Residence: World Factory
After food and shelter, clothing is probably the essential feature of human civilization, creating and representing economic, state, and soc
Cooperation Partners, BICC at the University of Manchester