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The Oeconomy of Muscle
Current economic thinking holds that technology has replaced “muscle power” as a driving force of modern economies. Technological innovation is imagin
Fragile Sound, Silent History: Recording Eastern Europe
This project is a study of vernacular recording cultures in twentieth-century Eastern Europe, built on a series of case studies that foreground the te
Beating Reeds: Sounding Appunn’s 1876 Harmonium Tonometers
In November 2018, it was declared that the kilogram, embodied by a platinum cylinder stored in Paris since 1889, would henceforth be defined by the&nb
Keyboard Playing and the Reconceptualization of Polyphonic Music in Early Modern Italy
In early modern Italy, seminal changes in the concept and structure of polyphony were rooted in a shift of praxis defined by the increasing role of ke
Roundtable | Apr 10, 2019 | 15:00 to 17:00
Of Materiality and Minds: Provocations in the History of Science Across Environments
MoreBudgeting and Planning Religion: Cost Estimates and their Realities for Buddha Statues and Paintings, C13–19th
This project compares the codified cost estimates for Buddhist art objects such as statues and painting from three different dynasties: the Mongol Yua
Methods Intensive Workshop | May 9, 2019 | 10:30 to 11:30
Three-Dimensional Scanning at the Transept of the Cathedral in Paris: The Benefit for Art History
MoreMethods Intensive Workshop | May 9, 2019 | 18:00 to 19:00
Reconstructing Notre Dame: Expertise, Art, Money, Politics.
MoreCrafting Life: Stonemasonry, Apprenticeship, and the Repair of the Built Environment
This project centers on an ethnography of a stonemasonry workshop attached to St Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. St Mary's is a nineteenth-ce