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Modelwork - The Material Culture of Making and Knowing (Hardcover)
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Modelwork - The Material Culture of Making and Knowing (Hardcover)
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How making models allows us to recall what was and to discover what
still might be Whether looking inward to the intricacies of human
anatomy or outward to the furthest recesses of the universe,
expanding the boundaries of human inquiry depends to a surprisingly
large degree on the making of models. In this wide-ranging volume,
scholars from diverse fields examine the interrelationships between
a model's material foundations and the otherwise invisible things
it gestures toward, underscoring the pivotal role of models in
understanding and shaping the world around us. Whether in the form
of reproductions, interpretive processes, or constitutive tools,
models may bridge the gap between the tangible and the abstract. By
focusing on the material aspects of models, including the digital
ones that would seem to displace their analogue forebears, these
insightful essays ground modeling as a tactile and emphatically
humanistic endeavor. With contributions from scholars in the
history of science and technology, visual studies, musicology,
literary studies, and material culture, this book demonstrates that
models serve as invaluable tools across every field of cultural
development, both historically and in the present day. Modelwork is
unique in calling attention to modeling's duality, a dynamic
exchange between imagination and matter. This singular publication
shows us how models shape our ability to ascertain the surrounding
world and to find new ways to transform it. Contributors: Hilary
Bryon, Virginia Tech; Johanna Drucker, UCLA; Seher Erdogan Ford,
Temple U; Peter Galison, Harvard U; Lisa Gitelman, New York U; Reed
Gochberg, Harvard U; Catherine Newman Howe, Williams College;
Christopher J. Lukasik, Purdue U; Martin Scherzinger, New York U;
Juliet S. Sperling, U of Washington; Annabel Jane Wharton, Duke U.
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