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This book tells ten urban histories of science from nine
cities-Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Dublin (2
articles), Glasgow, Helsinki, Lisbon, and Naples-situated on the
geographical margins of Europe and beyond. Ranging from the
mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, the contents of
this volume debate why and how we should study the scientific
culture of cities, often considered "peripheral" in terms of their
production of knowledge. How were scientific practices, debates and
innovations intertwined with the highly dynamic urban space around
1900? The authors analyze zoological gardens, research stations,
observatories, and international exhibitions, along with hospitals,
newspapers, backstreets, and private homes while also stressing the
importance of concrete urban spaces for the production and
appropriation of knowledge. They uncover the diversity of actors
and urban publics ranging from engineers, scientists, architects,
and physicians to journalists, tuberculosis patients, and
fishermen. Looking at these nine cities around 1900 is like
glancing at a prism that produces different and even conflicting
notions of modernity. In their totality, the ten case studies help
to overcome an outdated centre-periphery model. This volume is,
thus, able to address far more intriguing historiographical
questions. How do science, technology, and medicine shape the
debates about modernity and national identity in the urban space?
To what degree do cities and the heterogeneous elements they
contain have agency? These urban histories show that science and
the city are consistently and continuously co-constructing each
other.
This book tells ten urban histories of science from nine
cities-Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Dublin (2
articles), Glasgow, Helsinki, Lisbon, and Naples-situated on the
geographical margins of Europe and beyond. Ranging from the
mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, the contents of
this volume debate why and how we should study the scientific
culture of cities, often considered "peripheral" in terms of their
production of knowledge. How were scientific practices, debates and
innovations intertwined with the highly dynamic urban space around
1900? The authors analyze zoological gardens, research stations,
observatories, and international exhibitions, along with hospitals,
newspapers, backstreets, and private homes while also stressing the
importance of concrete urban spaces for the production and
appropriation of knowledge. They uncover the diversity of actors
and urban publics ranging from engineers, scientists, architects,
and physicians to journalists, tuberculosis patients, and
fishermen. Looking at these nine cities around 1900 is like
glancing at a prism that produces different and even conflicting
notions of modernity. In their totality, the ten case studies help
to overcome an outdated centre-periphery model. This volume is,
thus, able to address far more intriguing historiographical
questions. How do science, technology, and medicine shape the
debates about modernity and national identity in the urban space?
To what degree do cities and the heterogeneous elements they
contain have agency? These urban histories show that science and
the city are consistently and continuously co-constructing each
other.
The vast majority of European countries have never had a Newton,
Pasteur or Einstein. Therefore a historical analysis of their
scientific culture must be more than the search for great
luminaries. Studies of the ways science and technology were
communicated to the public in countries of the European periphery
can provide a valuable insight into the mechanisms of the
appropriation of scientific ideas and technological practices
across the continent. The contributors to this volume each take as
their focus the popularization of science in countries on the
margins of Europe, who in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
may be perceived to have had a weak scientific culture. A variety
of scientific genres and forums for presenting science in the
public sphere are analysed, including botany and women, teaching
and popularizing physics and thermodynamics, scientific theatres,
national and international exhibitions, botanical and zoological
gardens, popular encyclopaedias, popular medicine and astronomy,
and genetics in the press. Each topic is situated firmly in its
historical and geographical context, with local studies of
developments in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Denmark, Belgium
and Sweden. Popularizing Science and Technology in the European
Periphery provides us with a fascinating insight into the history
of science in the public sphere and will contribute to a better
understanding of the circulation of scientific knowledge.
The four decades between the two Universal Exhibitions of 1888 and
1929 were formative in the creation of modern Barcelona.
Architecture and art blossomed in the work of Antoni Gaudi and many
others. At the same time, social unrest tore the city apart. Topics
such as art nouveau and anarchism have attracted the attention of
numerous historians. Yet the crucial role of science, technology
and medicine in the cultural makeup of the city has been largely
ignored. The ten articles of this book recover the richness and
complexity of the scientific culture of end of the century
Barcelona. The authors explore a broad range of topics: zoological
gardens, natural history museums, amusement parks, new medical
specialities, the scientific practices of anarchists and
spiritists, the medical geography of the urban underworld, early
mass media, domestic electricity and astronomical observatories.
They pay attention to the agenda of the bourgeois elites but also
to hitherto neglected actors: users of electric technologies and
radio amateurs, patients in clinics and dispensaries, collectors
and visitors of museums, working class audiences of public talks
and female mediums. Science, technology and medicine served to
exert social control but also to voice social critique. Barcelona:
An urban history of science and modernity (1888-1929) shows that
the city around 1900 was both a creator and facilitator of
knowledge but also a space substantially transformed by the
appropriation of this knowledge by its unruly citizens.
The vast majority of European countries have never had a Newton,
Pasteur or Einstein. Therefore a historical analysis of their
scientific culture must be more than the search for great
luminaries. Studies of the ways science and technology were
communicated to the public in countries of the European periphery
can provide a valuable insight into the mechanisms of the
appropriation of scientific ideas and technological practices
across the continent. The contributors to this volume each take as
their focus the popularization of science in countries on the
margins of Europe, who in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
may be perceived to have had a weak scientific culture. A variety
of scientific genres and forums for presenting science in the
public sphere are analysed, including botany and women, teaching
and popularizing physics and thermodynamics, scientific theatres,
national and international exhibitions, botanical and zoological
gardens, popular encyclopaedias, popular medicine and astronomy,
and genetics in the press. Each topic is situated firmly in its
historical and geographical context, with local studies of
developments in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Denmark, Belgium
and Sweden. Popularizing Science and Technology in the European
Periphery provides us with a fascinating insight into the history
of science in the public sphere and will contribute to a better
understanding of the circulation of scientific knowledge.
The four decades between the two Universal Exhibitions of 1888 and
1929 were formative in the creation of modern Barcelona.
Architecture and art blossomed in the work of Antoni Gaudi and many
others. At the same time, social unrest tore the city apart. Topics
such as art nouveau and anarchism have attracted the attention of
numerous historians. Yet the crucial role of science, technology
and medicine in the cultural makeup of the city has been largely
ignored. The ten articles of this book recover the richness and
complexity of the scientific culture of end of the century
Barcelona. The authors explore a broad range of topics: zoological
gardens, natural history museums, amusement parks, new medical
specialities, the scientific practices of anarchists and
spiritists, the medical geography of the urban underworld, early
mass media, domestic electricity and astronomical observatories.
They pay attention to the agenda of the bourgeois elites but also
to hitherto neglected actors: users of electric technologies and
radio amateurs, patients in clinics and dispensaries, collectors
and visitors of museums, working class audiences of public talks
and female mediums. Science, technology and medicine served to
exert social control but also to voice social critique. Barcelona:
An urban history of science and modernity (1888-1929) shows that
the city around 1900 was both a creator and facilitator of
knowledge but also a space substantially transformed by the
appropriation of this knowledge by its unruly citizens.
Science in the Public Sphere presents a broad yet detailed picture
of the history of science popularization from the Renaissance to
the twenty-first century. Global in focus, it provides an original
theoretical framework for analysing the political load of science
as an instrument of cultural hegemony and giving a voice to expert
and lay protagonists throughout history. Organised into a series of
thematic chapters spanning diverse periods and places, this book
covers subjects such as the representations of science in print,
the media, classrooms and museums, orthodox and heterodox
practices, the intersection of the history of science with the
history of technology, and the ways in which public opinion and
scientific expertise have influenced and shaped one another across
the centuries. It concludes by introducing the "participatory turn"
of the twenty-first century, a new paradigm of science
popularization and a new way of understanding the construction of
knowledge. Highly illustrated throughout and covering the recent
historiographical scholarship on the subject, this book is valuable
reading for students, historians, science communicators, and all
those interested in the history of science and its relationship
with the public sphere.
Science in the Public Sphere presents a broad yet detailed picture
of the history of science popularization from the Renaissance to
the twenty-first century. Global in focus, it provides an original
theoretical framework for analysing the political load of science
as an instrument of cultural hegemony and giving a voice to expert
and lay protagonists throughout history. Organised into a series of
thematic chapters spanning diverse periods and places, this book
covers subjects such as the representations of science in print,
the media, classrooms and museums, orthodox and heterodox
practices, the intersection of the history of science with the
history of technology, and the ways in which public opinion and
scientific expertise have influenced and shaped one another across
the centuries. It concludes by introducing the "participatory turn"
of the twenty-first century, a new paradigm of science
popularization and a new way of understanding the construction of
knowledge. Highly illustrated throughout and covering the recent
historiographical scholarship on the subject, this book is valuable
reading for students, historians, science communicators, and all
those interested in the history of science and its relationship
with the public sphere.
Agusti Nieto-Galan argues that chemistry in the twentieth century
was deeply and profoundly political. Far from existing in a
distinct public sphere, chemical knowledge was applied in ways that
created strong links with industrial and military projects, and
national rivalries and international endeavours, that materially
shaped the living conditions of millions of citizens. It is within
this framework that Nieto-Galan analyses how Spanish chemists
became powerful ideological agents in different political contexts,
from liberal to dictatorial regimes, throughout the century. He
unveils chemists' position of power in Spain, their place in
international scientific networks, and their engagement in fierce
ideological battles in an age of extremes. Shared discourses
between chemistry and liberalism, war, totalitarianism, religion,
and diplomacy, he argues, led to advancements in both fields.
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