The artistic and scientific herbaria with dried plants. Issues of conservation of the herbaria in a form of codex by Sylwia Urszula Popławska, Izabela Zając

“…This paper presents informations about the history and technology of the herbaria and about their preservation and conservation issues.…”
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Opera, Audio Technologies, and Audience Practices in the Late Nineteenth Century by Nicolo Palazzetti

“…These novels are linked to their wider cultural, social, and technological contexts as well as to recent theoretical frameworks developed in the field of opera studies, sound studies, media studies, fan studies, the cultural history of technology, and Verne studies. The aim of the article is to shed light on the genesis of the relation between operatic audiences and audio technologies through a survey of Jules Verne’s visionary and imaginative narratives. …”
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Keuzes en patronen in de techniekgeschiedenis van Nederland in de twintigste eeuw by K. Davids

“…Choices and patterns in the history of technology in the Netherlands during the 20th century Techniek in Nederland in de twintigste eeuw (TIN 20) is an impressive work. …”
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The socialization of ICTs in ethiopia: Re-shaping technology for nation-building by Gagliardone, I

“…A constructivist framework as developed in international relations and history of technology is employed to understand how the introduction of the new ICT framework as promoted by international organizations has been mediated both by the results of the socialization of earlier technologies in Ethiopia and by the national project pursued by the local political elite. …”

Artificial Intelligence vs. Natural Stupidity by Pierandrea Lo Nostro

“…It can make calculations and infer conclusions starting from huge datasets and with such a speed that is absolutely inconceivable for a human being. However the history of technology teaches us that the problem is always in the mind and in the hands of the user and, particularly in this case, of the developer. …”
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Navigating Dimensions across Materials and History: Scale as a Lens to Understand Dynamic and Cumulative Sociotechnical Relationships by Ellan F. Spero, Christine Ortiz

“… Through the lens of scale, this paper combines knowledge and perspectives from the history of technology and materials science and engineering to examine the materiality of the ubiquitous technological systems that are so often hidden in the everyday. …”
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Weak Systems. Unveiling the Vulnerabilities of Digitization by Paolo Bory, Philip Di Salvo

“…The panel brought together scholars from different backgrounds, including STS, history of technology, sociology of communication and critical data and media studies to discuss instances of technological weaknesses in various contexts. …”
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Navigating Dimensions across Materials and History: Scale as a Lens to Understand Dynamic and Cumulative Sociotechnical Relationships by Ellan F. Spero, Christine Ortiz

“… Through the lens of scale, this paper combines knowledge and perspectives from the history of technology and materials science and engineering to examine the materiality of the ubiquitous technological systems that are so often hidden in the everyday. …”
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De betwiste modernisering van Nederland. Een introductie op de serie 'Techniek in Nederland in de twintigste eeuw' by J. Schot, H. Lintsen, A. Rip, A. Albert de la Bruhèze

“…However, the greatest achievement of the series is that it has written a new history of the Netherlands from the viewpoint of technology. It is a history of technology in which technology itself is not the key issue. …”
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The Perfect Pair: Bloch, Febvre, and the History of Science and Technology by Diogo Maria Paula

“…The Annales reclaim the history of science and the history of technology as part of history as a whole and inextricably linked to the intellectual context of a specific time period. …”
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Cinema, the Settler by Lorenzo Veracini

“…While the history and technology of cinema are considered for the purpose of achieving decolonial ends, this paper suggests that ‘classic’ cinema may be considered a quintessentially settler colonial medium. …”
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Artificial Life in Horacio Quiroga. Commercial Advertisements, Cinema, and the Prompted Suspension of Disbelief by Matei Chihaia, Alejandro Ferrari

“…The models of literary invention follow, on the one hand, the history of technology and the author’s own passion for science and cinema; on the other hand, they can be related to forms of publication, such as the serialized novellas of the illustrated magazine, and the form illustrations and commercial advertisements pervade literary creation. …”
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Transforming the Narrative of the History of Chinese Technology: East and West in Bertrand Gille’s Histoire des Techniques by Yao Dazhi, Per Högselius

“…In his magisterial The History of Techniques, the French historian of technology Bertrand Gille (1920–1980) constructs a Western-centric world history of technology based on a technical systems approach. …”
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Reviewing Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre: An Innovative Curatorial Approach Combining Visual and Audio Elements by Zhang Yudi

“…Furthermore, the article revisits how Eduard Bersudsky incorporates Russian cultural elements, history, and technology into his steampunk mechanical sculptures, which reflect the artist’s contemplation on war and authority, as well as his exploration of the relationship between technology and humanity.…”
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Navigating Dimensions across Materials and History: Scale as a Lens to Understand Dynamic and Cumulative Sociotechnical Relationships by Ellan F. Spero, Christine Ortiz

“… Through the lens of scale, this paper combines knowledge and perspectives from the history of technology and materials science and engineering to examine the materiality of the ubiquitous technological systems that are so often hidden in the everyday. …”
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Harmonized Spaces, Dissonant Objects, Inventing Europe? Mobilizing Digital Heritage by Alexander Badenoch

“…In the next sections, the development of a harmonized virtual exhibit on the history of technology in Europe forms a case study to explore processes of harmonization at the level of the web platform, and in the aesthetics of digitized objects. …”
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A Review of Systems and Technologies for Smart Homes and Smart Grids by Gabriele Lobaccaro, Salvatore Carlucci, Erica Löfström

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Pre-Thinking GIS – Zur Visuellen Politik der frühen quantitativ-theoretischen Geographie by B. Michel

“…In this paper this history of GIS is largely told without a history of technology a well as without its political context of the cold war and the Fordist state.…”
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On New Media Art, Its Development and Achievement in China by Liu Guangyu

“…The author combed the art history and technology history which are closely connected with the birth of the new media art. …”
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Keuzes en patronen in de techniekgeschiedenis van Nederland in de twintigste eeuw by K. Davids

“…<p><strong><em>Choices and patterns in the history of technology in the Netherlands during the 20^th century<br /></em></strong><em>Techniek in Nederland in de twintigste eeuw (TIN 20)</em> is an impressive work. …”
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