Outer Edge: Queer(y)ing STEM Collections

Organisers Dr Sophie Gerber, TMW Eleanor Armstrong, UCL Rational How can the science and technology museum, as a cultural and social institution, explore the opportunities of reflecting and developing a plural society? In what ways are these museums still bound by existing collecting, labeling, and exhibiting practices? How are museum curators, practitioners, scholars grappling with… Continue reading Outer Edge: Queer(y)ing STEM Collections

“How Disciplines Interact” (University of Amsterdam, 7-8 May 2020)

Organisers Sjang ten Hagen & Emma Mojet (Vossius Center, University of Amsterdam) Rational The University of Amsterdam will host a two-day workshop on 7-8 May 2020, entitled “How Disciplines Interact”.* Format of the workshopHistorians of the sciences and the humanities have described many interactions between disciplines. One frequently occurring form of interaction concerns the transfer… Continue reading “How Disciplines Interact” (University of Amsterdam, 7-8 May 2020)