Challenging collections : approaches to the heritage of recent science and technology /
Approaches to the heritage of recent science and technology
edited by Alison Boyle and Johannes-Geert Hagmann.
- xi, 251 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color) : 25 cm.
- artefacts: studies in the history of science and technology ; volume 11 .
- Artefacts series ; v. 11. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
REFLECTION -- 1. The Sciences between Technical Demiurgy, Economic Matters of Fact, and Political Regulations: Historical Overview, Current Situation, and Normative Principles / Dominique Pestre CONCEPTUALIZING CONTEMPORARY COLLECTING -- 2. A Tape Measure and a "T"Stop: Or, Why Museums of Science and Technology Should Collect More Contemporary Artifacts / John Durant -- 3. History as Intellectual and Organizational Tool in Creating a Collections Rationale: The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Spaceflight Artifacts as Case Study / Martin Collins -- 4. Understanding "Contemporary Collecting": Modern Collecting at the Science Museum / Robert Bud -- 5. Software Archives and Software Libraries / Henry Lowood NETWORK OF COLLECTING -- 6. Interpreting the Collection and Display of Contemporary Science in Chinese Museums as a Reflection of Science in Society / Dagmar Schafer and Jia-Ou Song -- 7. A National Program for Safeguarding Scientific and Technical Heritage / Catherine Cuenca and Serge Chambaud DIALOGUE AND DIVERSITY -- 8. Collecting Twentieth-Century Chemistry: A Reevaluation of Collecting Philosophy and Goals at the Chemical Heritage Foundation / Jennifer Landy and Rosie Cook -- 9. A Snapshot of Canadian Kitchens: Collecting Contemporary Technologies as Historical Evidence for Future Research / Anna Adamek -- 10. Preserving Norway's Oil Heritage / Finn H. Sandberg and Kristin O. Gjerde -- 11. The Balance between Recent Heritage and Ongoing Research: The Case of Jodrell Bank Observatory ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES -- 12. Against Method: A Story-Based Approach to Acquiring Artifacts from Nobel Laureates / Olov Amelin -- 13. Hands-on Science Centers as Anticollections? The Origins and Implications of the Exploratorium Exhibits Model / Karen A Rader
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Technology and civilization. Science and civilization. Cultural property--Protection. Museums--Collection management. Museum exhibits--Social aspects. Science museums. Scientific apparatus and instruments--Collectors and collecting. Cultural property--Protection. Museum exhibits--Social aspects. Museums--Collection management. Science and civilization. Science museums. Scientific apparatus and instruments--Collectors and collecting. Technology and civilization.