Gregory Hargreaves
Gregory Hargreaves
Lee Vinsel
Lee Vinsel
Into Your Ears: Reflections on Engagement with the History of Technology in Podcasts [0.03%]
走进耳朵里的科技史: podcast中与技术史的互动体验反思
Johannes-Geert Hagmann
Johannes-Geert Hagmann
Gendering "Intelligent" Machines: How Operating Engineers Constructed Their Masculinity [0.03%]
性别与“智能”机器:操作工程师如何构建他们的男性气质
Gilberto Fernandes
Gilberto Fernandes
This article examines how construction machines have historically embodied and reinforced white masculine labor identities in North America. Focusing on operating engineers from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, the article ...
Behind the Artificial Mountain: The Consequences of the Choice of Raw Materials for South Korea's Soyang Dam, 1967-72 [0.03%]
假山背后:论原材料选择对韩国昭阳坝工程(1967—1972)的影响
Seohyun Park
Seohyun Park
This article introduces the importance of "raw materials activities" to foreground the overlooked material and labor dimensions of infrastructure. Through a case study of South Korea's Soyang Dam, it argues that following raw material activ...
Calendars for the People: Runestaves as Medieval/Early Modern Vernacular Science [0.03%]
人民的日历:作为中世纪/近代手民科学的符石卦术表
Michael Dunn,Sigi Vandewinkel,Tiago Tresoldi
Michael Dunn
Runestaves are perpetual calendars that were made and used in Sweden and surrounding areas from the turn of the first millennium until printed almanacs superseded them in the seventeenth or eighteenth century. They represent a sophisticated...
Beyond Megaprojects: How Small-Scale Innovation Managed the Water in Northern Jiangsu, 1957-87 [0.03%]
超越 megaprojects:北方江 苏如何在 1957—1987 年借助 小规模创 新管理水资源
Yichuan Chen
Yichuan Chen
This article challenges the dominant focus on megaprojects in Chinese water management by uncovering a parallel history of small-scale, multifunctional water infrastructure in rural Jiangsu. Based on archival research and fieldwork, the art...
Simulating the Astronaut: What Can Dummies Teach Us About Space Exploration? [0.03%]
仿真航天员:太空探测能从假人身上学到什么?
Jordan Bimm,Patrick Kilian
Jordan Bimm
This article recovers the neglected role of anthropomorphic dummies in Cold War space exploration. Going beyond their association with crash testing, the article shows how dummies were central to human factors research and helped configure ...
Proving Grounds: How Saudi Arabia Shaped Computer Aided Design Tools Used by American Architects, 1967-83 [0.03%]
试金石:沙特阿拉伯如何影响了美国建筑师使用的计算机辅助设计工具(1967—1983)
Aaron Tobey
Aaron Tobey
This article reinterprets the early history of computer-aided design (CAD) by relocating its development from U.S. labs to transnational building sites in Saudi Arabia. Drawing on unpublished project records and planning documents, the arti...