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Introduction to the History of Technology: Concepts, and Current Debates
Einführung in die Technikgeschichte: Themenfelder, Konzepte und aktuelle Debatten
Technology and society cannot be separated: No society functions without technology. The seminar offers a problem-oriented introduction to basic questions of the history of technology, introduces approaches to the history of technology and discusses selected, ongoing debates.
Students are given the opportunity to present drafts of their own master's thesis and discuss them within the framework of the colloquium. It does not matter whether students are in the preparatory phase or already in the midst of the writing process. The focus is on mutual peer feedback rather than subject-specific input from the faculty supervisor.
Of Stainless Steel and Biocompatible Ink. History of Materials Science
Von rostfreiem Stahl und biokompatibler Tinte. Zur Geschichte der Materialwissenschaften
The seminar examines the history of materials science. Why and how were materials characterized, developed and tested? How did things as diverse as wood, concrete, ceramics and polymers become objects of a single discipline? How did social imaginaries and technical conditions affect scientific work with and on materials?
Producing Emptiness and Working with Nothing. Vacuum Technology in the 20th Century
Leere produzieren und mit nichts arbeiten. Vakuumtechnologie im 20. Jahrhundert
The seminar examines the powerful effects of emptiness. We want to understand the materiality, the production and the (industrial) effects of the liminal space called “vacuum", on which scientists and engineers worked in the 20th century. We observe pumps, coating systems, rockets and thin films in essays and catalogs, at exhibitions and in patents.
Technical Tower Buildings. A History of the Productive Vertical.
Technische Turmbauwerke. Zur Geschichte produktiver Vertikalen.
Water towers, silos, fire watch towers and distillation towers: Why were they built - as towers? How did their vertical orientation reorganize the perception, control and use of space? How did the function of the tower shape its form?The seminar investigates technical tower buildings from the perspective of the history of technology and of construction.