Programme
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24 September 2022
8:00–9:30
SESSION 1 – DECISION-MAKING IN MILITARY HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY
TSZ HO WONG
Japan Wartime Expeditions on Rare-Earth and Chemical Elements and the Manufacturing of War-Related Technologies
Japan Wartime Expeditions on Rare-Earth and Chemical Elements and the Manufacturing of War-Related Technologies
YOEL BERGMAN
An exceptional 1982 downing of a fighter jet by the Vulcan Air Defense System- A possible combination of technological-based decisions and human agency?
An exceptional 1982 downing of a fighter jet by the Vulcan Air Defense System- A possible combination of technological-based decisions and human agency?
ALLA LYTVYNKO
Scientific Activities of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine at the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Scientific Activities of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine at the Russian invasion of Ukraine
9:30–9:45
BREAK
9:45–11:45
SESSION 2 – INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY (1)
SIMONE FARI
Technology-based decisions or Fear-based decisions? Technological unemployment and economic policies to contrast it during the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Technology-based decisions or Fear-based decisions? Technological unemployment and economic policies to contrast it during the Fourth Industrial Revolution
SYMONE CAMPBELL
EdTech Across the Black Diaspora: Reexamining its Neoliberalist Foundations
EdTech Across the Black Diaspora: Reexamining its Neoliberalist Foundations
JAN KUNNAS
Lessons From the Past: History in the Anthropocene
Lessons From the Past: History in the Anthropocene
11:45–12:15
LUNCH BREAK
12:15–13:45
SESSION 3 – INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY (2)
OLE SPARENBERG
Peat as an overlooked energy resource in 19th century Germany
Peat as an overlooked energy resource in 19th century Germany
HAILIAN CHEN
Encountering Western Technology and Engineers: The Failure of a Mining Enterprise in Central China, 1875–1880s
Encountering Western Technology and Engineers: The Failure of a Mining Enterprise in Central China, 1875–1880s
ANNA AGAFONOVA
The First World War and transition to hydropower in the Russian Empire
The First World War and transition to hydropower in the Russian Empire
13:45–14:00
BREAK
14:00–16:00
SESSION 4 – SOCIAL HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY
ANDREW BUTRICA
“Industrial Nationalism and Napoleonic France”
“Industrial Nationalism and Napoleonic France”
CYRIL LACHEZE
Establishing a tile factory in 19th century France: technology, social tensions and power issues in commodo and incommodo surveys
Establishing a tile factory in 19th century France: technology, social tensions and power issues in commodo and incommodo surveys
CONNOR KA HEI AU YEUNG
Hungered by Thirst: Petrochemical Industry, Research and Security in Early 20th Century East Asia
Hungered by Thirst: Petrochemical Industry, Research and Security in Early 20th Century East Asia
TOMÁŠ GECKO
Negotiations on the Czechoslovak Patent Court: Power Dynamics, Litigation and Technology Transfers
Negotiations on the Czechoslovak Patent Court: Power Dynamics, Litigation and Technology Transfers
16:00–16:15
BREAK
16:15–17:45
SESSION 5 – TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE AND DECISION-MAKING
HARALD KLEINBERGER-PIERER
Drawings in decision making – Designs and patents in the Chamber of Commerce Vienna 18th century
Drawings in decision making – Designs and patents in the Chamber of Commerce Vienna 18th century
SŁAWOMIR ŁOTYSZ
Cinema musicians and transition to ‘talkies' in Poland, 1920s–1930
Cinema musicians and transition to ‘talkies' in Poland, 1920s–1930
KORNILIA PAPANASTASIOUS
Adding Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Reproduction: A Historical Perspective
Adding Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Reproduction: A Historical Perspective
17:45–18:00
BREAK
18:00–20:00
SESSION 6 – INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY (3): INDUSTRIAL RUINS, INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF INDUSTRIAL QUARTERS – PERSPECTIVES OF INDUSTRIAL SITES AFTER DE-INDUSTRIALIZATION
WAYNE COCROFT
Vanishing technologies – how do we respond to the legacy of late 20th century industry?
Vanishing technologies – how do we respond to the legacy of late 20th century industry?
STEFAN POSER
Heritage of Rust and Oxidation? History and perspectives of industrial museums after de-industrialization
Heritage of Rust and Oxidation? History and perspectives of industrial museums after de-industrialization
ROBERT BELOT
The Urbex, or the tribute paid to the industrial ruin
The Urbex, or the tribute paid to the industrial ruin
LUC ROJAS
Mining methods: From creation to management of underground mining landscapes in France (18th–21st centuries)
Mining methods: From creation to management of underground mining landscapes in France (18th–21st centuries)
25 September 2022
08:00–09:30
SESSION 7 – DECISION-MAKING FROM SKY TO SPACE
MARION WECKERLE
A seaplane and its water – technological construction choices and seaplane use in interwar Europe
A seaplane and its water – technological construction choices and seaplane use in interwar Europe
SABRINA LAUSEN
Decision-making in the cockpits of airliners – Pilots' perspectives on automation in Western Europe and in the Soviet Union, 1960s-1980s
Decision-making in the cockpits of airliners – Pilots' perspectives on automation in Western Europe and in the Soviet Union, 1960s-1980s
OLENA ZOSIMOVYCH
Ukrainian Satellites for the Needs of Meteorology and the Study of Natural Resources in the 70's -80's of the 20th century
Ukrainian Satellites for the Needs of Meteorology and the Study of Natural Resources in the 70's -80's of the 20th century
9:30–9:45
BREAK
9:45–11:45
SESSION 8 – ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY (1): GAS, ENGINEERS, AND TECHNOLOGY IN LATIN EUROPE UNTIL 1945
MERCEDES FERNÁNDEZ-PARADAS, JUAN MANUEL MATÉS BARCO, ANTONIO JESÚS PINTO TORTOSA
Prosopography of engineers in gas industry in Latin Europe until the 1940s
Prosopography of engineers in gas industry in Latin Europe until the 1940s
MERCEDES FERNANDEZ-PARADAS, ISRAEL DAVID MEDINA RUIZ, ANTONIO JESÚS PINTO TORTOSA
Gas engineers, links between France and Spain (circa 1840-1920)
Gas engineers, links between France and Spain (circa 1840-1920)
FRANCESC XAVIER BARCA SALOM; JOAN CARLES ALAYO MANUBENS
Gas producer and gas engine in the second half of the 19th century
Gas producer and gas engine in the second half of the 19th century
ALBERTE MARTÍNEZ LÓPEZ; JESÚS MIRÁS ARAUJO
Engineers and the modernization of the gas industry in Latin Europe, 1874–1938
Engineers and the modernization of the gas industry in Latin Europe, 1874–1938
11:45–12:15
LUNCH BREAK
12:15–13:45
SESSION 9 – IT, AI, AND DECISION-MAKING (1):
DEEPAK PRINCE
The Automaton and the mediator: an archaeology of two “Entscheidungsproblems”
The Automaton and the mediator: an archaeology of two “Entscheidungsproblems”
SERHII ZHABIN
Cybertonia and hacker movement: subcultures of programmers in USSR and USA
Cybertonia and hacker movement: subcultures of programmers in USSR and USA
KONSTANTINOS SAKALIS
Imagining a future of decisions made by artificial intelligence, 1940s–present
Imagining a future of decisions made by artificial intelligence, 1940s–present
13:45–14:00
BREAK
14:00–15:30
SESSION 10 – TRACTORS, TRAINS AND DEATH RAYS– ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND HIGH MODERNISM IN EAST ASIA FROM COLONIAL ORIGINS TO COLD WAR FUTURISM, 1930–1980
ERNEST MING-TAK LEUNG
Kolkhoz Under the Imperial Sun - East Asian Collectivisation and Planification, 1878-1978
Kolkhoz Under the Imperial Sun - East Asian Collectivisation and Planification, 1878-1978
BEN KLETZER
Getting China Back on Track: Rebuilding and Unifying the Railways through War and Revolution 1945-1952
Getting China Back on Track: Rebuilding and Unifying the Railways through War and Revolution 1945-1952
VIRGINIA L. CONN
Power Stations: Internationalist Scientism in Death Ray on Coral Island
Power Stations: Internationalist Scientism in Death Ray on Coral Island
15:30–15:45
BREAK
15:45–17:15
SESSION 11 – IT, AI, AND DECISION-MAKING (2)
AGNIESZKA DYTMAN- STASIEŃKO
Technology-driven resistance in Poland in the 1980s
Technology-driven resistance in Poland in the 1980s
LAILA ZWISLER
How computers came to know the world in two ways – making computer models in technical academia in Denmark
How computers came to know the world in two ways – making computer models in technical academia in Denmark
17:15–18:15
SESSION 12 – ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTION AND DECISION-MAKING (1)
JOSE SOARES
We must save these waters: the urgency of technology in Portuguese industrial pollution control (1892-1974)
We must save these waters: the urgency of technology in Portuguese industrial pollution control (1892-1974)
GREGORY AFANASIEV
“The oil inflection” in the energy consumption of the Russian Empire and environmental problems in the late XIX - early XX centuries
“The oil inflection” in the energy consumption of the Russian Empire and environmental problems in the late XIX - early XX centuries
18:15–18:30
BREAK
18:30–20:30
KRANZBERG LECTURE
MARIA PAULA DIOGO
Time and Human Agency: how can historians of technology contribute to present day debates?
Time and Human Agency: how can historians of technology contribute to present day debates?
15 October 2022
08:00–10:00
SESSION 1 – EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY (1): QUANTIFIED CRITIQUE – DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE CREATION OF SIGNIFICANCE AT UNIVERSITIES
MORITZ MEISTER
Comparative Walkthrough Analysis of CRIS User-Interfaces
Comparative Walkthrough Analysis of CRIS User-Interfaces
FLORIAN BETTEL
Portfolio & Showroom. A hands-on history of technology of research information systems
Portfolio & Showroom. A hands-on history of technology of research information systems
AGAJA PRZYBORSKI
A praxeological model of media technical communication exemplified by focusing on practices of scientists with CRIS
A praxeological model of media technical communication exemplified by focusing on practices of scientists with CRIS
HANNA LUCIA WORLICZEK
Quantification and Standardised Metrics as Historiographic Tools – The Power and Pitfalls of Bibliometric Analyses for Historical Epistemology
Quantification and Standardised Metrics as Historiographic Tools – The Power and Pitfalls of Bibliometric Analyses for Historical Epistemology
10:00–10:15
BREAK
10:15–11:45
SESSION 2 – EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY (2): TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN SPAIN. SOME EARLY EXPERIENCES
ANTONI ROCA-ROSELL
Early steps to technical higher education: a reflect of technological changes?
Early steps to technical higher education: a reflect of technological changes?
MARIA MONTAVA-GADEA
The beginnings of technical education in Barcelona: the school of mechanics designed by Francesc Santponç (1808-1821)
The beginnings of technical education in Barcelona: the school of mechanics designed by Francesc Santponç (1808-1821)
M. ROSA MASSA-ESTEVE
The teaching of practical geometry at the Barcelona Royal Military Academy of Mathematics in the eighteenth century
The teaching of practical geometry at the Barcelona Royal Military Academy of Mathematics in the eighteenth century
11:45–12:15
LUNCH BREAK
12:15–12:45
POSTER SESSION
TAJANA JAKLENEC
Historical and Contemporary Prefabrication in Croatia
Historical and Contemporary Prefabrication in Croatia
12:45–14:45
SESSION 3 – ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY (1): TECHNOLOGY, MODERNIZATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE UNDER THE COLD WAR
JOE DJORDJEVSKI
The Technology and the Environment of Tourism in Cold War Yugoslavia
The Technology and the Environment of Tourism in Cold War Yugoslavia
JÍRA JANÁČ
Developing Green Infrastructures in a Red country: Harmonizing Environment and Development in Regional Planning in late-socialist Czechoslovakia
Developing Green Infrastructures in a Red country: Harmonizing Environment and Development in Regional Planning in late-socialist Czechoslovakia
VIKTOR PÁL
Science, Technology, and Recycling in State-socialist Hungary
Science, Technology, and Recycling in State-socialist Hungary
MICHAELA ZÁVODNÁ
Let them breathe. The technological and ecological aspects of urban transportation in Ostrava region during the Cold War
Let them breathe. The technological and ecological aspects of urban transportation in Ostrava region during the Cold War
14:45–15:00
BREAK
15:00–16:30
SESSION 4 – ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTION AND DECISION-MAKING (2): PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANTHROPOCENE
JAMES WILLIAMS
Human agency v. nature's agency
Human agency v. nature's agency
DAVIDE SCARSO
Agency and Political Representation in the Anthropocene
Agency and Political Representation in the Anthropocene
MARIA PAULA DIOGO
The Who's who in the Anthropocene
The Who's who in the Anthropocene
16:30–16:45
BREAK
16:45–18:15
SESSION 5 – ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTION AND DECISION-MAKING (3): TECHNOLOGY-BASED AND TECHNOLOGY-GENERATED DECISIONS
ANTHONY STRANGES
The Technological Transformation of the 1850s and its Environmental Consequences
The Technological Transformation of the 1850s and its Environmental Consequences
PETER WULFF
Radioactive CO2: a Technology-Based Climate Controversy
Radioactive CO2: a Technology-Based Climate Controversy
ELENA HELEREA
Electrification and Environmental Issues
Electrification and Environmental Issues
18:15–18:30
BREAK
18:30–22:00
SESSION 6 – ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTION AND DECISION-MAKING (4): THE ENERGY KNOWLEDGE CIRCULATION: TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS AND TRANSBOUNDARY PERSPECTIVES
HELGE WENDT
The colonial way into the global coal age
The colonial way into the global coal age
FELIPE TRUJILLO
Energy sources and energy transition discussions. The instituto de ingenieros de Chile's analysis of the future of the Chilean energy matrix (1888-1910)
Energy sources and energy transition discussions. The instituto de ingenieros de Chile's analysis of the future of the Chilean energy matrix (1888-1910)
NELSON ARELLANO
Solar energy techniques in XIX century for sustainability. Inventions, patents, and artifacts in Chile (1872–1930)
Solar energy techniques in XIX century for sustainability. Inventions, patents, and artifacts in Chile (1872–1930)
CECILIA IBARRA
Transition to hydroelectricity or addition of hydroelectricity to the Chilean energy matrix (1900–1925)?
Transition to hydroelectricity or addition of hydroelectricity to the Chilean energy matrix (1900–1925)?
MARION STEINER
German hydropower in Metropolitan Chile in the first decade of the 20th Century: a local exception from AEG's global business model
German hydropower in Metropolitan Chile in the first decade of the 20th Century: a local exception from AEG's global business model
16 October 2022
8:30–10:00
SESSION 7 – ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY (1): THE DECISION TO BUILD WITH STEEL – PREFABRICATED STEEL HOUSES AND THE INNOVATION SYSTEM OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY (1920S-1970S)
THOMAS SCHUETZ
Steel means progress: Efforts to increase sales in the West German steel industry
Steel means progress: Efforts to increase sales in the West German steel industry
SILKE HAPS
PLATAL Plastic-coated steel: from powder boxes to sandwich panels
PLATAL Plastic-coated steel: from powder boxes to sandwich panels
TOBIAS NOLTEKLOCKE
Historical material research and role of the public materials testing administration (MPA) as element of sector-combining innovation systems
Historical material research and role of the public materials testing administration (MPA) as element of sector-combining innovation systems
10:00–10:15
BREAK
10:15–11:45
SESSION 8 – ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY (2)
HADAS NUR
The construction of a creative agency in the technological era – The case of architects and designers
The construction of a creative agency in the technological era – The case of architects and designers
MATTHIAS BRENNER
The Potential of Digital Fabrication for the Repair of High-Tech Architecture
The Potential of Digital Fabrication for the Repair of High-Tech Architecture
11:45–12:15
LUNCH BREAK
12:15–13:45
SESSION 9 – INFRASTRUCTURES AND TECHNOLOGY
VLADIMIR KORENSKY
Inland Development of Early Reinforced Concrete in the Russian Empire in the Context of European Knowledge Transfer
Inland Development of Early Reinforced Concrete in the Russian Empire in the Context of European Knowledge Transfer
LUDOVIT HALLON, MICHAL DURCO, MIROSLAV SABOL
Czechoslovak and Slovak technocracy and technology-based decisions in the interwar period
Czechoslovak and Slovak technocracy and technology-based decisions in the interwar period
M. LUÍSA SOUSA
History of technology-based decisions: how recovering forgotten urban mobilities of the past might contribute to policies in cities with low cycling maturity
History of technology-based decisions: how recovering forgotten urban mobilities of the past might contribute to policies in cities with low cycling maturity
13:45–14:00
BREAK
14:00–15:30
SESSION 10 – “TO BE OR NOT TO BE.” SCHOLARS IN THE HUMANITIES INVESTIGATING TECHNOLOGY-BASED AND TECHNOLOGY-GENERATED DECISIONS. HOW TO COPE WITH IDENTITY CRISIS
VALENTINA LIMINA
New Technologies for Ancient Landscapes. How technology impacts Archaeology
New Technologies for Ancient Landscapes. How technology impacts Archaeology
JACOPO PESSINA
How the Bastion Fort Changed Strategies during the Italian Wars, 1494–1559
How the Bastion Fort Changed Strategies during the Italian Wars, 1494–1559
SARA ERCOLANI
Catholic Voluntarism between the Fifties and the Seventies: The technological developments that changed the way of presenting the missionary field
Catholic Voluntarism between the Fifties and the Seventies: The technological developments that changed the way of presenting the missionary field
15:30–15:45
BREAK
15:45–17:15
ICOHTEC Prize Session
Turriano ICOHTEC Prize
LAUDATION BY DARINA MARTYKÁNOVÁ
LAUDATION BY DARINA MARTYKÁNOVÁ
Maurice Daumas Prize
LAUDATION BY ELVIRA CALLAPEZ
LAUDATION BY ELVIRA CALLAPEZ
17:15–17:30
BREAK
17:30–19:30
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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