Social Histories of Mining Knowledge

Description

Discussion of recent work on social histories of mining knowledge in early modern Europe, exploring questions of labor, gender, expertise, and the relationship between textual authority and experiential knowledge in Italian, German, and British contexts.

Sebastian Felten, "Pen at Work: Codifying Hard-Rock Mining Techniques in Central Europe (ca. 1750-1820)”, forthcoming in Artefact. Techniques, histoire et sciences humaines.

Gabriele Marcon, "The Boundaries of Knowledge: Books, Experts, and Readers in Early Modern Mines," Isis 116, no. 2, (2025), 61–81

Claire Sabel, "Domestic Earth Science in Eighteenth Century Britain," draft article

Period	24 Mar 2025
Event title	SCARCE Colloquium: Monthly Organized Research Discussion Meetings
Event type	Lecture series, colloquium
Degree of Recognition	International