Tools of Knowledge
Modelling the Creative Communities of the Scientific Instrument Trade, 1550-1914
Digital Intersections Around Science Collections – online conference session
By Rebekah Higgitt and Sarah Middle The following video is a recording of a session that took place today as part of the British Society for the History of Science Digital Festival 2023. In the first part of the session, we introduce the Tools of Knowledge project, our approach and some of the digital tools…
Database progress – and a new model
Database progress – and a new model By Sarah Middle, Duncan Hay, and Alex Butterworth In a previous blog post,we described both the Arches software that we are using to manage and publish our project database, and our initial remodelling of the data with reference to the events-based CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CIDOC CRM). In…
How we made ‘Craftswomen: Uncovering Hidden Labour in the History of Science’
We here at TOK are delighted to receive the 2023 BSHS Exhibiting Excellence prize (Small Exhibitions Category) for Craftswomen, a display at the Whipple Museum, Cambridge. Craftswomen reveals the important role played by women in the history of scientific instrument making. One of the main findings of TOK has been the identification of a ‘backbone’…
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- Arches (3)
- Business History (1)
- Data Modelling (4)
- Data Visualisation (3)
- Observatories (1)
- Opticians (2)
- Outputs (1)
- Scottish Instrument Makers (1)
- Supply chains (1)
- Technical Development (3)
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Tools of Knowledge: Modelling the Creative Communities of the Scientific Instrument Trade, 1550-1914 is a research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/T013400/1). Our header images are from the Science Museum Group Collection © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
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