Article ID: CBB000610199

The City as a Context for Scientific Activity: Creating the Mediziner-Viertel in fin-de-ciècle Vienna (2004)

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At the turn of the 19th century, a surprisingly dense network of academic institutes and medical facilities developed on the margins of Ringstrasse, the impressive boulevard that surrounded the old city of Vienna. Enmeshed, socially and culturally in the life of the city, that area known as the Mediziner-Viertel grew out of the needs of natural scientists and physicians as much as it was shaped by the liberal ideology, feminists' petitions for women's acceptance to university studies, Vienna's intellectuals and Kaffeehaus culture. Recovering the city behind the structure of modern academic institutes tells us a good deal about the context in which intellectual work was developed and its impact on the production of scientific knowledge.

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Authors & Contributors
Dümpelmann, Sonja
Mathias Harzhauser
Raith, Erich
Kathrin Raminger
Haidvogl, Gertrud
Manuela Winder
Concepts
Urban history
Science and society
Urban planning
Popularization
Science and politics
Water
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
17th century
Medieval
Places
Vienna (Austria)
Austria
Italy
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Berlin (Germany)
Roman Empire
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