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Rethinking Performative Methods in the History of Science (2020)

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Research methods Methodology History of science, as a discipline 20th century 21st century Germany

Performative methods have been part of history of science research and education for at least three decades. Understood broadly, they cover every methodology in which a historian or philosopher of science engages in embodied interaction with sources, tools and materials that do not traditionally belong to historical research, with the aim of answering a historical research question. The question no longer appears to be whether performative methods have a place within history and philosophy of science research, but what their place is, could, or should be; when and how they can and cannot be used. Because although performative methods are seen as an enrichment of the field by many, their growing popularity also raises questions: what new insights and challenges has the increased use of performative methods in the history of science brought us? How has it changed the field? Should performative research methods become a mandatory part of the training of new generations of historians of science? In this special issue, historians and philosophers of science for whom performative methods play an important role in their work reflect on these questions from their own research and teaching practices.

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Authors & Contributors
Schimank, Uwe
Lorenzo, Alfredo
Paulina S. Gennermann
de Olmos, Soledad
Patrick Egan
Lukas J. A. Stalpers
Journals
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
British Journal for the History of Mathematics
Technology and Culture
Science and Education
Publishers
MIT Press
Kluwer Academic
Concepts
Research methods
History of science, as a discipline
Methodology
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
Historiography
Universities and colleges
People
Edward Kaplan
de Olmos, José
Fischer, Emil Hermann
Sarton, George
Meier, Paul
Mach, Ernst
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
Germany
United States
Portugal
Japan
Europe
Australia
Institutions
West Point Foundry
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
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