Article ID: CBB303012640

The spatial inscription of science in the twentieth century (2021)

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With their landmark architectures, exhibitions and museums of science and technology partake in the spatial inscription of science in twentieth century landscapes. Unlike other beacons of progress, exhibitions and museums of science and technology double up, inside, as material arrangements of objects, visuals and texts aiming to confer meaning onto the modern world. They both embody and seek to order the spectacle of modernity while often being deployed with the aim of promoting particular visions of social and material progress. An approach sensitive to the material, spatial, and experiential dimensions of displaying science and technology suggests that exhibitions and museums were in the twentieth century crucial sites for reflecting upon and promoting particular futures.

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Authors & Contributors
Ronzon, Laura
Jillian Walliss
Schettino, Vincenzo
Adnan Morshed
Gollo, Francesca
Arrigo, Anthony F.
Concepts
Museums
Visual representation; visual communication
Architecture
Exhibitions and fairs
Natural history
Modernity
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
Early modern
Renaissance
21st century
Places
United States
Europe
Japan
Italy
Great Britain
Tokyo (Japan)
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