Long, Pamela O. (Author)
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 106
Issue: 4
Pages: 840-847
This essay adopts the concept of trading zones first developed for the history of science by Peter Galison and redefines it for the early modern period. The term “trading zones” is used to mean arenas in which substantive and reciprocal communication occurred between individuals who were artisanally trained and learned (university-trained) individuals. Such trading zones proliferated in the sixteenth century. They tended to arise in certain kinds of places and not in others, but their existence must be determined empirically. The author’s work on trading zones differs from the ideas of Edgar Zilsel, who emphasized the influence of artisans on the scientific revolution. In contrast, in this essay, the mutual influence of artisans and the learned on each other is stressed, and translation is used as a modality that was important to communication within trading zones.
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