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Conceptualizing ‘Science’ in the Photography Collections at the National Science and Media Museum (2022)

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Focusing on the internationally significant photographic collections at the National Science and Media Museum (Bradford, UK), this article explores the central questions: What counts as ‘scientific’ in a museum dedicated to the history of photography (as well as film, television, and digital media)? And what is the place of photography in the history of science and technology? The article explores a set of photographic collections in the UK and Canada and offers a framework for thinking about the relationship between the histories of photography, histories of science and photography, and institutional collecting practices.

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Article Joan Schwartz (2022) Photography: Science, Technology and Practice [Introduction]. Scientia Canadensis: Journal of the History of Canadian Science, Technology, and Medicine. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Schwartz, Joan W.
Barnett, Clive
Collins, Peter
Doern, Bruce G.
Elsdon-Baker, Fern
Gillespie, Sarah
Journals
Scientia Canadensis: Journal of the History of Canadian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
History of the Human Sciences
International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Publishers
McGill-Queen's University Press
Duke University Press
Harvard University Art Museums
MIT Press
University of California Press
University of Pittsburgh Press
Concepts
Photography
Technology and art
Science and art
Primary literature (historical sources)
Technology
Digitization
People
Taylor White
Bernd Becher
Hilla Becher
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Modern
Places
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Institutions
McGill University (Canada)
National Research Council Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
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