Introduction
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 - Royal Geological Society
This, the second in a series of three British Academy-funded workshops, is concerned with the role of instruments within the history of geographical exploration. The event is informed by the belief that, within geography and work on the history of geography, scholarship has neglected the material and instrumental bases to exploration. Exploration scholarship has been attentive to the insights of the history of science, but less to those from the history of technology.
Researchers have studied the rhetoric of exploration and narratives of travel and exploration, yet many such accounts also demonstrate the fallibility of instruments in the field. How then has technological change had an impact upon the nature, type and conduct of geographical exploration? What counts as an instrument of exploration?
This workshop attends to the art and science of measurement and instrumentation in geography.
This workshop is free to attend but places are limited and must be booked in advance.
This article was published on Apr 10, 2012