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SUMMARY:Tasting the past\, or the fallacy of historical accuracy - Marieke
  M.A. Hendriksen (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences)
DTSTART:20211122T130000Z
DTEND:20211122T140000Z
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CONTACT:Olin Moctezuma
DESCRIPTION:The material turn in the history of science has led scholars t
 o successfully study the past through new methods\, such as object-driven 
 and performative research\, including the reconstruction and analysis of h
 istorical recipes. Reconstructions in the history of science are a restagi
 ng of historical experiences rather than replications\; they help us acces
 s and understand historical embodied and sensory knowledge embedded in tex
 ts and materiality. Yet the 'ephemeral' sense of taste is often still perc
 eived as too subjective and thus difficult and problematic to study histor
 ically\, and the supposed importance of historical accuracy is used as an 
 argument to dismiss the use performative methods more generally. In a new 
 project\, I challenge these contentions\, meanwhile contributing to new st
 andards to study historical taste with performative methods. In this talk 
 I will explore how we can surpass the fallacy of historical accuracy to su
 ccessfully use performative methods\, and in particular taste reconstructi
 ons\, to study the past.
LOCATION:Zoom
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