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SUMMARY:Exhibiting imperial entanglements in science museums - Eleanor S. 
 Armstrong (Stockholm University / University of Delaware)
DTSTART:20220127T153000Z
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CONTACT:Richard Staley
DESCRIPTION:This talk contextualises the Whipple Museum's 'Astronomy and E
 mpire' exhibition (opened in 2017) against other UK exhibitions on the dev
 elopment of physical sciences in global contexts. I unpack the presentatio
 n\, pedagogies\, and possibilities in exhibitions and galleries on histori
 es of physical sciences in UK museums. Postcolonial STS theorists Pollock 
 & Subramaniam (2016) argue all western sciences 'were an intimate and inex
 tricable part of the colonial machinery' – and could be considered 'scie
 nces of empire'. If so\, how do museums – if they do at all – teach pu
 blics about these entanglements\, especially of the physical sciences\, in
  their displays?\n\n"Book to attend in person":https://www.eventbrite.co.u
 k/e/hps-departmental-seminar-tickets-251103215477
LOCATION:Zoom
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