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SUMMARY:A view of technological change through the magic lantern in Japan 
 - Lewis Bremner (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
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CONTACT:Jacob Stegenga
DESCRIPTION:The magic lantern was first recorded in Japan in the 1770s\, r
 oughly 100 years after its initial invention\, and production of the devic
 e in the country began in the first decade of the 19th century. In this ta
 lk\, Lewis Bremner explores the diverse and dynamic trajectories of techno
 logical change that followed.\n\nBy the end of the 1800s\, the cultural sc
 ene around this projection technology was so entrenched and widespread tha
 t even the advent of motion-picture film could not supplant it. To explain
  this\, we will look at technological innovations such as the handheld woo
 den magic lantern\, re-examine the myth of state-driven technological prog
 ress\, and trace the communities of practitioners\, craftsmen\, and entrep
 reneurs behind the history of the magic lantern in Japan.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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