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SUMMARY:Translating embodied skill: the politics of writing about making i
 n the early modern period - Paola Bertucci (Yale University)
DTSTART:20160211T153000Z
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CONTACT:Marta Halina
DESCRIPTION:Well before 1751\, when the first volume of Diderot and D'Alem
 bert's _Encyclopédie_ was published\, several encyclopedic projects on th
 e mechanical arts were under way in Europe. This talk will show that such 
 encyclopedic projects relied on natural history as a model for collecting 
 information on crafts and artisans. By comparing works about artisans with
  works by artisans\, I will discuss the political implications of creating
  an inter-connected\, multi-volume work on the arts and crafts: a natural 
 history of arts.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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