Libraries, Collections, Notes and the History of Knowledge

Prof. Dr. Anja-Silvia Goeing (Harvard/Zürich)

• Data: 22 NOVEMBRE 2022  dalle 15:00 alle 17:00.
• Luogo: Aula Pasoli, Università di Bologna
• Tipo: Didattica curriculare (Scienze dell'antichità e Scienze del libro)

This PhD workshop discussed the many ways in which information contributed to the development of human societies. By focusing on early modern cabinets und curiosities, libraries, archives and the material world of knowledge in Europe, the workshop not only scrutinized the concept and reality of information in many new ways, but it also challenged commonly used interpretations of key events and developments in history by looking at them from the novel perspective of information.

Literature:

Ann Blair, Paul Duguid, Anja-Silvia Goeing, Anthony Grafton, eds. Information: A Historical Companion (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021)