Toward a Transnational History of Technology: Meanings, Promises, Pitfalls

Vleuten, Erik van der

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“…The great majority of CI studies, however, address (sub)national cases. There is a need for transnational analysis in CI studies, which is about questioning and examining rather than presupposing relations between local, national and international developments (Van der Vleuten, 2008). Examining a case of transnational infrastructure vulnerability, we found that the 'international by nature' argument is not beyond dispute.…”

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Interpreting transnational infrastructure vulnerability: European blackout and the historical dynamics of transnational electricity governance

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Lagendijk

2010

Energy Policy

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“…To achieve this, we draw on recent work inspired by a transnational turn in technological history (Misa and Schot, 2005;Van der Vleuten, 2008) and infrastructure history in particular (e.g. Kaijser, 2005, 2006).…”

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Interpreting transnational infrastructure vulnerability: European blackout and the historical dynamics of transnational electricity governance

Vleuten

Lagendijk

2010

Energy Policy

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“…For an early discussion of the scope and the historiographical perspective of the group, see Misa and Schot (). See, also,Van der Vleuten and Kaijser (), Schot () and Van der Vleuten ().…”

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Between the Local and the Global: History of Science in the European Periphery Meets Post-Colonial Studies

Patiniotis

2013

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The aim of this paper is to discuss two historiographical issues pertaining to the history of science in the European periphery. The first issue concerns the wide use of the centre-periphery dichotomy in historical accounts discussing the diffusion and institutionalization of science across the world. The second issue concerns the use of appropriation (instead of transfer, or adaptation) as a means to overcome the diffusionist model in history of science. Recent work at the intersection of history of science with post-colonial studies will provide the framework for reassessing these matters. As it will be shown, theoretical discussions about the history of science in post-colonial context can help historians overcome the centre-periphery dichotomy and turn European periphery into a privileged standpoint for showing the actual diversity of 'European science.' At the same time, the experience of post-colonial studies can also help sharpen the historiographical tool of appropriation. The assumption that will be made is that by focusing on appropriation rather than on discovery and innovation (the favourite categories of much of mainstream historiography), or on transfer and adaptation (the favourite categories of the diffusionist model), historians of science can not only set aside the artificial distinctions of the diffusionist model, but also bring forward the re-inventions, the conceptual shifts and the cultural adjustments, which are responsible for the emergence of science as a global phenomenon in the periphery. Especially concerning European periphery, the use of appropriation may bring forward the particular historical circumstances under which certain knowledge patterns gained universal epistemic authority as constitutive elements of an imagined European intellectual identity.

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“…Among the various publications stemming from the Tensions of Europe network, the Making Europe book series (Palgrave Macmillan) is a groundbreaking work and an ambitious summary of research stemming from its first 15 years of existence. Other publications include Misa and Schot (); Schot (); Van der Vleuten (); Van der Vleuten and Kaijser ().…”

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Looking back, stepping forward: Reflections on the sciences in Europe

Simões

2019

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Following the 15 th anniversary of the European Society for the History of Science (ESHS), one can definitely say that this relatively young society has come of age. Through regular meetings, a journal, a prize, fellowships and various other activities, the ESHS has been striving to create a space fostering diversity, plurality and internationalization among historians of science, located in Europe and elsewhere. This paper revisits my own research on the past of the sciences in Portugal, examining in particular the role of the 18 th century naturalist and diplomat Abbé Correia da Serra. As a member of an extended network of estrangeirados (Europeanized intellectuals), Correia da Serra played a decisive role in the circulation of knowledge in Europe and also in the world, a role forgotten by his peers within the time interval of a generation. This case study acts as a springboard to discuss the importance of geographical and methodological diversity in the past of the sciences in Europe. In the present historiographical predicament in which the international community finds itself, I advocate that one of the main challenges faced by the ESHS is to turn its historical gaze to Europe again, while fiercely repudiating Eurocentrism. This enables to show how much the building of the European spaces of scientific

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Toward a Transnational History of Technology: Meanings, Promises, Pitfalls

Cited by 114 publications

References 43 publications

Interpreting transnational infrastructure vulnerability: European blackout and the historical dynamics of transnational electricity governance

Interpreting transnational infrastructure vulnerability: European blackout and the historical dynamics of transnational electricity governance

Between the Local and the Global: History of Science in the European Periphery Meets Post-Colonial Studies

Looking back, stepping forward: Reflections on the sciences in Europe

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