Programs, Past Meetings
XIX, Munich, 2014: Environing Exhibits: Science, Technology, and Museums in the Anthropocene (Deutsches Museum in collaboration with Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society)
Sunday, 26 October, Deutsches Museum
15:00 p.m.–15:30 Registration
15:30 p.m.–17:00 Tour of the temporary exhibition in preparation “Welcome to the Anthropocene: The Earth in Our Hands”
17:00 p.m.–18:30 Discussion with curators of “Welcome to the Anthropocene”
19:00 Dinner at the restaurant “Wirtshaus Mühlbacher” (Mariahilfplatz 4)
MONDAY, 27 October
9:10–9:30 Helmuth Trischlecting the Anthropocene
Chair: Robert Bud (Scienler (Deutsches Museum / Rachel Carson Center): “Welcome and Introduction“
9:30-11:00 Session 1. Colce Museum)
Alexandra L. Johnson (Science Museum, London): “James Lovelock: A “Small-Scale, Hands-On PersonTakes a New Look at Life on Earth”
Ad Maas (Museum Boerhaave, Leiden): “The Story of the Sniffer Pole: How an Air Pollution Monitor Became a Symbol” abstract
11:00–11:30 Coffee Break
11:30–13:00 Session 2: The Materiality of the Anthropocene
Chair: Martin Collins (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum)
Andrew Johnston (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum): “Urban Forests in the Age of Humans: Collecting Observations of Human-Built-Environments and their Dynamic Impacts"
Emily Brock (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science / RCC): “Chris-’s ‘All-Mahagony Motor Boats,’ Tropical Trees, and the Power of a Name"; abstract
Discussion
13:00 p.m.–14:15 Lunch at the Deutsches Museum’s Restaurant
14:15–15:45 Session 3: Environing Exhibits
Chair: Laura Ronzon (Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci)
Margrit Wettstein(Nobel Museum): “How to Display Research on Ozone Depletion and the Researchers Behind It?"; abstract
Osamu Kamei (National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo): “Center for the History of Japanese Science and Technology and the Natural History Museum in the Anthropocene”
Discussion
15:45–16:15 Coffee Break
16:15–17:45 Session 4: Sensing Landscapes
Chair: Helmuth Trischler
Jody Roberts (Chemical Heritage Foundation) and Delia Hannah (Arizona State University): “Sensing the Anthropocene” abstract
Bryan Dewalt (Canada Science and Technology Museum: “Canoes in the Wilderness: Artefacts of the Films of Bill Mason” abstract
Discussion
TUESDAY, 28 October
9:05–11:05 Session 5: Artefacts of the Anthropocene
Chair: Otmar Moritsche (Technisches Museum, Wien)
Frank Dittmann (Deutsches Museum): “Frank Shuman and the Early Use of Solar Energy” abstract
Carlene E. Stephens (Smithsonian Museum of American History): “Time Machines and Timescales: Traversing Attoseconds and Deep Time” abstract
Gloria Chan-Sook Kim (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee): “Managing the Microbiome: The Automated Antibacterial Hand Sanitizing Dispenser and the Ecologies of Emerging Infections" abstract
Discussion
11:05–11:30 Coffee Break
11:30–12:15 Closing Session
Ruth Oldenziel (Technical University of Eindhoven / RCC): ”Round-up input”
Concluding Discussion
12.15–13:00 Round-robin, “What’s new in Artefacts-Museums?”