March 14, 2008
University of California, Santa Barbara
This one-day interdisciplinary conference will be a forum to explore
the interrelated fields of science and technology in the early modern
period. We conceive of science and technology as a broad range of
social and cultural practices, cultural and historical formations, and
epistemological perspectives. How and why were systems of knowledge
created and proliferated? What particular scientific developments
participated in the exploration of the body, the mind, time, and
space? How were individuals, communities, and nations impacted by new
systems of knowledge, particular objects or hardware, or advanced
procedures to accomplish tasks?
