Read the latest research, essays, and book reviews in Technology and Culture! We are proud to present the next issue of Technology and Culture, the leading journal in the history of technology; we draw on scholarship from diverse disciplines and publish insightful pieces intended for general readers as well as specialists. This is a Special Issue
Dick van Lente edited a new book: Prophets of Computing: Visions of Society Transformed by Computing When electronic digital computers first appeared after World War II, they appeared as a revolutionary force. Business management, the world of work, administrative life, the nation state, and soon enough everyday life were expected to change dramatically with these
van der Straeten, Jonas. 2022. Sustainability’s “Other”: Coming to Terms with the Electric Rickshaw in Bangladesh. Historical Social Research 47 (4): 139-167. doi: 10.12759/hsr.47.2022.42. Abstract: The transition from fossil fuel-powered to electric mobility is widely discussed as a trajectory towards more efficient, affordable, and sustainable transport infrastructure. Widely ignored in academia, this transition has occurred
Soyacene hi-stories You can also find the Chapter and the Book online: Chapter: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv309h1fx.19?seq=3#metadata_info_tab_contents Book: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv309h1fx Abstract: This chapter argues that a global environmental history of the Soyacene must not only study sustainability issues produced at sites of soy cultivation (notably in the Americas) and trade, but also those at sites of soy consumption. We
By Ginevra Sanvitale Link: https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/technopolitical-resonance-emotions-computers-and-socialism-in-col
This project, inspired by the Histoire mondiale de la France published in 2017, seeks to place Dutch history in global perspective. EHL finds it important that the history of technology and sustainability is represented. EHL researchers contributed the following chapters: 1872: Nederlandse waterstaat naar Japan en China (Eric Berkers) 1924: Strijd om de plek van
This Special Issue is a key publication of our Global Sustainability History project GREASE. It is inspired by a workshop we organized in Lisbon in 2019, which was designed as an engagement between specialists on histories of technology & the environment in various continents. EHL's Erik van der Vleuten co-edited the si and co-authored the
EHL's Jonas van der Straeten co-edited and contributed to this new special issue of Central Asian Survey, Volume 41, Issue 2 (2022). If this has caught your interest, you might want to take a look at the virtual exhibition Soviet Central Asia in 100 Objects that recently started and to which he also contributed. Technology,
Dick van Lente, our book review editor of technology & Culture, just published this article in a special issue of ICON on the history of AI and robots: Dick van Lente, 'Robots and Healthcare: The deep roots of a technological Fix', ICON 2022.1: 158-178
Brand, Christian, Henk-Jan Dekker, and Frauke Behrendt. 2022. “Cycling , Climate Change and Air Pollution.” In Advances in Transport Policy and Planning, edited by Eva Heinen and Thomas Götschi, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.atpp.2022.04.010 Abstract Cycling is considered a healthy and sustainable form of getting from A to B. The net effects of the various forms of