Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (2012)
Nielsen, Kristian Hvidtfelt (Editor)
Harbsmeier, Michael (Editor)
Ries, Christopher Jacob (Editor)
Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Publication date: 2012
Language: English
Physical Details: 476 pp.; ill.; maps; index; bibl.
For centuries the practice of undertaking fieldwork and expeditions has been adopted as an essential part of research by scientists and scholars from diverse disciplines. As a method of collecting on-site data through observation, the practice is shared by disciplines ranging from biology and botany, through geology, geography, and archaeology to anthropology, linguistics, and folklore studies. Presenting 17 essays by 17 scholars from almost as many disciplines of knowledge, this volume contains a rich tapestry of stories from - and about - 'the field', from early modern times until the present day. Taking us around the globe, from Europe to Asia, from the Arctic to Africa and America, this book investigates the entanglement of scientific, political, social, cultural, and personal interests and agendas that have shaped, and still shape, our effort to explore, explain, and exploit the world.
...MoreDescription Collection of seventeen essays concerning the history of fieldwork and expeditions in scientific research.
Review Wille, Robert-Jan (2014) Review of "Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (pp. 200-201).
Chapter Nielsen, Kristian H.; Harbsmeier, Michael; Ries, Christopher J. (2012) Studying Scientists and Scholars in the Field: An Introduction. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 9).
Chapter Harbsmeier, Michael (2012) Fieldwork avant la lettre: Practicing Instructions in the Eighteenth Century. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 29).
Chapter Strandsbjerg, Jeppe (2012) Surveying the Field of State Territory. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 51).
Chapter Rittersma, Rengenier (2012) Subterranean Fieldwork: Marsili's Survey on the Biogeography and Ecobiology of Truffles in Eighteenth-Century North and Central Italy. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 77).
Chapter Eskildsen, Kasper Risbjerg (2012) Exploring the Republic of Letters: German Travellers in the Dutch Underground, 1690--1720. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 101).
Chapter Clinkman, Daniel E. (2012) The Civil-Military Enlightenment in Britain: Links between the Royal Society of London and the British Military, 1761--1790. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 123).
Chapter Fischer-Kattner, Anke (2012) Entangled Experiences, Disentangling Disciplines: Antoine and Arnauld d'Abbadie's Voyages in Ethiopia. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 147).
Chapter Andersen, Casper (2012) Explorer-Engineers Take the Field: Imperial Engineers, Africa, and the Late Victorian Public. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 169).
Chapter Christiansen, Palle O. (2012) From Collection to Fieldwork: The Field Research of Danish Folklorist Evald Tang Kristensen, 1870--1890. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 191).
Chapter Vetter, Jeremy (2012) Field Life in the American West: Surveys, Networks, Stations, and Quarries. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 225).
Chapter Gupta, Neha (2012) Before Creation: Competing Excavators, Imperial Interests, and the Making of the Indus Civilization in 1920s India. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 259).
Chapter Fihl, Esther (2012) The Rolling Fields Station: Danish Explorations of Central Asia in the Late Nineteenth Century. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 283).
Chapter Reuhi, Serge (2012) Exploring the Disciplinary Significance of Fieldwork Methods: A Case from the History of Swiss Anthropology. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 309).
Chapter Ries, Christopher J. (2012) Armchairs, Dogsleds, Ships, and Airplanes: Field Access, Scientific Credibility, and Geological Mapping in Northern and North-Eastern Greenland 1900--1939. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 329).
Chapter Nielsen, Kristian H. (2012) Expedition “Live”: Science, Media, and Politics on the Galathea 3 Expedition, 2006--2007. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 363).
Chapter Beckmann, Jenny (2012) The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative: Managing the Boundaries of “Sweden” and “Taxonomy”. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 395).
Chapter Bunkenborg, Mikkel; Pederson, Morten Axel (2012) The Ethnographic Expedition 2.0: Resurrecting the Expedition as a Social Scientific Research Method. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 415).
Chapter Edney, Matthew (2012) Field/Map: A Historiographic Review and Reconsideration. In: Scientists and Scholars in the Field: Studies in the History of Fieldwork and Expeditions (p. 431).
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