The thriving field of history of knowledge has developed multiple strands across many historical disciplines in recent decades, but has yet to be underpinned by a rigorous methodological training. The Seminar’s program addresses this critical gap. Through the notion of “resources,” it offers a framework to bring the divergent historiographies of knowledge into structured dialogue, thus opening up new avenues of understanding and research. At the intersection of media studies, STS, history of science and technology, regional studies and art history, and history of the humanities, this course addresses the core concepts, methodologies, and historiographies necessary to disentangling the complex relationships between knowledge and its resources in a long-term and global perspective. Key to the agenda is a “historical-political epistemology.” This approach highlights the ways in which all kinds of knowledge are shaped historically and views critically their material and environmental effects to understand how political systems, technological infrastructures, and social interaction shape the resource economics of knowledge cultures.
- Kursverantwortliche/r: Christine von Oertzen