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The scientific study of the global oceans began in the mid-nineteenth century, and almost from the beginning it involved ships modified to accomplish their task. Naturalists and their successors who wished to access the deep oceans used various partnerships and patronage strategies to gain access to the technologies they needed, and to the people with the skills to make and operate them. They modified these ships—which ranged from warships to yachts—into research vessels, but at the same time, they crafted the new science of oceanography, and the expectations of the new career path for oceanographers. Together, these scientists and their ships also created an ever-changing understanding of the scientific ocean.
This talk will present case studies of nineteenth and twentieth century researchers from several countries and their research vessels, showing how the changes they made to ships, science, and the sea both grew from the imperial and scientific concerns of their time and led to the ways we see and study the oceans today.
Speaker: Penelope K. Hardy is an historian of science, technology, and medicine, focusing on technologies of science, ocean sciences, and scientific exploration of the global ocean. Hardy’s research on ocean sciences in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries focuses on the role of ocean-going research vessels in the development of modern scientific understanding of the oceans and the ocean-atmosphere system, and in the establishment of oceanography as a field.
This lecture is part of the DSM International Lecture Series on Ocean Humanities
Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83665863280?pwd=L0t5bzlNeVNiSWdzQlFtSzd0a21kdz09
Meeting-ID: 836 6586 3280
Kenncode: 055375
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
01/16/2024 13:00 - 01/16/2024 14:30
Event venue:
via Zoom
Zoom
Bremen
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
History / archaeology, Oceanology / climate, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
09/07/2023
Sender/author:
Thomas Joppig
Department:
Kommunikation
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event75088
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