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Alistair Kwan deposited Re-defining ‘evidence’: appraising for historical value as historians turn to media and materiality on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months ago
The historical value of duplicates, damaged, and ‘worthless’ materials.
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Alistair Kwan's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months ago
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Alistair Kwan deposited Reading instruments for historical scientific practice: an experiential pedagogy for material culture on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months ago
Environmental psychology and design theory applied to scientific and technological instruments for pedagogy, material culture methods, and historiography of science and technology.
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Alistair Kwan deposited 3D-printed facsimiles as classroom primary sources: a comparative review in the group
Digital Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 4 years, 7 months ago3D prints have been promised as a saviour of material truth, a path to universal primary source accessibility. By replicating a Babylonian tablet using several 3D print technologies, we show that 3D scanning and printing are as fraught as any other representational technology. The scans and prints alike feature technological infidelities, some of…[Read more]
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Alistair Kwan deposited “Do not kill guinea pig before setting up apparatus:” : the kymograph’s lost educational context in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 4 years, 7 months agoThe objects of science education are transformed, degraded and disappeared for many reasons, and sometimes take other things with them when they go. This close reading of an undergraduate physiology laboratory report demonstrates how the kymograph was never a stand-alone instrument, but intertwined with conceptual frameworks and technical skills,…[Read more]
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Alistair Kwan deposited “Do not kill guinea pig before setting up apparatus:” : the kymograph’s lost educational context in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 4 years, 7 months agoThe objects of science education are transformed, degraded and disappeared for many reasons, and sometimes take other things with them when they go. This close reading of an undergraduate physiology laboratory report demonstrates how the kymograph was never a stand-alone instrument, but intertwined with conceptual frameworks and technical skills,…[Read more]
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Alistair Kwan deposited “Do not kill guinea pig before setting up apparatus:” : the kymograph’s lost educational context in the group
Education Sciences on Humanities Commons 4 years, 7 months agoThe objects of science education are transformed, degraded and disappeared for many reasons, and sometimes take other things with them when they go. This close reading of an undergraduate physiology laboratory report demonstrates how the kymograph was never a stand-alone instrument, but intertwined with conceptual frameworks and technical skills,…[Read more]
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Alistair Kwan deposited “Do not kill guinea pig before setting up apparatus:” : the kymograph’s lost educational context in the group
Education and Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 4 years, 7 months agoThe objects of science education are transformed, degraded and disappeared for many reasons, and sometimes take other things with them when they go. This close reading of an undergraduate physiology laboratory report demonstrates how the kymograph was never a stand-alone instrument, but intertwined with conceptual frameworks and technical skills,…[Read more]
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Alistair Kwan deposited “Do not kill guinea pig before setting up apparatus:” : the kymograph’s lost educational context on Humanities Commons 4 years, 7 months ago
The objects of science education are transformed, degraded and disappeared for many reasons, and sometimes take other things with them when they go. This close reading of an undergraduate physiology laboratory report demonstrates how the kymograph was never a stand-alone instrument, but intertwined with conceptual frameworks and technical skills,…[Read more]
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Alistair Kwan's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 7 months ago
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Alistair Kwan deposited 3D-printed facsimiles as classroom primary sources: a comparative review on Humanities Commons 4 years, 7 months ago
3D prints have been promised as a saviour of material truth, a path to universal primary source accessibility. By replicating a Babylonian tablet using several 3D print technologies, we show that 3D scanning and printing are as fraught as any other representational technology. The scans and prints alike feature technological infidelities, some of…[Read more]
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