Event 5
14-15 April 2011
Day 1: Science and Film: The Material Culture of Science, Technology, and Medicine (Blythe House, Science Museum)
Day 2: Image and Object in Art and Science (London Consortium)
This event aimed to develop an understanding of the visual and material culture of science, and the ways in which artists have responded to scientific issues and questions. Theorists considered included Serres, Latour, Shapin, Turkle, Stafford, and Daston.
The teaching team was Scott Anthony (Cambridge), Isobel Armstrong (Birkbeck), Steven Connor (London Consortium), Esther Leslie (Birkbeck), and Peter Morris (Science Museum).