Technology in the Making of 20th Century Europe

项目摘要SES提案20世纪欧洲的形成中的技术伊利诺伊理工学院的Thomas Misa该提案支持美国技术历史学家参与一项以欧洲为基础的大规模研究，试图了解技术在整个20世纪欧洲社会的形成中所扮演的角色。开展的工作侧重于将扩展欧洲项目的概念性和经验性研究--这是与欧洲和北美学者网络密切合作完成的。PIS打算以实质性和组织性的方式，在这里概述的工作，帮助STS领域解决公众对技术在社会中的作用的重要关切。更具体地说，该项目旨在产生有关技术在20世纪欧洲的作用的新知识，提高欧洲对美国技术研究的可见性和一致性，并更好地比较了解美国的发展。具体活动包括：(A)对整个欧洲项目进行协调和整合，目的是改进与复杂历史进程中的技术“大”问题有关的详细实证研究的概念和方法；(B)就更大项目的“城市”主题开展工作--包括研究、协调、研讨会和出版物；以及(C)就项目的“殖民主义”主题开展类似工作。PI和共同PI已经深入参与了欧洲网络；通过研讨会和其他努力，该项目寻求鼓励其他美国学者更广泛地参与。

Project AbstractSES Proposal 0129823Technology in the Making of 20th Century EuropeThomas Misa, Illinois Institute of TechnologyThis proposal supports the participation of American historians of technology in a large-scale, European-based study seeking to understand the roles of technology in the making of European society across the 20th century. The work undertaken focuses on conceptual and empirical research that will extend the European project -- and which is done in close collaboration with a network of European and North American scholars. The PIs intend the work outlined here, in both substantive and organizational ways, to help the field of STS speak to vital public concerns about the role of technology in society. More specifically, the project is intended to generate new knowledge about technology's role in 20th-century Europe, greater visibility and coherence for European studies of technology in the U.S., and a better comparative understanding of U.S. developments. These collaborative efforts may serve as a model for STS research that is transnational in topic, organization, and method.Specific activities include the following: [a] coordination and integration of the European project as a whole, with a goal of refining concepts and methods for conducting detailed empirical research related to "big" questions about technology in complex historical processes; [b] work on the "cities" theme of the larger project -- involving research, coordination, workshops, and publications; and [c] similar work on the "colonialism" theme of the project. The PI and co-PI are already deeply involved in the European network; through workshops and other efforts, the project seeks to encourage broader participation by other U.S. scholars.