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June 13th, 2019 by: Sarah Lowengard

Western Travelers Describe Foreign Textile Practices

Technology’s Stories v. 7, no. 2 – DOI: 10.15763/jou.ts.2019.06.13.03 PDF: Lowengard_Western Travelers The interested bystander is a familiar presence in narratives of information exchange in the early modern period. The observations of expatriates writing home, officials on government-sponsored tours, merchants and traders were constant and often significant components to stories about dissemination of techniques across…

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June 13th, 2019 by: Annapurna Mamidipudi

The Loom in the Weaving Marriage

Technology’s Stories v. 7, no. 2 – DOI: 10.15763/jou.ts.2019.06.13.04 PDF: Mamidipudi_Loom “My marriage is made of gold,” says an elderly weaver from East Godavari. This is a defining statement about a life lived in handloom weaving.[1] It seemed like a non sequitur in a conversation about the effects of the 2008 economic downturn on handloom…

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March 13th, 2019 by: Anna Reser

“Where the Land that Any Sane Man Wants Runs Out” Displacement and Disruption on Florida’s Space Coast

Technology’s Stories v. 7, no. 1  – DOI: 10.15763/jou.ts.2019.03.13.04 PDF: Reser_Displacement and Disruption In 1968, the Public Affairs Office at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), headed by Gordon Harris, released an informational publication––more of a short monograph written by Harris himself––called “The Kennedy Space Center Story.” Chapter one, entitled “A National Resource,” situates the Spaceport in…

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March 13th, 2019 by: Kathryn Carpenter

“Cesspools,” Springs, and Snaking Pipes

Technology’s Stories v. 7, no. 1 – DOI: 10.15763/jou.ts.2019.03.13.02 PDF: Carpenter_Cesspools The Hot Springs of Arkansas emerge from the hillside of Hot Springs Mountain, in the Ouachita Mountains about an hour’s drive from Little Rock. Although visitors today can only see a couple of “demonstration springs,” there once were 47 naturally occurring springs on the…

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December 20th, 2018 by: Eric SchatzbergLee Vinsel

Kranzberg’s First and Second Laws

Technology’s Stories vol. 6, no. 4 – DOI: 10.15763/jou.ts.2018.12.20.01 PDF: Schatzberg_Vinsel_Kranzberg First and Second Laws Kranzberg’s First Law By Eric Schatzberg “Technology is neither good nor bad, nor is it neutral.” This gnomic pronouncement is probably the best known of Kranzberg’s six laws. A search on this phrase produces over 9000 hits on Google, and…

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December 20th, 2018 by: Dagmar SchaeferJonathan Coopersmith

Kranzberg’s Fifth and Fourth Laws

Technology’s Stories vol. 6, no. 4 – DOI: 10.15763/jou.ts.2018.12.20.02 PDF: Schaefer_Coopersmith_Kranzberg Fifth and Fourth Laws Kranzberg’s Fifth Law By Dagmar Schaefer “All history is relevant, but the history of technology is the most relevant.” The farmer and the frog: or how Chinese farmers know all about Kranzberg’s Fifth Law. Before I even knew what the…

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