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Programme

Wednesday10May LittleHall,SidgwickSite

17:00 IngeniousFailure:ArtisanalLanguagesofErrorPubliclecturebySvenDupré,UtrechtUniversityandUniversityofAmsterdam

18:00 WinereceptioninAtrium,AlisonRichardBuilding

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Thursday11May RoomSG1/2,AlisonRichardBuilding

9:00 RegistrationandCoffee

9:15 OpeningRemarksbyRichardOosterhoff

9:30 SessionI Chair:AlexanderMarr

Io’sHoofandtheOriginsofLetters:IngenuityandInventioninGeofroyTory’sChampFleuryof1529AndrewMorrall,BardGraduateCenter

TheserequiretheindustryofthemostingeniousArtificer[…]”:TheMakingoftheIngeniousArtifexandArtificersinEarlyModern‘Manuals’(1540-1662)JennyBoulboullé,UtrechtUniversity

RedefiningIngenuityandTechniqueinArtTheoryandCritique,ca.1800MariekeHendriksen,UtrechtUniversity

11:00 Break

11:30 SessionII Chair:TimChesters

Ingenuity,Labour,Diligence:MinersandtheResilienceofMineralmatterTinaAsmussen,MaxPlanckInstitutefortheHistoryofScience,Berlin

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Tangible,Pneumatic,andtheirIntermediates:FrancisBaconontheTransformationofMatterDoina-CristinaRusu,UniversityofGroningen

IngenuityintheTesting:TheDetectionofCounterfeitGemsinEarlyModernEuropeMichaelBycroft,UniversityofWarwick

13:00 Lunch

14:00 SessionIII Chair:JoséRamonMarcaida

NewWorldFeathersandtheMatterofIngenuityStefanHanß,UniversityofCambridge

“Artful”Objectsand“Indian”ProvenanceinGermanRecordsaround1600AnnaGrasskamp,HongKongBaptistUniversity/UniversityofLeiden

15:00 Break

15:30 SessionIV Chair:SietskeFransen

IngeniousHands?TouchandTechniqueinRenaissancePracticesofAnatomyViktoriavonHoffman,VillaITatti

TheArtisanalMasteryofNaturalMatterandtheHumanBodyinEarlyGermanPrintTillmannTaape,UniversityofCambridge

TheContestedIngenuitiesofBrains,Nature,andHardWorkinSeventeenth-CenturyDutchAnatomyandChymistryEvanRagland,UniversityofNotreDame

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Friday12May RoomSG1/2,AlisonRichardBuilding

10:00 SessionV Chair:KatherineReinhart

ForPiranesitheRomanEmpireLasteduntil1770:CreatingRomanArtefactsintheEighteenthCenturyCarolinevanEck,UniversityofCambridge

Making,WritingandThinkinginEarlyModernNurembergHannahMurphy,King’sCollegeLondon

IngeniousSundialsinItalianRenaissanceGardensDenisRibouillault,UniversityofMontreal

11:30 Earlylunch

13:00 SessionVI Chair:RaphaëleGarrod

SpiritedMatterandIngeniousNature:AccountingforChemicalChangeinEarlyModernEnglandJenniferM.Rampling,PrincetonUniversity

CraftingtheMiraculous,AnimatingAutomataChristinaNeilson,OberlinCollege

AVitalistCounterblast:RenaissanceBiotechnologyandtheCharlatan’sIngenuityinJ.E.Burggrav’sLampofLife(1611)VeraKeller,ClarkHonorsCollege,UniversityofOregon

14:30 Break

15:00 IngenuityintheMaking:AConversationwithSvenDupréandTimIngold(UniversityofAberdeen)

Chair:AlexanderMarr

16:00 Concludingremarks

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AbstractsIngenuity,labour,diligence:minersandtheresilienceofmineralmatterTinaAsmussen,MaxPlanckInstitutefortheHistoryofScience,BerlinSilver,copper,andleadminingexperiencedaveritableboomintheOreMountains,theHarzMountains,andtheTyroleanAlpsfromthesecondhalfofthefifteenthcentury.MiningrangedamongthemostimportantdrivingforcesbehindeconomicandtechnologicaldynamicsinearlymodernEurope.Butintheearlymodernperiod–andstilltoday–miningwasregardedwithparticularambivalence.Ontheonehanditwasseenasanevilforce:themineswereperceivedassitesofdeath,devastationandpollution.Ontheotherhandminingbecameanemblemofprogressandinnovation:technicalinnovationandmechanizationwerefundamentalhallmarksofearlymodernminingandoreprocessing.Miningmanuscriptsandprintedmanualsarefilledwithmanifoldinventionsofhumanindustryandingenuity.Practicesofprospecting,extractingandproceedingoresaredescribedandillustratedingreatdetail,justastheuseofvarioustoolsandtheconstructionofcomplexmechanicaldevices,assayfurnacesandcrucibles.Buttheseinventionsandinnovationsdidnotchangethenatureofminingfrombeingdependenton“sweatandbloodsourwork”(schweißundblutsawrearbeit).Ourmodernunderstandingseeslabourassolitary,repetitiveandalienating.Incontrast,mypaperhistoricisesbodilylabourattheseminingsitesandanalysesthepracticesofmakingandtheingenioustechniquesofassayers,engineersandminersasdependentonbodilyandmentaldispositions,suchasindustry,fatigue,perseveranceanddiligence.

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TheserequiretheindustryofthemostingeniousArtificer[…]”:TheMakingoftheIngeniousArtifexandArtificersinEarlyModern‘Manuals’(1540-1662)JennyBoulboullé,UtrechtUniversityThispaperexplorestheconstructionoftheingeniousartifexandartificerinhow-tobooksthatcirculatedwidelyinearlymodernEurope.Iwillfocusonprintbooks,firstpublishedbetween1540-1662,thatwereconcernedwithmanualartsandsciences(artandcrafttechnologies,mold-andmetalmaking,practicalhistoryandphilosophyofnature).Severalcasestudieswillbediscussed.“Ingenious”is,forexample,amuchusedconceptintheEnglishtranslationofDellaPorta’sMagiaNaturalis(Lat.1558,ext.edition1589,EnglishNaturalMagick1658)whereitiscloselylinkedtomanualexpertise,practicalknow-how,andcunningoperationsfortheexplorationandcreationofnaturalmarvels.DellaPorta’s‘handbook’fortheearlymodern“artifex”,becameatruebestsellerinearlymodernEuropewhereitwasprintedinmanyeditionsandtranslations.Howdootherauthorsandmakersofpracticalandartisanal‘manuals’frameandvalue“ingenuity”?Canwetracesemanticshifts-e.g.betweensomaticandintellectualconnotations-incomparinghow“ingenuity”isusedindiverseartisanalfields,andacrossdifferenteditionsandtranslations?Finally,mypaperalsoaimsatstimulatingdiscussionsbyaddressingmethodologicalquestions:Canwemakesenseofthisconceptinearlymodernartisanalandpracticalwritingsbytextualanalysisalone?Whatkindofperformativemethodscanweusetogainabetterunderstandingofconceptsthatappeartobedeeplyembeddedinskilledexpertise,technicalmastery,andmaterialliteracies?Ingenuityinthetesting:thedetectionofcounterfeitgemsinearlymodernEuropeMichaelBycroft,UniversityofWarwickThehistoryofpreciousstonesshowsthatingenuitywasnotjustamatterofmakingbutalsoamatteroftesting--notjustamatterofcutting,polishingandfabricatinggemsbutalsoamatterof

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distinguishing,authenticatingandevaluatingthem.Quiteapartfromitsubiquityintheearlymoderncrafts,testingdeservesourattentionforthreefurtherreasons.Itconnectstheingenuityofcraftsmentotheregulationofthecrafts,sincecraftregulationsofteninvolvedtestingthequalityofmaterials.Itrevealsnewconnectionsbetweenthecrafts,naturalhistory,andnaturalphilosophy.Finally,itsuggestsonewayinwhichthepremodernconceptofingenuitymayhavedifferedfromitsmoderncounterpart,namelythatitdrewnodistinctionbetweentestersandmakers--or,toputitdifferently,nodistinctionbetweencraftsmenandconnoisseurs,betweenmodesofproductionandmodesofevaluation,orbetweenthequantityofgoodsandtheirquality.ForPiranesitheRomanEmpirelasteduntil1770:creatingRomanartefactsintheeighteenthcenturyCarolinevanEck,UniversityofCambridgeIn1769PiranesitookpartinanexcavationoftheswampofPantanello,nearHadrian'sVilla.FromthefragmentsofRomanandEgyptianstatues,cultobjectsandotherartefactshefoundtherehecreatedthreemagnificentcolossalcandelabra,twoofwhichendedupintheAshmoleanMuseum,theotherintheLouvre.Hesoldtheseobjects,forstaggeringprices,asgenuineRomanartefacts,butevenabriefcomparisonwiththeirRomanancestorsshowsthattheyareactuallyverymuchhisowncreation.Buttorejectthemsimplyasfakes,aswasdoneinthenineteenthcentury,wouldbetoosimple,andtoprojectpresent-daynotionsofauthenticity,restorationandimitationuntoPiranesi'sverydifferentworkingmethods.InmypaperIwillargueforalessanachronisticornormativeapproach,thatstartsfromPiranesi'sownideasaboutcompositionandcreation,whichareinformedbyhisunequalled,first-handknowledgeofRomanmaterialculture,butalsobyhisfascinationwiththeSecondandThirdPompeianStyles.ThesehavesufferedfromabadpresssinceVitruvius'condemnationofthemasunrealandirrational.InfacttheyexemplifyGraeco-Romanideasaboutingenuityinpictorialandartefactualcomposition.

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NewWorldFeathersandtheMatterofIngenuityStefanHanß,UniversityofCambridgeThispaperreconsiderstheemotionalandaestheticsignificanceofNewWorldfeathersinearlysixteenth-centuryEurope.ThearrivalofCentralandSouthAmericanfeathersandfeather-workpromptedsheeramazementamongstEuropeans.Inseveralaccounts,Europeansexpressedtheiremotionalresponsestosuchobjectsinalanguagewhosegrammarcenteredupontheconceptof‘ingenuity’.Iexplorethemeaningsofsuchaffectiveresponsesandthegeneralemotionalappealthatfeathersandfeather-workfromtheAmericascaused,byre-approachingthematerialandvisualaestheticsofsuchobjects.Sixteenth-centuryEuropeanswerehighlytrainedinobserving,knowing,experiencingandappreciatinghowthingsweremade.EarlyEuropeanvisualaestheticsoftheingenuityofindigenousfeather-workthusgainedtheirmeaningswithinacultureofmakingthathighlyappreciatedmaterialsandcraftsknowledge.InordertoreconstructthematterofNewWorldfeathersinthe‘periodeye’(Baxandall,Rublack)ofsixteenth-centuryEurope,Iusethemicroscopeasaheuristictoolofhistoricalresearch.Digitalmicroscoping,Iargue,helpstorecalibrateourunderstandingofviewingconventionsandhencetounderstandthematteroffeathersinsixteenth-centuryEurope.Redefiningingenuityandtechniqueinarttheoryandcritique,ca.1800MariekeHendriksen,UtrechtUniversityTheterm‘ingenuity’hasalonghistoryofbeingusedinrelationtoartandcraft,andthecontrivingormakingofbothmaterialandimmaterialthingsmoregenerally,whereastheuseof‘technique’anditsinflectionstodiscusstheskillsinvolvedinartandcraftappeartobeofamorerecentdate.Afterexploringearlierdichotomiesinarttheorysuchasdiscorsoversusingegno(DaVinci),thispaperexaminestheriseoftheuseof‘technique’inGermanphilosophy,arttheoryandcriticismaround1800,andwhyitwasusedinthatcontextasacontrapositionof(amongstothers)ingenuityandgenius.Iarguethatthesedevelopmentscanbeexplainedfromadesireinthefieldsofphilosophyofperceptionandthejudgementoftastetogiveartanditsappreciationaspecial

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phenomenologicalstatus,thusredefiningtheoldmind-handdichotomyintermsofingenuityandtechnique.IngeniousHands?TouchandTechniqueinRenaissancePracticesofAnatomyViktoriavonHoffman,VillaITattiThispaperexaminestheusesandmeaningsofthewordingeniuminRenaissanceanatomicalwritings.Thetechnicalskillsofthesurgeondisplayedinbeautifuldemonstrationsofdissectionsorindelicatesurgicalprocedureswerereadilydescribedasingenious.Theseskillsreliedonarefinedsenseoftouchandwerethereforeembodiedinthedissectinghand,heavilyrepresentedinthevisualcultureofanatomy.Wasthesurgeon’singenio,likehismanualexpertise,epitomizedbyhishandandlocatedinhissenseoftouch?Didthematterofthemedicalcraft–humanflesh–determinethenatureandidentityoftheseingenious‘artisansofthebody’?Didingenioencapsulatethewaysinwhichanatomycraftedthehumanbody?Byexaminingtheculturesofingenuitythatsuffusedtherealmofmedicaltechnè,thispaperwillchartthelanguagesofexperience(peritia)shapedbythesensiblebodiesofmedicalpractitioners,drawnfromrepeated–tacit–experiencesoftouchingotherbodies.AVitalistCounterblast:RenaissanceBiotechnologyandtheCharlatan’sIngenuityinJ.E.Burggrav’sLampofLife(1611)VeraKeller,ClarkHonorsCollege,UniversityofOregonObservingsurvivingKunstkammerobjects,itiseasytoimaginetheaestheticsofingenuityasthatofcold,deadmatter:thehard-edgedgeometryofturnedivorypolyhedra,theeerilyjerkymovementofautomataandetherealarrangementsofhair,feathers,andevenfetalskeletons.Farmoredifficulttorecoveristheingenuityoftheliving,bothinformerlivedexperiencesandintheevanescentspirits,finestructures,andinternalmovementsthatvanishwiththepassingoflife.J.E.Burggrav’sLampofLife,aboutapurportedsympatheticlampfueledbyhumanblood,setsoutanalternativevisionofingenuity:hot,viscous

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andalive.Burggravchampionedthefusionofmechanicalinventionsandthelivingbody,notonlyasameansofdevelopingpowerfulnewdevices,butalsoinordertoreformthemedicalcurriculumanddevelopthehumancapacityforingenuitymoregenerally.Heembracedthechargeofchymicalcharlatanryheexpectedtoreceive(anddid).Natureherselfoperatedasacharlatan,anditwasuptothestudentofnaturetotrainhimselftofollowhertricks.Io’sHoofandtheOriginsofLetters:IngenuityandInventioninGeofroyTory’sChampFleuryof1529AndrewMorrall,BardGraduateCenterChampFleury,publishedin1529bytheFrenchhumanist,GeofroyTory,isinpartatypographicmanualthatatitsheartlaysouttheauthor’suniquemethodofmathematicallyconstructing“antique”capitalletters.Yetitisalsoamoralandallegoricaltreatiseinthetraditionofmedievalcommentaries,remarkableforthecorrespondencesitdrawsbetweenproperlyproportionedletters,themoralvirtues,theidealhumanbodyandthecosmos.Finally,itisalsoahumanisttract,strikingasameditationupontheoriginoflettersandoftheirsignificanceintheworld,asinitsconcernforthepurityandimprovementoftheFrenchlanguage.Ataperiodwhenmanyartistsandcraftsmenwereseekingtoallytheirworkwiththeliberalartscursus,Tory,whowasbothprinteranddesigneroflettertypesandteacherandeditorofhumanisttexts,providesausefulparadigmforthewayscraftpracticeandbooklearningcametogether.ThistalkwillexamineGeofroyTory’sself-proclaimedingenuityincombiningmathematicalconstructionandallegoricalinventionasameans,ashesawit,ofdiscoveringpreviouslyundiscoveredtruths.CraftingtheMiraculous,AnimatingAutomataChristinaNeilson,OberlinCollegeSculptureswithmovablebodypartsappearedduringthelateMiddleAgesandtheirappealcontinuedforcenturies.Witharmsthatcouldfold,legsthatcouldbend,headsthatcouldnod,eyesthatcouldroll,

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andtonguesthatcouldmove,thesefigurescloselyapproximatedthatwhichtheyrepresented—livingthings.Theabilityofthesesculpturestomovesuggestedtheyhadcometolife,butthiscapacitywasdependentonmakers,whoappliedleather,parchmentorpolychromedgessolikeskinoveracorpusofwoodwithjointsrenderedtoenablemovement.Thispaperwilladdresswhatitmeantforanartisttomaketheseimagesandexplorehowthemaker’sskillintersectedwiththeirobject’sabilitytobecomeanimated.TheContestedIngenuitiesofBrains,Nature,andHardWorkinSeventeenth-CenturyDutchAnatomyandChymistryEvanRaglan,UniversityofNotreDameFromthelate1630s,innovativeDutchphysicianstooksideswithHarveyintheheatedcontroversywithCartesiansovertheactionoftheheart,graftedinchymicalmedicinefromVanHelmont,Glauber,andtheirownlaboratorywork,andthenrosetoprominenceasmedicalprofessorsandclinicalpractitionersinthe1660s.Theircomplexandcompetitiveexperimentalistculturedisplaysarangeofusesofingenium,fromClassicaltopoitostraightforwardpraiseandmockingirony.Inthispaper,Isketchtherangeofmeaningsofingeniumandrelatedtermsinthiscontextandarguethattheyassembledaroundthreemaintypes:ingenuityofthebrainormindalone,ofnature,andoflongexperienceinanatomicalandchymicalwork.IshowthattheyconsistentlyrejectedandridiculedtheCartesianinsistenceonapriorispeculations.Instead,physicianssuchasJohannesWalaeus,FranciscusDeleBoëSylvius,andtheirstudentssuchasRegnierdeGraafreliedonlongexperienceandbodily,sensoryengagementwithanatomicalstructuresandchymicalactivity.Onlythroughsuchhardworkcouldinvestigatorsdeveloptheirowningeniumtomatchtheacuityofnature.Thisstanceappearswidelyamongearlymodernanatomists,asexamplesfromWilliamHarveytoThomasBartholinshow.EvenlatercriticswhorejectedtheLeidenacid-alkalisystemcelebratedtheiranatomicalandexperimentalingenuity.Finally,IsuggestthatanunfinishedsketchofDeGraafatworkdissectingpointstoparallelsbetweentheingenuityofartistsandanatomists.

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SpiritedMatterandIngeniousNature:AccountingforChemicalChangeinEarlyModernEnglandJenniferM.Rampling,PrincetonUniversityInalchemicaltreatisesandrecipes,chemicalchangeisoftenexplainedwithreferencetoa“mineralvirtue”or“vegetable”propertypresentinnaturalsubstances,which,throughthe“ingeniousoperations”ofnature,bringsaboutmaterialtransformation.Thesematerialvirtuesmightinturnbeharnessedbyhumaningenuity.ThispaperexploreshowalchemistsinearlyTudorEnglandengagedwiththeingenuityofnatureinordertosolvepressingpracticalproblems.Howmightthe“virtue”beisolatedfromsubstanceswithverydifferentphysicalproperties–fromvitriolandmercurytovinegaranddistilledwine?Howcouldmineralsubstancesbeinducedto“grow”likeplants?Andhowmightpatronsbepersuadedtoinvestinsuchtechniques?Tothesewemightaddourown,modernquestions,askingtowhatextentourrecognitionofpractitioners’creativityandexpertisehasbeenmaskedbytheiremphasisonnature’spowers.AsIshallargue,alchemistsinfactdemonstratedremarkableingenuityinmanipulatingbothmatterandtheirowntextualsources.IngeniousSundialsinItalianRenaissanceGardensDenisRibouillault,UniversityofMontrealDuringtheRenaissance,gardenswereconsideredtheidealplaceforthedisplayofingegno.Thedisplayofingenuityinagardenwasexpectedandappreciatedbyitsvisitors,whowereeagertodemonstratetheirabilitytounderstandanddiscussthelearnedconceitspresentedtotheminthegarden.Suchdisplayofingegno,fundamentallylinkedwithsociabilityandconversazione,evenbecameamarkerofnobilityandafiercecompetitiontookplacebetweengardenowners.Atamoregenerallevel,ingegnoprimarilyreferredtothecompetitionbetweenmanandnature.Itwastheartist,craftsmanorengineer’scapacitytoplay,equalorevensurpasstheworkofnaturethatwasdeemedmostdelightful.Inthispaper,ItrytosummarizecontemporaryattitudestowardsthedisplayofingegnoinItalianRenaissancegardensbypaying

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specificattentiontotheuse,materialityanddisplayofgardensundials,acategoryofobjectsthathasbeenlargelyforgottenbutthatepitomizesthequestforingenuityintheearlymodernperiod.Tangible,pneumatic,andtheirintermediates:FrancisBacononthetransformationofmatterDoina-CristinaRusu,UniversityofGroningenFrancisBacon’snaturalphilosophyisgroundeduponadistinctionbetweentangibleandpneumaticmatter.Whiletheformerisdense,inactive,andinert,thelatter,alsocalled‘spirits’,israre,activeandthecauseofallvisiblephenomena.Thismeansofcoursethatspiritsarewhathastobe‘manipulated’inordertoperformchangesuponnaturalandartificialbodies.Whiletheconnectionandcommunicationbetweenthesetwotypesofmattercanseemproblematic,thispaperclaimsthatthedifficultycanbesolvedbythefactthatforBacontangibleandpneumaticchangeintoeachother.Moreover,animportantroleisplayedbytheintermediatestates,suchasvapoursandexhalations.ThesedifferentstatesofmatterrepresentthekeytounderstandBacon’sexperimentalmethod,whichaimsatdiscoveringthemandaccumulatingknowledgeaboutmatter.Further,thisknowledgeshouldbeusedforthebenefitofhumankind.TheartisanalmasteryofnaturalmatterandthehumanbodyinearlyGermanprintTillmannTaape,UniversityofCambridgeHieronymusBrunschwig’smanualsonsurgeryanddistillationareamongtheearliestprintedworksonpracticalmedicine.Writtenbyacraftsmanratherthanascholar,theyarticulateamaterialworldoffragilehumanbodies,obstinatematterresistingtheeffortsofhumanart,andelusivehealing‘spirits’trappedtherein.ThispaperexploreshowBrunschwigengageswithbodies,materialsandprocessesthroughhands-onmanipulationandsensoryexperience,touncoveranartisanalmentalityofmakingandhealingbetweentheembodiedexpertiseofendlessrepetitionandquickresponsiveactioninmedicalemergencies.Italso

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showshowtheinnovativeuseofavailableprintingtechnologyaidsthecommunicationoftechnicalknowledgeandartisanalexpertise.

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Participants

Convenors TimChesters UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected]éRamonMarcaida UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] SpeakersandChairs TinaAsmussen MPI,HistoryofScience,Berlin [email protected]é UtrechtUniversity [email protected] UniversityofWarwick [email protected]é UtrechtUniversityandUniversity

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CarolinevanEck UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] HongKongBaptist

University/[email protected]

StefanHanß UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UtrechtUniversity [email protected] VillaITatti n/aTimIngold UniversityofAberdeen [email protected] ClarkHonorsCollege,Universityof

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AndrewMorrall BardGraduateCenter [email protected] King’sCollegeLondon [email protected] OberlinCollege [email protected] UniversityofNotreDame [email protected] PrincetonUniversity [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofMontreal [email protected] UniversityofGroningen [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] Delegates SpikeBucklow UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofReading [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] ColumbiaUniversity [email protected] UniversityofCambridge n/aMayaCorry UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected]ère UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge n/aAmparoFontaine UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected]

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MatthewHowles ScienceMuseum n/aFrancesHughes UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] Independent [email protected] ScienceMuseum n/aAllisonKsiazkiewicz UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofOxford [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] QueenMary,UniversityofLondon [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected] UniversityofCambridge n/aUmbertoVeronesi UniversityCollegeLondon [email protected] UniversityofBergen [email protected] UniversityofCambridge [email protected]

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Notes

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