Rhode Island Industrial Sites
An experiment to take the Historic American Engineering Record’s 1978 RHODE ISLAND Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites and
Digital humanities, historic preservation, History of Technology
History of Technology
History of Technology, making, teaching, Technology, Uncategorized
Boatbuilding
In Fall semester 2019 I co-taught a course called Boatbuilding: Design, Making, and Culture, with Chris Bull and Shep Shapiro.
History of Technology, making, repair, teaching, Technology
Teaching Skill
In the Fall semester, I taught a new course, a seminar for first-year students: “Skills: From the Medieval Workshop to
History of Technology, Technology
Making things
I’ve finished my “Lessons from the Lost Museum” book manuscript and I’m starting to think about a new project. I’ve
History of Technology, presentation, Programs, Public humanities, Technology
Connecting with The Wright Brothers
I was honored to give a brief talk as part of the kickoff for Reading Across Rhode Island’s everyone-should-read-it book,
Collections, History of Technology, Technology
21st-Century History of Technology: Fashioning a Usable Past
Yesterday the MIT Museum and the Hagley Museum and Library ran a fascinating workshop on “Doing the History of Technology in
