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
