Geoffrey Belknap
Biographic Data
| ID | 1172908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geoffrey Belknap |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geoffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Belknap |
| SIGNATURE | BELKNAP G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1066-9018 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Making Space to Talk
Communities & Crowds is an AHRC-funded (2021-24) collaborative project between volunteer researchers and staff at the National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, National Museum of Scotland, and Zooniverse teams at Oxford University and the Adler Planetarium, Chicago. The Communities & Crowds team used an action research approach to test out how local in-person volunteer researchers might be supported within a cultural heritage institution (CHI)…
Conceptualizing ‘Science’ in the Photography Collections at the National Science and Media Museum
Conceptualizing ‘Science’ in the Photography Collections at the National Science and Media Museum. Un article de la revue Scientia Canadensis (Photography: Science, Technology and Practice) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
The print after photography
Amos Morris-Reich. Race and Photography. Racial Evidence as Scientific Evidence, 1876–1980
Racial photography is a difficult subject, and a historically-nuanced sensitivity is required to deal with the images and visual/scientific practices that have been used to justify the classification and subjugation of groups of peoples. Morris-Reich’s Race and Photography adeptly manages this sensitivity by refocusing our attention on the claims of scientific observation, which underpinned the creation of a broad range of photographic works betw…
Illustrating natural history
This paper examines how communities of naturalists in mid-nineteenth-century Britain were formed and solidified around the shared practices of public meetings, the publication and reading of periodicals, and the making and printing of images. By focusing on communities of naturalists and the sites of their communication, this article undermines the distinction between amateur and professional scientific practice. Building on the notion of imagine…
William Henry Fox Talbot. Beyond Photography
Through the Looking Glass
My design in the accompanying work is to present a series of pictures of China and its people, such as shall convey an accurate impression of the country I traversed as well as of the arts, usages, and manners which prevail in different provinces of the Empire. With this intention I made the camera the constant companion of my wanderings, and to it I am for the faithful reproduction of the scenes I visited, and of the types of race with which I c…
Robert, Louis-Rémy
Bonfils, Félix
Illustrating natural history
This paper examines how communities of naturalists in mid-nineteenth-century Britain were formed and solidified around the shared practices of public meetings, the publication and reading of periodicals, and the making and printing of images. By focusing on communities of naturalists and the sites of their communication, this article undermines the distinction between amateur and professional scientific practice. Building on the notion of imagine…
The print after photography
Robert, Louis-Rémy
Bonfils, Félix
Through the Looking Glass
My design in the accompanying work is to present a series of pictures of China and its people, such as shall convey an accurate impression of the country I traversed as well as of the arts, usages, and manners which prevail in different provinces of the Empire. With this intention I made the camera the constant companion of my wanderings, and to it I am for the faithful reproduction of the scenes I visited, and of the types of race with which I c…
William Henry Fox Talbot. Beyond Photography
Amos Morris-Reich. Race and Photography. Racial Evidence as Scientific Evidence, 1876–1980
Racial photography is a difficult subject, and a historically-nuanced sensitivity is required to deal with the images and visual/scientific practices that have been used to justify the classification and subjugation of groups of peoples. Morris-Reich’s Race and Photography adeptly manages this sensitivity by refocusing our attention on the claims of scientific observation, which underpinned the creation of a broad range of photographic works betw…
Illustrating natural history
This paper examines how communities of naturalists in mid-nineteenth-century Britain were formed and solidified around the shared practices of public meetings, the publication and reading of periodicals, and the making and printing of images. By focusing on communities of naturalists and the sites of their communication, this article undermines the distinction between amateur and professional scientific practice. Building on the notion of imagine…
The print after photography
Conceptualizing ‘Science’ in the Photography Collections at the National Science and Media Museum
Conceptualizing ‘Science’ in the Photography Collections at the National Science and Media Museum. Un article de la revue Scientia Canadensis (Photography: Science, Technology and Practice) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Making Space to Talk
Communities & Crowds is an AHRC-funded (2021-24) collaborative project between volunteer researchers and staff at the National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, National Museum of Scotland, and Zooniverse teams at Oxford University and the Adler Planetarium, Chicago. The Communities & Crowds team used an action research approach to test out how local in-person volunteer researchers might be supported within a cultural heritage institution (CHI)…
Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · History of Science and Natural History (4 works) · Photography (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies (2 works)