Charles W Knapp
Biographic Data
| ID | 3584699 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles W Knapp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles W |
| FAMILY NAME | Knapp |
| SIGNATURE | KNAPP C W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7997-8543 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Toward an Optimum Yield
In the late colonial period, fisheries science and colonial development programs converged in blueprints to better exploit marine resources throughout the British empire. Yet, the historiography of science and colonial development has focused predominantly on the management and exploitation of terrestrial resources with only limited investigation of parallel schemes focused on marine and freshwater resources. Centering on the final decades of the…
Fishing (in) the past to inform the future
Without historical interrogation of past and present fisheries management, governors and their sponsors often fall into the trap of replicating and reproducing failed approaches. Even when aimed at community empowerment, a lack of historical awareness can lead to underappreciation of the institutional, economic, and socio-ecological contexts that resource users navigate. In this article, we explore the history of fisheries management in Lake Mala…
Colonialism, Governance, and Fisheries
This piece explores the parallel development of two fisheries management regimes in mid-twentieth-century Lake Malawi: one imposed by the British colonial government over the lake and the other by Senior Chief Makanjira focused on Mbenji Island. The parallel development of these regimes provides opportunity for close analysis of how fisheries management centred on different knowledge and practices led to distinctive legacies of governance legitim…
The ecology and bioactivity of some Greco-Roman medicinal minerals
Mineral compounds, as pigments and therapeutics, appeared regularly in the technical and medical texts of the Greco-Roman (G-R) world. We have referred to them as 'G-R medicinal minerals' and we suggest that despite their seeming familiarity, there are actually many unknowns regarding their precise nature and/or purported pharmacological attributes. Earth pigments are part of that group. This paper presents a brief overview of our work over the p…
The interweaving roles of mineral and microbiome in shaping the antibacterial activity of archaeological medicinal clays
Environmental impacts of decommissioning
On metal and 'spoiled' wine
A Pb-based synthetic mineral referred to aspsimythion(pl.psimythia) was manufactured in the Greek world at least since the 6th c BCE and routinely by the 4th c BCE. Theophrastus (On Stones, 56) describes its preparation from metallic Pb suspended over a fermenting liquid. Psimythion is considered the precursor of one of western art's most prominent white pigments, i.e. lead white (basic lead carbonate or synthetic hydrocerussite). However, so far…
Greco-Roman mineral (litho)therapeutics and their relationship to their microbiome
This paper introduces a holistic approach to the study of Greco-Roman (G-R) lithotherapeutics. These are the minerals or mineral combinations that appear in the medical and scientific literature of the G-R world. It argues that they can best be described not simply in terms of their bulk chemistry/mineralogy but also their ecological microbiology and nanofraction component. It suggests that each individual attribute may have underpinned the bioac…
The ecology and bioactivity of some Greco-Roman medicinal minerals
Mineral compounds, as pigments and therapeutics, appeared regularly in the technical and medical texts of the Greco-Roman (G-R) world. We have referred to them as 'G-R medicinal minerals' and we suggest that despite their seeming familiarity, there are actually many unknowns regarding their precise nature and/or purported pharmacological attributes. Earth pigments are part of that group. This paper presents a brief overview of our work over the p…
On metal and 'spoiled' wine
A Pb-based synthetic mineral referred to aspsimythion(pl.psimythia) was manufactured in the Greek world at least since the 6th c BCE and routinely by the 4th c BCE. Theophrastus (On Stones, 56) describes its preparation from metallic Pb suspended over a fermenting liquid. Psimythion is considered the precursor of one of western art's most prominent white pigments, i.e. lead white (basic lead carbonate or synthetic hydrocerussite). However, so far…
Greco-Roman mineral (litho)therapeutics and their relationship to their microbiome
This paper introduces a holistic approach to the study of Greco-Roman (G-R) lithotherapeutics. These are the minerals or mineral combinations that appear in the medical and scientific literature of the G-R world. It argues that they can best be described not simply in terms of their bulk chemistry/mineralogy but also their ecological microbiology and nanofraction component. It suggests that each individual attribute may have underpinned the bioac…
Environmental impacts of decommissioning
Greco-Roman mineral (litho)therapeutics and their relationship to their microbiome
This paper introduces a holistic approach to the study of Greco-Roman (G-R) lithotherapeutics. These are the minerals or mineral combinations that appear in the medical and scientific literature of the G-R world. It argues that they can best be described not simply in terms of their bulk chemistry/mineralogy but also their ecological microbiology and nanofraction component. It suggests that each individual attribute may have underpinned the bioac…
The interweaving roles of mineral and microbiome in shaping the antibacterial activity of archaeological medicinal clays
Environmental impacts of decommissioning
On metal and 'spoiled' wine
A Pb-based synthetic mineral referred to aspsimythion(pl.psimythia) was manufactured in the Greek world at least since the 6th c BCE and routinely by the 4th c BCE. Theophrastus (On Stones, 56) describes its preparation from metallic Pb suspended over a fermenting liquid. Psimythion is considered the precursor of one of western art's most prominent white pigments, i.e. lead white (basic lead carbonate or synthetic hydrocerussite). However, so far…
The ecology and bioactivity of some Greco-Roman medicinal minerals
Mineral compounds, as pigments and therapeutics, appeared regularly in the technical and medical texts of the Greco-Roman (G-R) world. We have referred to them as 'G-R medicinal minerals' and we suggest that despite their seeming familiarity, there are actually many unknowns regarding their precise nature and/or purported pharmacological attributes. Earth pigments are part of that group. This paper presents a brief overview of our work over the p…
Fishing (in) the past to inform the future
Without historical interrogation of past and present fisheries management, governors and their sponsors often fall into the trap of replicating and reproducing failed approaches. Even when aimed at community empowerment, a lack of historical awareness can lead to underappreciation of the institutional, economic, and socio-ecological contexts that resource users navigate. In this article, we explore the history of fisheries management in Lake Mala…
Colonialism, Governance, and Fisheries
This piece explores the parallel development of two fisheries management regimes in mid-twentieth-century Lake Malawi: one imposed by the British colonial government over the lake and the other by Senior Chief Makanjira focused on Mbenji Island. The parallel development of these regimes provides opportunity for close analysis of how fisheries management centred on different knowledge and practices led to distinctive legacies of governance legitim…
Toward an Optimum Yield
In the late colonial period, fisheries science and colonial development programs converged in blueprints to better exploit marine resources throughout the British empire. Yet, the historiography of science and colonial development has focused predominantly on the management and exploitation of terrestrial resources with only limited investigation of parallel schemes focused on marine and freshwater resources. Centering on the final decades of the…
Biology (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Chemistry (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Building materials and conservation (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works)