Stefan Kreb
Biographic Data
| ID | 3596940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefan Kreb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefan |
| FAMILY NAME | Kreb |
| SIGNATURE | KREB S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Luxembourg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2213-8575 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Covid-19 digital memory banks: Challenges and opportunities for historians of education
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, historians – along with archivists and other stakeholders – began to initiate digital memory banks, inviting members of the public to upload personal stories, pictures, videos, or other material connected to the pandemic and its impact on everyday life. This article describes how platforms from Western and Central Europe differ with regard to contributions by children and adolescents, taking the German coronarchiv.…
Collecting Middle-Class Memories? The Pandemic, Technology, and Crowdsourced Archives
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, many groups initiated crowd-sourced archives that invite members of the public to upload personal material connected to the pandemic. By archiving and publishing how "ordinary" people experienced and perceived the pandemic, these platforms influence how the pandemic is remembered and how historians will write about it. This article presents the example of covidmemory.lu and compares contributions to this platform f…
Repairing Infrastructures: The Maintenance of Materiality and Power by Christopher R. Henke and Benjamin Sims
peer reviewed
Kulturen des Reparierens: Dinge - Wissen - Praktiken
Reparieren und Instandhalten sind ökonomisch wie kulturell zentrale Praktiken im »Leben« technischer Dinge und Infrastrukturen. Der Band rückt diese bislang wenig untersuchten Tätigkeiten in den Vordergrund und fragt nach den Wissensformen der unterschiedlichen Kulturen des Reparierens. Die Expertisen und politischen Ambitionen menschlicher Akteure finden dabei ebenso Berücksichtigung wie die Eigendynamik der Dinge. Die Beiträge untersuchen Prakt…
Memories of a dying industry: Sense and identity in a British paper mill
Frogmore Paper Mill is a kind of time machine that allows historians of technology and the senses to study the mechanized paper-making as it was done one hundred years ago. Before the introduction of instrumentation and automatic process control, paper-making depended profoundly on the embodied skills of the workers. This article will focus on the sensory knowledge and skills required for monitoring and controlling old machinery. Investigating sk…
Silent by design? Tesla's Model S and the discourse on electric vehicle sound: Tesla Motors Germany, Model S 85D (2015)
In November 2015, I found myself behind the wheel of one of the latest Tesla Model S vehicles: the 85D, an all electric car with 430 hp, four-wheel drive and an instant torque of 660 N·m. It mixes
Dial Gauge versus Senses 1-0: German Car Mechanics and the Introduction of New Diagnostic Equipment, 1950-1980
Automobile sounds contain information on the technical state of the car; these sounds can be used to monitor the car while driving, and, in case of a flaw, to diagnose its source. For German car mechanics, listening to car sounds was, since the institutionalization of the trade in the 1930s, a legitimate entrance to diagnostic knowledge. The introduction of new diagnostic equipment in the 1950s contested the epistemic status of diagnostic listeni…
Sound and Safe: A History of Listening Behind the Wheel
This book traces the full history of noise in and around cars shows how we created auditory privacy in our cars. It is about the sounds of car engines, tires, wipers, blinkers, warning signals, in-car audio systems and, ultimately, about how we became used to listen while driving
Standardizing car sound – integrating Europe? International traffic noise abatement and the emergence of a European car identity, 1950–1975
The postwar motorization boom in Western Europe implicated rising complaints about road vehicle noise. By the end of the 1960s, traffic noise abatement became an urgent topic for European regulators and automobile engineers. The article investigates how car sound, its measurement and the standardization of measurement procedures developed during the early postwar decades following World War II, and how this relates to European integration. It sho…
“Sobbing, Whining, Rumbling”: Listening to Automobiles as Social Practice
German motorists in the 1920s appeared to possess the necessary listening skills to diagnose malfunctions. They questioned the sonic expertise of their car mechanics. This article explores why drivers of the 1920s and their counterparts of the 1950s listened to their cars differently. It describes the relevant listening practices and explains how and why they differ. It focuses on technology's middle ground, the “ambiguous space between productio…
Das Versprechen mobiler Freiheit: Zur Kultur- und Technikgeschichte von Kofferradio, Walkman, und Handy (review)
Reviewed by: Das Versprechen mobiler Freiheit: Zur Kultur- und Technikgeschichte von Kofferradio, Walkman, und Handy Stefan Krebs (bio) Das Versprechen mobiler Freiheit: Zur Kultur- und Technikgeschichte von Kofferradio, Walkman, und Handy. By Heike Weber. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2008. Pp. 366. €29.80. We are living in the midst of the "mobile revolution." More and more portable gadgets and mobile services promise mobile freedom everywhere …
Leben heißt ein Kämpfer sein” – Zum Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit am Beispiel der modernen Eisenhüttenkunde an der Technischen Hochschule Aachen
“To Live is to be Fighter” – On the Relatioship of Science and Public Illustrated by the Example of Modern Ferrous Metallurgy at the Technical University Aachen. – The contribution pursues the question of how Fritz Wüst, professor of ferrous metallurgy at the Technische Hochschule Aachen (1901–1921), changed the configurations of influential agents, thus readjusting power structures in favour of the institute of metallurgy in Aachen. Science and …
On the Anticipation of Ethical Conflicts between Humans and Robots in Japanese Mangas
The following contribution examines the influence of mangas and animes on the social perception and cultural understanding of robots in Japan. Part of it is the narrow interaction between pop culture and Japanese robotics: Some examples shall serve to illustrate spill-over effects between popular robot stories and the recent development of robot technologies in Japan. The example of the famous Astro boy comics will be used to help investigate the…
Dial Gauge versus Senses 1-0: German Car Mechanics and the Introduction of New Diagnostic Equipment, 1950-1980
Automobile sounds contain information on the technical state of the car; these sounds can be used to monitor the car while driving, and, in case of a flaw, to diagnose its source. For German car mechanics, listening to car sounds was, since the institutionalization of the trade in the 1930s, a legitimate entrance to diagnostic knowledge. The introduction of new diagnostic equipment in the 1950s contested the epistemic status of diagnostic listeni…
Collecting Middle-Class Memories? The Pandemic, Technology, and Crowdsourced Archives
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, many groups initiated crowd-sourced archives that invite members of the public to upload personal material connected to the pandemic. By archiving and publishing how "ordinary" people experienced and perceived the pandemic, these platforms influence how the pandemic is remembered and how historians will write about it. This article presents the example of covidmemory.lu and compares contributions to this platform f…
Silent by design? Tesla's Model S and the discourse on electric vehicle sound: Tesla Motors Germany, Model S 85D (2015)
In November 2015, I found myself behind the wheel of one of the latest Tesla Model S vehicles: the 85D, an all electric car with 430 hp, four-wheel drive and an instant torque of 660 N·m. It mixes
Sound and Safe: A History of Listening Behind the Wheel
This book traces the full history of noise in and around cars shows how we created auditory privacy in our cars. It is about the sounds of car engines, tires, wipers, blinkers, warning signals, in-car audio systems and, ultimately, about how we became used to listen while driving
On the Anticipation of Ethical Conflicts between Humans and Robots in Japanese Mangas
The following contribution examines the influence of mangas and animes on the social perception and cultural understanding of robots in Japan. Part of it is the narrow interaction between pop culture and Japanese robotics: Some examples shall serve to illustrate spill-over effects between popular robot stories and the recent development of robot technologies in Japan. The example of the famous Astro boy comics will be used to help investigate the…
Leben heißt ein Kämpfer sein” – Zum Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit am Beispiel der modernen Eisenhüttenkunde an der Technischen Hochschule Aachen
“To Live is to be Fighter” – On the Relatioship of Science and Public Illustrated by the Example of Modern Ferrous Metallurgy at the Technical University Aachen. – The contribution pursues the question of how Fritz Wüst, professor of ferrous metallurgy at the Technische Hochschule Aachen (1901–1921), changed the configurations of influential agents, thus readjusting power structures in favour of the institute of metallurgy in Aachen. Science and …
Das Versprechen mobiler Freiheit: Zur Kultur- und Technikgeschichte von Kofferradio, Walkman, und Handy (review)
Reviewed by: Das Versprechen mobiler Freiheit: Zur Kultur- und Technikgeschichte von Kofferradio, Walkman, und Handy Stefan Krebs (bio) Das Versprechen mobiler Freiheit: Zur Kultur- und Technikgeschichte von Kofferradio, Walkman, und Handy. By Heike Weber. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2008. Pp. 366. €29.80. We are living in the midst of the "mobile revolution." More and more portable gadgets and mobile services promise mobile freedom everywhere …
“Sobbing, Whining, Rumbling”: Listening to Automobiles as Social Practice
German motorists in the 1920s appeared to possess the necessary listening skills to diagnose malfunctions. They questioned the sonic expertise of their car mechanics. This article explores why drivers of the 1920s and their counterparts of the 1950s listened to their cars differently. It describes the relevant listening practices and explains how and why they differ. It focuses on technology's middle ground, the “ambiguous space between productio…
Standardizing car sound – integrating Europe? International traffic noise abatement and the emergence of a European car identity, 1950–1975
The postwar motorization boom in Western Europe implicated rising complaints about road vehicle noise. By the end of the 1960s, traffic noise abatement became an urgent topic for European regulators and automobile engineers. The article investigates how car sound, its measurement and the standardization of measurement procedures developed during the early postwar decades following World War II, and how this relates to European integration. It sho…
Sound and Safe: A History of Listening Behind the Wheel
This book traces the full history of noise in and around cars shows how we created auditory privacy in our cars. It is about the sounds of car engines, tires, wipers, blinkers, warning signals, in-car audio systems and, ultimately, about how we became used to listen while driving
Dial Gauge versus Senses 1-0: German Car Mechanics and the Introduction of New Diagnostic Equipment, 1950-1980
Automobile sounds contain information on the technical state of the car; these sounds can be used to monitor the car while driving, and, in case of a flaw, to diagnose its source. For German car mechanics, listening to car sounds was, since the institutionalization of the trade in the 1930s, a legitimate entrance to diagnostic knowledge. The introduction of new diagnostic equipment in the 1950s contested the epistemic status of diagnostic listeni…
Silent by design? Tesla's Model S and the discourse on electric vehicle sound: Tesla Motors Germany, Model S 85D (2015)
In November 2015, I found myself behind the wheel of one of the latest Tesla Model S vehicles: the 85D, an all electric car with 430 hp, four-wheel drive and an instant torque of 660 N·m. It mixes
Memories of a dying industry: Sense and identity in a British paper mill
Frogmore Paper Mill is a kind of time machine that allows historians of technology and the senses to study the mechanized paper-making as it was done one hundred years ago. Before the introduction of instrumentation and automatic process control, paper-making depended profoundly on the embodied skills of the workers. This article will focus on the sensory knowledge and skills required for monitoring and controlling old machinery. Investigating sk…
Kulturen des Reparierens: Dinge - Wissen - Praktiken
Reparieren und Instandhalten sind ökonomisch wie kulturell zentrale Praktiken im »Leben« technischer Dinge und Infrastrukturen. Der Band rückt diese bislang wenig untersuchten Tätigkeiten in den Vordergrund und fragt nach den Wissensformen der unterschiedlichen Kulturen des Reparierens. Die Expertisen und politischen Ambitionen menschlicher Akteure finden dabei ebenso Berücksichtigung wie die Eigendynamik der Dinge. Die Beiträge untersuchen Prakt…
Repairing Infrastructures: The Maintenance of Materiality and Power by Christopher R. Henke and Benjamin Sims
peer reviewed
Covid-19 digital memory banks: Challenges and opportunities for historians of education
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, historians – along with archivists and other stakeholders – began to initiate digital memory banks, inviting members of the public to upload personal stories, pictures, videos, or other material connected to the pandemic and its impact on everyday life. This article describes how platforms from Western and Central Europe differ with regard to contributions by children and adolescents, taking the German coronarchiv.…
Collecting Middle-Class Memories? The Pandemic, Technology, and Crowdsourced Archives
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, many groups initiated crowd-sourced archives that invite members of the public to upload personal material connected to the pandemic. By archiving and publishing how "ordinary" people experienced and perceived the pandemic, these platforms influence how the pandemic is remembered and how historians will write about it. This article presents the example of covidmemory.lu and compares contributions to this platform f…
Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · History (5 works) · German (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (3 works)