Felix E Rietmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 4865160 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Felix E Rietmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Felix E |
| FAMILY NAME | Rietmann |
| SIGNATURE | RIETMANN F E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Fribourg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0966-0529 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Cradle and the Birthing Bed
This article examines promotion, materiality, and use of a cradle and a birthing bed designed by the German physician and health reformer Bernhard Christoph Faust (1755–1842) during the late Enlightenment. I argue that the cradle and the bed illustrate a little-explored aspect of contemporary public health efforts targeting children—namely, the use of small technologies to modify cultural practice. Tracing the history of Faust’s devices through a…
Mother-blaming revisited
This article examines cinematographic observational studies of infants conducted by a loosely connected group of female psychologists and physicians in the USA from the 1930s to the 1960s. Largely forgotten today, these practitioners realized detailed and carefully planned research projects about infant behavior in a variety of settings-from the laboratory to the well-baby clinic. Although their studies were in conversation with better-known work…
No Escape from Fleck
Previous articleNext article FreeSecond Look: Ludwik Fleck, Entstehung und Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen TatsacheNo Escape from FleckFelix E. RietmannFelix E. Rietmann Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreMy first encounter with Ludwik Fleck’s Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact…
Knowledge of childhood
This round table discussion takes the diversity of discourse and practice shaping modern knowledge about childhood as an opportunity to engage with recent historiographical approaches in the history of science. It draws attention to symmetries and references among scientific, material, literary and artistic cultures and their respective forms of knowledge. The five participating scholars come from various fields in the humanities and social scien…
Knowledge of childhood
This round table discussion takes the diversity of discourse and practice shaping modern knowledge about childhood as an opportunity to engage with recent historiographical approaches in the history of science. It draws attention to symmetries and references among scientific, material, literary and artistic cultures and their respective forms of knowledge. The five participating scholars come from various fields in the humanities and social scien…
Knowledge of childhood
This round table discussion takes the diversity of discourse and practice shaping modern knowledge about childhood as an opportunity to engage with recent historiographical approaches in the history of science. It draws attention to symmetries and references among scientific, material, literary and artistic cultures and their respective forms of knowledge. The five participating scholars come from various fields in the humanities and social scien…
No Escape from Fleck
Previous articleNext article FreeSecond Look: Ludwik Fleck, Entstehung und Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen TatsacheNo Escape from FleckFelix E. RietmannFelix E. Rietmann Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreMy first encounter with Ludwik Fleck’s Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact…
Mother-blaming revisited
This article examines cinematographic observational studies of infants conducted by a loosely connected group of female psychologists and physicians in the USA from the 1930s to the 1960s. Largely forgotten today, these practitioners realized detailed and carefully planned research projects about infant behavior in a variety of settings-from the laboratory to the well-baby clinic. Although their studies were in conversation with better-known work…
The Cradle and the Birthing Bed
This article examines promotion, materiality, and use of a cradle and a birthing bed designed by the German physician and health reformer Bernhard Christoph Faust (1755–1842) during the late Enlightenment. I argue that the cradle and the bed illustrate a little-explored aspect of contemporary public health efforts targeting children—namely, the use of small technologies to modify cultural practice. Tracing the history of Faust’s devices through a…
Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Cinematography (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Conversation (1 works) · Developmental psychology (1 works) · Enlightenment (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works)