Sebastian Vincent Grevsmühl
Biographic Data
| ID | 693313 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sebastian Vincent Grevsmühl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sebastian Vincent |
| FAMILY NAME | Grevsmühl |
| SIGNATURE | GREVSMÜHL S V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4861-6336 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Islands of abandoned projects
This article attempts a first historical periodisation of the checkered history of the French Southern Islands in the Indian Ocean. Beginning with early extractive activities during the 18th and 19th centuries and followed by colonial ambitions during the first half of the 20th century, the article also discusses the more recent efforts of the French government to reinforce sovereignty in the form of permanent bases, especially during the 1950s a…
Introduction générale. Genèse et contours d’un projet scientifique
International audience
Chapitre 2
International audience
Satellite images as tools of visual diplomacy
On 16 September 1987, the main chlorofluorocarbon-producing and -consuming countries signed the Montreal Protocol, despite the absence of a scientific consensus on the mechanisms of ozone depletion over Antarctica. We argue in this article that the rapid diffusion from late 1985 onwards of satellite images showing the Antarctic ozone hole played a significant role in this diplomatic outcome. Whereas negotiators claimed that they chose to delibera…
Katrin Jordan, Ausgestrahlt. Die mediale Debatte um „Tschernobyl“ in der Bundesrepublik und in Frankreich 1986/87 , Göttingen, Wallstein Verlag, « Medien und Gesellschaftswandel im 20. Jahrhundert », …
Notes de lecture
International audience
Planet Earth Seen From Space
The article proposes a brief visual genealogy of scientific whole Earth imagery from the beginning of the nineteenth century until today. It shows in particular that imagination played and still plays an absolutely central role in this history. Indeed, all whole Earth views from outer space -whether these are engravings from the nineteenth century, photographic recordings from the twentieth century, or digital images from the twenty-first century…
Revisiting the “Ozone Hole” Metaphor
In 1985, just over 30 years ago, the “ozone hole” made its appearance in the press as a truly global environmental threat. As one of the most important environmental issues of the twentieth century, the “ozone hole” is also a remarkable metaphorical, visual, and imaginary construction. This essay examines the historical trajectory of the famous “ozone hole” from its birth within the astronomical community at the beginning of the twentieth century…
A visual history of the ozone hole
Visualising the global environmental
This special issue on the visual cultures of global environmental issues proposes innovative research directions by introducing new methodological frameworks and profoundly rethinking the crucial role of the visual in environmental research. The five papers gathered here were written by researchers coming from various disciplinary and cultural backgrounds, thus helping bridge the divides between different disciplinary traditions. Each essay exami…
Images, imagination and the global environment
Global environmental images have become part of our everyday life experience. We encounter them in news reports, scientific articles and artistic interventions. Yet so far, only the most iconic of these images have received close critical attention from scholars coming mostly from two related fields, science studies and cultural geography. Some of those studies, as for instance research carried out on the famous Apollo photographs, have revealed …
Colloques et documents
The Creation of Global Imaginaries
Serendipitous Outcomes in Space History
On February 8, 1962, the US Navy, in collaboration with the US Weather Bureau and the Canadian government, launched a major observation effort “to correlate observations of the ice conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence made from surface ships and aircraft with those made from the TIROS [Television Infrared Observation] satellite.”1 Observation correlation in the context of satellite remote sensing meant two things. First of all, it implied learn…
Colloques et documents
Antarctique et espace
Cet article traite dans une perspective historique et culturelle les raisons d’une présence étonnante du thème de l’Espace dans l’histoire de l’Antarctique. Comme scène spectaculaire de la fin de la géographie terrestre, l’Antarctique a permis de tisser des liens profonds avec l’exploration de l’Espace. De multiples analogies furent avancées et testées aussi bien dans le domaine des sciences comportementales et psychologiques, que sur un plan log…
Images, imagination and the global environment
Global environmental images have become part of our everyday life experience. We encounter them in news reports, scientific articles and artistic interventions. Yet so far, only the most iconic of these images have received close critical attention from scholars coming mostly from two related fields, science studies and cultural geography. Some of those studies, as for instance research carried out on the famous Apollo photographs, have revealed …
Satellite images as tools of visual diplomacy
On 16 September 1987, the main chlorofluorocarbon-producing and -consuming countries signed the Montreal Protocol, despite the absence of a scientific consensus on the mechanisms of ozone depletion over Antarctica. We argue in this article that the rapid diffusion from late 1985 onwards of satellite images showing the Antarctic ozone hole played a significant role in this diplomatic outcome. Whereas negotiators claimed that they chose to delibera…
Planet Earth Seen From Space
The article proposes a brief visual genealogy of scientific whole Earth imagery from the beginning of the nineteenth century until today. It shows in particular that imagination played and still plays an absolutely central role in this history. Indeed, all whole Earth views from outer space -whether these are engravings from the nineteenth century, photographic recordings from the twentieth century, or digital images from the twenty-first century…
Visualising the global environmental
This special issue on the visual cultures of global environmental issues proposes innovative research directions by introducing new methodological frameworks and profoundly rethinking the crucial role of the visual in environmental research. The five papers gathered here were written by researchers coming from various disciplinary and cultural backgrounds, thus helping bridge the divides between different disciplinary traditions. Each essay exami…
Antarctique et espace
Cet article traite dans une perspective historique et culturelle les raisons d’une présence étonnante du thème de l’Espace dans l’histoire de l’Antarctique. Comme scène spectaculaire de la fin de la géographie terrestre, l’Antarctique a permis de tisser des liens profonds avec l’exploration de l’Espace. De multiples analogies furent avancées et testées aussi bien dans le domaine des sciences comportementales et psychologiques, que sur un plan log…
Colloques et documents
The Creation of Global Imaginaries
Serendipitous Outcomes in Space History
On February 8, 1962, the US Navy, in collaboration with the US Weather Bureau and the Canadian government, launched a major observation effort “to correlate observations of the ice conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence made from surface ships and aircraft with those made from the TIROS [Television Infrared Observation] satellite.”1 Observation correlation in the context of satellite remote sensing meant two things. First of all, it implied learn…
Colloques et documents
Images, imagination and the global environment
Global environmental images have become part of our everyday life experience. We encounter them in news reports, scientific articles and artistic interventions. Yet so far, only the most iconic of these images have received close critical attention from scholars coming mostly from two related fields, science studies and cultural geography. Some of those studies, as for instance research carried out on the famous Apollo photographs, have revealed …
Revisiting the “Ozone Hole” Metaphor
In 1985, just over 30 years ago, the “ozone hole” made its appearance in the press as a truly global environmental threat. As one of the most important environmental issues of the twentieth century, the “ozone hole” is also a remarkable metaphorical, visual, and imaginary construction. This essay examines the historical trajectory of the famous “ozone hole” from its birth within the astronomical community at the beginning of the twentieth century…
A visual history of the ozone hole
Visualising the global environmental
This special issue on the visual cultures of global environmental issues proposes innovative research directions by introducing new methodological frameworks and profoundly rethinking the crucial role of the visual in environmental research. The five papers gathered here were written by researchers coming from various disciplinary and cultural backgrounds, thus helping bridge the divides between different disciplinary traditions. Each essay exami…
Planet Earth Seen From Space
The article proposes a brief visual genealogy of scientific whole Earth imagery from the beginning of the nineteenth century until today. It shows in particular that imagination played and still plays an absolutely central role in this history. Indeed, all whole Earth views from outer space -whether these are engravings from the nineteenth century, photographic recordings from the twentieth century, or digital images from the twenty-first century…
Katrin Jordan, Ausgestrahlt. Die mediale Debatte um „Tschernobyl“ in der Bundesrepublik und in Frankreich 1986/87 , Göttingen, Wallstein Verlag, « Medien und Gesellschaftswandel im 20. Jahrhundert », …
Notes de lecture
International audience
Satellite images as tools of visual diplomacy
On 16 September 1987, the main chlorofluorocarbon-producing and -consuming countries signed the Montreal Protocol, despite the absence of a scientific consensus on the mechanisms of ozone depletion over Antarctica. We argue in this article that the rapid diffusion from late 1985 onwards of satellite images showing the Antarctic ozone hole played a significant role in this diplomatic outcome. Whereas negotiators claimed that they chose to delibera…
Introduction générale. Genèse et contours d’un projet scientifique
International audience
Chapitre 2
International audience
Islands of abandoned projects
This article attempts a first historical periodisation of the checkered history of the French Southern Islands in the Indian Ocean. Beginning with early extractive activities during the 18th and 19th centuries and followed by colonial ambitions during the first half of the 20th century, the article also discusses the more recent efforts of the French government to reinforce sovereignty in the form of permanent bases, especially during the 1950s a…
Political science (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · History (4 works) · Polar Research and Ecology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Education, sociology, and vocational training (3 works) · Law (3 works)