Charlotte Bigg
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1214698 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Charlotte Bigg |
| PRENOMES | Charlotte |
| SOBRENOME | Bigg |
| ASSINATURA | BIGG C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4064-2740 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Cultures of the Planetarium
Communicating science, mediating presence
The move online of almost all meetings in 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic threw into sharp relief the taken-for-granted centrality of conferences within scientific culture. While its impact on science has yet to be fully grasped, for the authors of this special issue, this situation held heuristic power for understanding the meanings and functions, now and historically, of international scientific conferencing. Ongoing discussions in th…
The art of gathering
Hundreds of thousands of conferences have taken place since their first appearance in the late eighteenth century, yet the history of science has often treated them as stages for scientific practice, not as the play itself. Drawing on recent work in the history of science and of international relations, the introduction to this special issue suggests avenues for exploring the phenomenon of the international scientific conference, broadly construe…
Portrait du chercheur, ou les remédiations d'un mythe de la science au xx e siècle
Parmi les mythes de la science, celui du grand savant occupe une place centrale. Cette contribution examine la construction par Jean Perrin d'un nouvel archétype, au xx e siècle. Le chercheur fusionne la figure du savant et celle de l'intellectuel engagé. À cette fin, des médias modernes sont mobilisés, à commencer par une nouvelle forme d'exposition illustrée par le Palais de la découverte, créé pour l'exposition de 1937, et surtout le cinéma. A…
The spatial inscription of science in the twentieth century
With their landmark architectures, exhibitions and museums of science and technology partake in the spatial inscription of science in twentieth century landscapes. Unlike other beacons of progress, exhibitions and museums of science and technology double up, inside, as material arrangements of objects, visuals and texts aiming to confer meaning onto the modern world. They both embody and seek to order the spectacle of modernity while often being …
Des techniques pour croire
à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés
Selene's Two Faces
If any scientific object has over the course of human history aroused the fascination of both scientists and artists worldwide, it is beyond doubt the moon. The moon is also by far the most interesting celestial body when it comes to reflecting on the dualistic nature of photography as applied to the study of the universe. Against this background, Selene’s Two Faces sets out to look at the scientific purpose, aesthetic expression, and influence o…
Of Blurs, Maps and Portraits
International audience
Spectacular astronomy
accessible en accès libre sur le site de la revue
The view from here, there and nowhere? Situating the observer in the planetarium and in the solar system
The projection planetarium has probably been the most important single device for communicating astronomy in the twentieth century and since. I look at the ways in which early twentieth century planetariums encouraged the rehearsal by spectators of different spatial positions and bodily relationships with regards to (models of) the solar system. Acquiring a proper understanding of the solar system did not simply require participants to adopt ‘the…
Travelling Scientist, Circulating Images and the Making of the Modern Scientific Journal
The early astrophysicist Norman Lockyer was both editor of the journal Nature from its creation in 1869 and for the following five decades, and an early practioner of the new astronomy. He frequently used the journal to expound his scientific theories, report on his work and send news home while on expeditions. I look into the particular visual culture of astrophysics developed by Lockyer in Nature, its evolution at a time of rapid development bo…
D’ombres et de lumières. L’exposition de 1937 et les premières années du Palais de la découverte au prisme du transnational
Les musées de science présentent un intérêt particulier pour l’histoire transnationale des musées dans la mesure où ils négocient la tension entre la revendication de la portée universelle de la science et la réalité de sa construction matérielle et discursive fortement déterminée par les contextes nationaux. On sait que le Palais de la découverte, créé dans le cadre de l’exposition internationale de 1937 à Paris puis pérennisé, a joué un rôle im…
On the border between performance, science and the digital
The Heavens on Earth
The Heavens on Earth : observatories and Astronomy in Nineteenth-Century Science and Culture
Heavens on Earth
Staging the Heavens
Introduction
Today I made the ascent of the highest mountain in this region, which for good reasons is called Ventosum, guided only by the desire to see the extraordinary altitude of the place" (Petrarque [1336] 1880, 6-7). Petrarch's ascent of the Mont Ventoux in 1336, or rather his account of it, established the mountain as a distinctive place for experiencing and understanding nature and self. Since then, the mountain has been sought out in increasing numb…
Evident atoms
Introduction
Today I made the ascent of the highest mountain in this region, which for good reasons is called Ventosum, guided only by the desire to see the extraordinary altitude of the place" (Petrarque [1336] 1880, 6-7). Petrarch's ascent of the Mont Ventoux in 1336, or rather his account of it, established the mountain as a distinctive place for experiencing and understanding nature and self. Since then, the mountain has been sought out in increasing numb…
Evident atoms
The spatial inscription of science in the twentieth century
With their landmark architectures, exhibitions and museums of science and technology partake in the spatial inscription of science in twentieth century landscapes. Unlike other beacons of progress, exhibitions and museums of science and technology double up, inside, as material arrangements of objects, visuals and texts aiming to confer meaning onto the modern world. They both embody and seek to order the spectacle of modernity while often being …
Des techniques pour croire
à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés
Evident atoms
Introduction
Today I made the ascent of the highest mountain in this region, which for good reasons is called Ventosum, guided only by the desire to see the extraordinary altitude of the place" (Petrarque [1336] 1880, 6-7). Petrarch's ascent of the Mont Ventoux in 1336, or rather his account of it, established the mountain as a distinctive place for experiencing and understanding nature and self. Since then, the mountain has been sought out in increasing numb…
The Heavens on Earth
The Heavens on Earth : observatories and Astronomy in Nineteenth-Century Science and Culture
Heavens on Earth
Staging the Heavens
On the border between performance, science and the digital
Travelling Scientist, Circulating Images and the Making of the Modern Scientific Journal
The early astrophysicist Norman Lockyer was both editor of the journal Nature from its creation in 1869 and for the following five decades, and an early practioner of the new astronomy. He frequently used the journal to expound his scientific theories, report on his work and send news home while on expeditions. I look into the particular visual culture of astrophysics developed by Lockyer in Nature, its evolution at a time of rapid development bo…
D’ombres et de lumières. L’exposition de 1937 et les premières années du Palais de la découverte au prisme du transnational
Les musées de science présentent un intérêt particulier pour l’histoire transnationale des musées dans la mesure où ils négocient la tension entre la revendication de la portée universelle de la science et la réalité de sa construction matérielle et discursive fortement déterminée par les contextes nationaux. On sait que le Palais de la découverte, créé dans le cadre de l’exposition internationale de 1937 à Paris puis pérennisé, a joué un rôle im…
Spectacular astronomy
accessible en accès libre sur le site de la revue
The view from here, there and nowhere? Situating the observer in the planetarium and in the solar system
The projection planetarium has probably been the most important single device for communicating astronomy in the twentieth century and since. I look at the ways in which early twentieth century planetariums encouraged the rehearsal by spectators of different spatial positions and bodily relationships with regards to (models of) the solar system. Acquiring a proper understanding of the solar system did not simply require participants to adopt ‘the…
Selene's Two Faces
If any scientific object has over the course of human history aroused the fascination of both scientists and artists worldwide, it is beyond doubt the moon. The moon is also by far the most interesting celestial body when it comes to reflecting on the dualistic nature of photography as applied to the study of the universe. Against this background, Selene’s Two Faces sets out to look at the scientific purpose, aesthetic expression, and influence o…
Of Blurs, Maps and Portraits
International audience
Des techniques pour croire
à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés
The spatial inscription of science in the twentieth century
With their landmark architectures, exhibitions and museums of science and technology partake in the spatial inscription of science in twentieth century landscapes. Unlike other beacons of progress, exhibitions and museums of science and technology double up, inside, as material arrangements of objects, visuals and texts aiming to confer meaning onto the modern world. They both embody and seek to order the spectacle of modernity while often being …
Communicating science, mediating presence
The move online of almost all meetings in 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic threw into sharp relief the taken-for-granted centrality of conferences within scientific culture. While its impact on science has yet to be fully grasped, for the authors of this special issue, this situation held heuristic power for understanding the meanings and functions, now and historically, of international scientific conferencing. Ongoing discussions in th…
The art of gathering
Hundreds of thousands of conferences have taken place since their first appearance in the late eighteenth century, yet the history of science has often treated them as stages for scientific practice, not as the play itself. Drawing on recent work in the history of science and of international relations, the introduction to this special issue suggests avenues for exploring the phenomenon of the international scientific conference, broadly construe…
Portrait du chercheur, ou les remédiations d'un mythe de la science au xx e siècle
Parmi les mythes de la science, celui du grand savant occupe une place centrale. Cette contribution examine la construction par Jean Perrin d'un nouvel archétype, au xx e siècle. Le chercheur fusionne la figure du savant et celle de l'intellectuel engagé. À cette fin, des médias modernes sont mobilisés, à commencer par une nouvelle forme d'exposition illustrée par le Palais de la découverte, créé pour l'exposition de 1937, et surtout le cinéma. A…
Cultures of the Planetarium
Art (11 obras) · Computer Science (7 obras) · History of Science and Natural History (7 obras) · History and Developments in Astronomy (6 obras) · Sociology (6 obras) · History (5 obras) · History (5 obras) · Physics (5 obras) · Visual arts (5 obras) · Astronomy (4 obras)