Modern historian, unexpected geek, wannabe naturalist, sauntering explorer, and more. A German from Vercelli. He/him. Born 332 ppm. I am a historian of the environment […]
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Wilko Hardenberg
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#envhist of space, from space debris/junk to now space-based #LightPollution that has never existed in human history*
I discuss this at the end of ch 3 and the conclusion of my book, #TransforningNight
*not an exaggeration
The #envhist #histtech of night skies, #night, #nightscapes, and space during a formative century of emergent #lightpollution
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#cfp Mineral Expertise: The Rules of Knowing Earthly Matter in the Early Modern World -- 4-6 February 2027 in Bologna.
Deadline for Submission: July 10th 2026 […]
This sounds like an amazing event: https://fedihum.org/@infoclio/116418868662018077
It's a pity I don't have money to travel to Zurich at the moment and also would have missed the deadline
#knowledgeHistory
Things are starting to feel real: the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has sent me the confirmation letter that in the fall I can start my #Heisenberg position at the University of Potsdam !
I’ll work on building the framework for what I call an environmental history of knowledge. Stay […]
Sara Pritchard
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Sara Pritchard
Would you like to take your #research to the next level?
The KWI fellowships offer you 6 months to focus entirely on your project within a vibrant intellectual environment.
⏱️Apply by 17 August 2026 and become part of Cohort 14!
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Wilko Hardenberg
qualcuno ha a portata di mano l'edizione italiana di #Wittfogel ""Il dispotismo orientale"? sot cercando una #citazione in italiano ma ho accesso solo all'edizione italiana.
does anybody have access to the Italian edition of Wittfogel Oriental Despotism? I need a quote in Italian.
#bookQuotes […]
Wilko Hardenberg
My book Sea Level: A History has been translated into #Korean, and the cover looks just amazing!
(and then it was reviewed in what, as far as I could discover, is South Korea's main business newspaper: https://www.hankyung.com/article/202605212878i)
I created a deep linked and searchable table of contents index for issues of the prewar "Japan Magazine" found on Internet Archive, with over 200 issues and several thousand articles. Useful for history students working only with English sources:
https://froginawell.net/indexes/japan-magazine/ […]
Wilko Hardenberg
Wilko Hardenberg
Attached: 1 image The Conventions of the Unconventional Materiality, Mediality, and the Making of Knowledge Across Cultures https://www.infoclio.ch/de/conventions-unconventional-materiality-mediality-and-making-knowledge-across-cultures?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm;_medium=mastodon #infoclioevent
Our understanding of the night skies is built on a century of analog astrophotography.
"For decades, space safety rules assumed satellite reentries would stay rare. By early 2026, with over 70,000 megaconstellation spacecraft planned, that assumption has collapsed."
indiandefencereview.com/starlink-sat...
#Space #Satellites #SpaceEnvironment
Konrad M. Lawson
Center for Space Environmentalism
Quanta Magazine
Today’s observatories document every pulse and flash in the sky each night. To understand how the cosmos has changed over longer periods, scientists rely on a more tactile technology.
For decades, space safety rules assumed satellite reentries would stay rare. By early 2026, with over 70,000 megaconstellation spacecraft planned, that assumption has collapsed.
