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SUMMARY:Making communication common: information architecture\, classifica
 tory schemes and reference aids in the repositories of early scientific so
 cieties - Ewa Zakrzewska (European University Institute)
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DESCRIPTION:In this talk I'd like to share my work-in-progress on designin
 g shared information environments in European academic societies between 1
 600 and 1750\, as illustrated by their repository projects and designs of 
 research infrastructure. Specifically\, I'll be bringing material evidence
  of methods of referencing\, categorising and browsing in early scientific
  archives into the spotlight to ask whether it can illuminate 17th-century
  concerns about commitment to theory and communication strategies in the f
 ace of natural-philosophical divides. How do you break free of the constra
 ints imposed by 'complete schemes of opinion' (scholastic taxonomies and o
 ver-theorised explanations)\, while preserving a pragmatic order in a gath
 ered body of experiments\, observations\, and records? In a time of debate
 s over the possibility of adopting a universal framework of meaning and tr
 anslating it into infrastructural tools aiding communication\, undermined 
 by divides and nuances in natural-philosophical schools\, how do you make 
 repositories an effective working tool? By posing these questions and pres
 enting preliminary archival findings\, I invite the Cabinet to join me in 
 considering strategies of enabling open-ended\, indeterminate search in th
 e age of classificatory controversies in natural philosophy\, and ensuring
  purposeful communication across different schools of thought in science a
 nd natural philosophy as evidenced by the material shape of repositories.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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