Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0879856

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0879856

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Memory, notebooks and archives: making early modern science. What information should be memorized? To what extent should we rely on looking things up? Striking the proper balance between what we retain in memory and what is best checked in books, databases or archives is a preoccupation in public discussion. The project gives this issue an historical perspective, showing how priorities have changed from an emphasis on memory and personal notebooks to an acceptance of retrieval from external sources. Focussing on the period of the Scientific Revolution, it contributes to the understanding of our early modern European heritage - a field in which Australian scholars have a strong reputation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $120,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | History: Other | History Of Philosophy And History Of Ideas | History: British |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Library and related information services | Studies in human society |

Other Keywords

History Of Philosophy And History Of Ideas | History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | History: British | History: Other | Library and related information services | Managing Collections | Studies in human society

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