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The persistence of technology

14 September 2021

written by :
Stefan Krebs

Publication: 'The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal'

“The Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse and Disposal”, co-edited by Stefan Krebs and Heike Weber, has been published!
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REPAIR - a project presentation

14 October 2020

REPAIR - a project presentation

Research seminar with Stefan Krebs, Rebecca Mossop, Thomas Hoppenheit
Thinkering
Repairing radios: A hands-on approach to the history of technology

18 May 2020

written by :
Thomas Hoppenheit, Stefan Krebs, Rebecca Mossop

Repairing radios: A hands-on approach to the history of technology

Earlier this year the REPAIR team invited fellow historians and friends to their first hands-on workshop: Repairing old radios and sensing history.
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How users and non-users still matter. New themes in STS research on user-technology relations.

17 December 2019

How users and non-users still matter. New themes in STS research on user-technology relations.

Lecture by Professor emerita Nelly Oudshoorn, University of Twente.
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Lecture by Steven E. Jones: "A New Humanism": Expo ’58, Roberto Busa, and the First Humanities Computing Center. Recording and interview.

18 November 2019

written by :
Noëlle Schon

Lecture by Steven E. Jones: "A New Humanism": Expo ’58, Roberto Busa, and the First Humanities Computing Center. Recording and interview.

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Steven E. Jones, University of South Florida, and exclusive interview for the C²DH’s ‘New Horizons’ lecture series.
Thinkering
Decoding Europe – Technological Pasts in the Digital Age

2 July 2019

written by :
Florian Vetter, Aurélia Lafontaine

Decoding Europe – Technological Pasts in the Digital Age

From 27 June to 1 July 2019, the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg hosted the 9th conference of the Tensions of Europe network.
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Decoding Europe: Technological Pasts in the Digital Age

28 March 2019

Decoding Europe: Technological Pasts in the Digital Age

The 9th edition of the 'Tensions of Europe' conference will be hosted by the C²DH from 27-30 June 2019.
Thinkering
 Workshop on Histories of Maintenance, Repair, Reuse and Disposal

24 January 2019

written by :
Douglas Lambert, Stefan Krebs

Workshop on Histories of Maintenance, Repair, Reuse and Disposal

This report summarises a C²DH-hosted workshop concerning some undervalued and overlooked aspects of technology.
Thinkering
Experimental Media Archaeology featuring the Apple IIe

22 January 2019

written by :
Sytze Van Herck

Experimental Media Archaeology featuring the Apple IIe

During a research visit to the Media Archaeology Lab in Boulder (CO) participants experimented with the Apple IIe. They either played an educational game or wrote a letter on a computer from the 1980s.
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CfP: Decoding Europe: Technological Pasts in the Digital Age

20 September 2018

written by :
Valérie Schafer

CfP: Decoding Europe: Technological Pasts in the Digital Age

The Tensions of Europe conference is organised biennially by an interdisciplinary community of scholars who study the shaping of Europe through the lens of technology and material culture. The 9th edition of the conference will be organised by the C²DH around the theme ‘Decoding Europe: Technological Pasts in the Digital Age.
Event
Hands on History logo

11 January 2018

The Historical Art of Projection. Digital and experimental approaches to the archaeology of the screen

Hands-on History session with Karin Bienek and Ludwig Vogl-Bienek (University of Trier).
Thinkering
Digital Media and Technology in the classroom and beyond

3 October 2017

written by :
Sytze Van Herck, Richard Legay

Digital Media and Technology in the classroom and beyond

Digital Media and Technology has transformed how we teach, learn and present. In a transferable skills training of the doctoral school here at university, Robert Reuter introduced us to new media and tools that can enhance teaching and learning. Based on the eight learning events defined by Leclercq and Poumay at the university of Liège, we came up with several online tools that can extend and enhance teaching and engage the students or audience.
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Glanz und Elend der Kunstkopf-Stereophonie

6 July 2017

written by :
Stefan Krebs, Andreas Fickers

Glanz und Elend der Kunstkopf-Stereophonie

“Glanz und Elend der Kunstkopf-Stereophonie” – A radio play from Stefan Krebs, with Hans Peter Hallwachs as Kunstkopf; Stephan Wurfbaum as journalist and Andreas Fickers as media archaeologist; Research, script and mise-en-scène: Stefan Krebs; Sound: Christian Schimmöller; Producer: Werner Bleisteiner; Historical and technical advisors: Günther Hess and Stephan Peus. A production of the Centre for Contemporary and Digital History of the University of Luxembourg in cooperation with Bavarian Broadcasting and the EU-research project ORPHEUS, 2017.
Thinkering
360 view of Studio 9

29 June 2017

written by :
Stefan Krebs

Listening to the past - with two ears

Within the framework of the research project "Failure and Success of Dummy Head Stereo: An innovation history of 3D listening", Stefan Krebs and Andreas Fickers produced a binaural radio play about the history of binaural stereo.