Description: Modelwork : The Material Culture of Making and Knowing, Hardcover by Brückner, Martin (EDT); Isenstadt, Sandy (EDT); Wasserman, Sarah (EDT), ISBN 1517910897, ISBN-13 9781517910891, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US How making models allows us to recall what was and to discover what still might be Whether looking inward to the intricacies of human anatomy or outward to the furthest recesses of the universe, expanding the boundaries of human inquiry depends to a surprisingly large degree on the making of models. In this wide-ranging volume, scholars from diverse fields examine the interrelationships between a model's material foundations and the otherwise invisible things it gestures toward, underscoring the pivotal role of models in understanding and shaping the world around us. Whether in the form of reproductions, interpretive processes, or constitutive tools, models may bridge the gap between the tangible and the abstract. By focusing on the material aspects of models, including the ones that would seem to displace their analogue forebears, these insightful essays ground modeling as a tactile and emphatically humanistic endeavor. With contributions from scholars in the history of science and technology, visual studies, musicology, literary studies, and material culture, this book demonstrates that models serve as invaluable tools across every field of cultural development, both historically and in the present day. Modelwork is unique in calling attention to modeling's duality, a dynamic exchange between imagination and matter. This singular publication shows us how models shape our ability to ascertain the surrounding world and to find new ways to transform it. Contributors: Hilary Bryon, Virginia Tech; Johanna Drucker, UCLA; Seher Erdoan Ford, Temple U; Peter Galison, Harvard U; Lisa Gitelman, New York U; Reed Gochberg, Harvard U; Catherine Newman Howe, Williams College; Christopher J. Lukasik, Purdue U; Martin Scherzinger, New York U; Juliet S. Sperling, U of Washington; Annabel Jane Wharton, Duke U.
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Book Title: Modelwork : The Material Culture of Making and Knowing
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Publication Name: Modelwork : the Material Culture of Making and Knowing
Language: English
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 1.5 in
Subject: History & Criticism, Engineering (General), Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Men's Studies
Item Weight: 27.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Design, Technology & Engineering, Architecture, Social Science
Author: Sandy Isenstadt
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Hardcover
