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Computer history – The pitfalls of past futures
(2019)Preprints zur Kulturgeschichte der TechnikThe historicization of the computer in the second half of the 20th century can be understood as the effect of the inevitable changes in both its technological and narrative development. What interests us is how past futures and therefore history were stabilized. The development, operation, and implementation of machines and programs gave rise to a historicity of the field of computing. Whenever actors have been grouped into communities – ...Working Paper -
Digitale Gesellschaft (Rohfassung)
(2018)Preprints zur Kulturgeschichte der TechnikWorking Paper -
Sharing als Konzept, Lösung und Problem
(2014)HMD : Praxis der WirtschaftsinformatikAls Profession und Wissenschaft war die Informatik im 20. Jahrhundert stets „eingeklemmt“ zwischen den Ansprüchen möglicher Nutzer und den Anforderungen, Möglichkeiten und Limitationen, die der Computer vorgab. Die Informatik entwickelte in diesem Spannungsfeld Sharing-Konzepte der unterschiedlichsten Art. Im folgenden Gespräch unterhalten sich zwei Informatiker (Andreas Meier und Carl August Zehnder) und zwei Technikhistoriker (David ...Journal Article -
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EuroNets-EuroChannels-EuroVisions. Towards a History of European Telecommunication in the 20th Century: Thesis on a Research Strategy
(2004)Preprints zur Kulturgeschichte der TechnikWorking Paper -
Kernenergienutzung – ein nachhaltiger Irrtum der Geschichte?
(2004)Nova Acta LeopoldinaThe history of atomic energy has been producing major surprises for at least half a century. A wave of atomic enthusiasm which grew to a veritable atomic euphoria was triggered by the famous atoms-for-peace speech by US president Eisenhower in 1953. Despite their inherent technocratic pacifism, Eisenhower's atoms led to critical conflicts within those societies that subscribed to the nuclear development scheme, A critical revision of these ...Conference Paper -
The Effective Fiction of Internationality. Analyzing the Emergence of a European Railroad System in the 1950s
(2003)Preprints zur Kulturgeschichte der TechnikWorking Paper -
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"Nicht überblickbare Möglichkeiten"
(2001)Preprints zur Kulturgeschichte der TechnikWorking Paper -
Do accidents have mere accidental impacts on the socio-technical development?
(1999)Preprints zur Kulturgeschichte der TechnikWorking Paper