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<p>Dear SIGCISers,<br>
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<p>The following conference might be of interest to some of you
doing research on graphics and visual displays. <br>
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<p>Best,<br>
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<p>David Nofre<br>
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<td>Call for papers: Colors in Technology Technology of
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Colors in Technology Technology of Colors<br>
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<b>Call for Papers</b><b><br>
</b>The 40th History of Technology Conference will be held at the
Klostergut Paradies in Schlatt near Schaffhausen, Switzerland on
17 and 18 November 2017. The Conference has served as an
out-standing platform for the exchange of ideas between research,
teaching and industry since 1978. The speakers and the invited
guests come from universities, libraries, collections and museums
or contribute their business and industrial experience. The
conferences are renowned for the breadth and topicality of the
papers presented. You can find information on previous conferences
at: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.eisenbibliothek.ch">www.eisenbibliothek.ch</a>.<br>
<br>
This international and interdisciplinary event is organized by the
Iron Library (Eisenbibliothek), Foundation of Georg Fischer Ltd.
Responsibility for the content of the conference is in the hands
of a scientific advisory board consisting of Dr. Gisela Hόrlimann
(ETH Zurich), Prof. Reinhold Reith (University of Salzburg) and
Prof. Friedrich Steinle (TU Berlin), and it is they who decide on
the selection of the speakers.<br>
We kindly invite interested persons involved in research, teaching
and practice to apply to present a paper.<br>
<br>
Conference topic in 2017: Colors in Technology Technology of
Colors<br>
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Throughout history, human cultures have used color to decorate
their artifacts amphorae and motor cars, textiles and
smartphones and technological processes have always been
involved in obtaining and producing these colors, whether they are
dyestuffs, pigments or paints. The 2017 Conference on the History
of Technology will focus on Colors in Technology and Technology
(or Technologies) of Colors, both in a European perspective and
from a global-historical viewpoint.<br>
<br>
The subject raises a host of different questions and aspects. How
were such 'colors' manufactured? By whom and for whom? And how was
trade organized? What is the social status associated with
specific colors (dyes, pigments, and paints), with the painter's
or dyer's trade and with other related trades? What are the
gender-specific roles? Dyeing textiles and leather has long played
an important role in society. Indigo and madder, to take but one
example, have undergone societal and economic ups and downs
depending on the particular constellation of requirements,
resources, processes and markets. In early modern times, for
instance, indigo production in India, along with the commercial
network that grew up around it, spelt the end for the flourishing
woad trade in Europe, but in turn it largely collapsed under the
onslaught of the chemical synthesis of indigo in the 19th century.
Is this pattern repeated elsewhere? How and when were hazards to
health and the environment detected, and what was the impact on
the manufacture and use of dyestuffs? The early modern age began
to standardize colors, starting with 17th and 18th century color
charts to the binding norms, say, of the RAL color chart what
was the background to this standardization in terms of natural
history, trade and fashion? How were color standards designed and
developed and how did they gain acceptance given the well-known
difficulties of quantifying color?<br>
<br>
When did people start coloring painting and dyeing technical
artifacts? Which individuals if any were involved in the
decision to do so? What viewpoints are important here, in terms of
the societal situation and cultural emblems on the one hand and
technical or economic possibilities and scientific results on the
other? Where and how was color expertise developed? These and
similar questions apply to colors used in architecture and on
vehicles, colors used in signaling and on uniforms and clothing,
and colors applied to machinery and objects of everyday use. How
did the economic, social, and scientific dynamics develop that
underlie the now ubiquitous use of colors to distinguish goods and
trademarks with their distinctively gender-specific component?
Lastly, how have colors been used and how are they used today
in painting, in other figurative arts, and in the media, starting
with medieval manuscript production to color printing, photography
and film right up to modern-day display technologies?<br>
<br>
The reconstruction and restoration of historical coloring is
becoming increasingly important, be it in works of art, in
architecture or on technical objects. In what circumstances are
such issues of interest? What practices and techniques, what
historiographical and natural science research findings are
in-volved, and how do the results affect science and society in
turn?<br>
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Proposals for papers on these and other color-related subjects are
welcome.<br>
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Format: The papers may be read in English or in German. Papers in
German will be translated simultaneously into English at the
Conference. The papers should not be more than 20 minutes in
length. Papers that have been prepared to scientific standards may
be selected for publication in the specialized journal Ferrum,
which is published annually by the Iron Library.<br>
<br>
Interested applicants are kindly invited to submit a synopsis of
their paper no longer than two A4 pages (4'000 characters) in
English or German, along with an up-to-date resume, by 30 April
2017 to the Head of the Iron Library, lic. phil. Franziska
Eggimann (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:franziska.eggimann@georgfischer.com">franziska.eggimann@georgfischer.com</a>).<br>
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Organizational matters: The Iron Library, Foundation of Georg
Fischer Ltd, will assume speakers' travel expenses and the cost of
room and board during the Conference. We expect that speakers will
attend the entire Conference.<br>
<br>
We request you to submit your synopsis by 30 April 2017.<br>
The selection of the speakers will be completed by the end of May
2017.<br>
<br>
Date: 1718 November 2017<br>
Venue: Klostergut Paradies, Schlatt, Switzerland<br>
Organizer: Iron Library, Foundation of Georg Fischer Ltd<br>
Deadline: 30 April 2017<br>
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Contact person<br>
Franziska Eggimann Head Iron Library and Corporate Archivist Georg
Fischer Ltd <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:franziska.eggimann@georgfischer.com">franziska.eggimann@georgfischer.com</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.eisenbibliothek.ch">www.eisenbibliothek.ch</a><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Steinle
Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Inst. f. Philosophie, Literatur-, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte
Technische Universitaet Berlin, Sekr. H 23
Strasse des 17.Juni 135
10623 Berlin/ Germany
Tel. (+49/ 0)-30-314-24016/-73815/-24841
Fax (+49/ 0)-30-314-25962</pre>
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