On December 6/7, 2018, the Subproject 3 of the RG will hold the international workshop “Who’s Driving? Agency and Evidence in the History of Technical Safety” at the Deutsches Museum, Munich. The workshop aims to have a closer look at the (re-)distribution of responsibility for safety between technology and its users in different technical fields, especially concerning their use as and relevance for practices of evidence for technical safety. More

Sorry, this entry is only available in German. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Die Teilprojekte 3 (Technische Sicherheit/Zachmann) und 4 (Lebensmittelsicherheit/Roosen) veranstalten am 22. Februar 2018 einen Expertenworkshop zum Thema „Evidenzpraxis für Technische Sicherheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit“. Am Workshop nehmen Sicherheitspraktiker und -forscher aus unterschiedlichen Bereich (Lebensmittel-, Automobil- und Kernkrafttechnik, Versicherungswesen)

During the Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) in Philadelphia, PA (October 26 to 29, 2017), Tandem 2 (Objectivity – Safety) will organize the double panel „Safety Tested: (Dis)Proving Technical Safety”: Session I (October 28, 10:30-12:30 AM): Jonathan Puff (University of Michigan): The Architecture of Fire Testing in 19th Century American Cities Arthur Daemmrich (Smithsonian Institution): What about the Children? Chemical Testing Programs in the