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Preserving nature: domestic thrift and techniques of conservation in early modern England
Against an assumption that conservation practices only became ‘scientific’ in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this essay shows how, on the contrary, preservation techniques in early modern England were an inspiration for new forms of scientific inquiry and knowledge. Following the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9150529/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35692734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2021.0029 |
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description | Against an assumption that conservation practices only became ‘scientific’ in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this essay shows how, on the contrary, preservation techniques in early modern England were an inspiration for new forms of scientific inquiry and knowledge. Following the framework of ‘thrifty science’, the essay demonstrates how the thrifty value of making use and extending the life of goods encouraged a variety of preservation practices, which some scholars identified as valuable resources for a new experimental philosophy. In practice, preserving techniques crossed between domestic, experimental and academic sites. Since ‘thrifty science’ included the preservation of human and non-human ‘bodies’, the essay argues that an appreciation of early modern conservation necessitates an interdisciplinary approach. |
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spelling | pubmed-91505292022-06-10 Preserving nature: domestic thrift and techniques of conservation in early modern England Werrett, Simon Notes Rec R Soc Lond Research Articles Against an assumption that conservation practices only became ‘scientific’ in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this essay shows how, on the contrary, preservation techniques in early modern England were an inspiration for new forms of scientific inquiry and knowledge. Following the framework of ‘thrifty science’, the essay demonstrates how the thrifty value of making use and extending the life of goods encouraged a variety of preservation practices, which some scholars identified as valuable resources for a new experimental philosophy. In practice, preserving techniques crossed between domestic, experimental and academic sites. Since ‘thrifty science’ included the preservation of human and non-human ‘bodies’, the essay argues that an appreciation of early modern conservation necessitates an interdisciplinary approach. The Royal Society 2022-06-20 2021-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9150529/ /pubmed/35692734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2021.0029 Text en © 2021 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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title | Preserving nature: domestic thrift and techniques of conservation in early modern England |
title_full | Preserving nature: domestic thrift and techniques of conservation in early modern England |
title_fullStr | Preserving nature: domestic thrift and techniques of conservation in early modern England |
title_full_unstemmed | Preserving nature: domestic thrift and techniques of conservation in early modern England |
title_short | Preserving nature: domestic thrift and techniques of conservation in early modern England |
title_sort | preserving nature: domestic thrift and techniques of conservation in early modern england |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9150529/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35692734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2021.0029 |
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