All’inizio degli anni ’90 del ’900, quando la città di Torino pareva interrogarsi, tra circospezione e scoramento, sul proprio futuro postin-dustriale, Carlo Cresto-Dina e Franco Fornaris decisero di dar vita a un documentario costruito attraverso una serie molto ampia di interviste a persone informate dei fatti, “per capire se una citt…
In nostra terra. From the temple of eternal fire to the Zglenicki platform. Unwritten masterpieces. And this is what Poland is. From Ko?ciuszko’s home-land. Carnival in the colour of blood. The conspirators from the “Hotel pod Luftmaszyn?.” How can we doubt the good results... A manuscript under a lucky star. Studies – the most urgent intention of all. There will be no whit…
Standard definitions of the word technology pose a challenge for anyone interested in developing a global history of technology.22 Today, “technol-ogy” is strongly associated with smartphones, computers, and other digi-tal, high-tech solutions. In contrast to this connotation, this book embraces every form of technology, from the pejoratively named “low-tech” solu-tions to the often exa…
Over the last 220 years, society has evolved a universal belief that electricity is ‘safe’ for humanity and the planet. Scientist and journalist Arthur Firstenberg disrupts this conviction by telling the story of electricity in a way it has never been told before?from an environmental point of view?by detailing the effects that this fundamental societal building block has had on our health …
In the history of education, the question of how computers were introduced into European classrooms has so far been largely neglected. This edited volume strives to address this gap. The contributions shed light on the computerization of general education from a historical perspective, by looking closely at the different actors, political rationales and ideologies, as well as financial, politic…