RT Journal Article
T1 Festschrift: How do we value artefacts in museum research
A1 Helmuth Trischler
YR 2020
VO 13
IS Spring 2020
K1 Robert Bud
K1  artefacts
K1  museum of science and technology
K1  public technology
K1  collaborative research
K1  Science Museum
K1  Deutsches Museum
K1  Tensions of Europe
AB Museums of science and technology are well known for their efforts in collecting, preserving and exhibiting material expressions of techno-scientific cultures. Often, however, they have been struggling with their task in advancing historical knowledge production based on object-oriented research. This paper explores the eminent role of Robert Bud, longstanding curator and sometime head of research at the Science Museum in London and dedicated scholar in academic research and teaching, to find new ways to value artefacts in museum research. This reflection looks back on more than a quarter century of personal encounters in order to trace, first his stimulating efforts to develop innovative research questions that interrogate the epistemic quality of artefacts and, second, his enduring impact in fostering international research collaborations and networks.
NO The material turn, or materiality turn, can be understood as a reaction to the discursive turn. It focuses on the role of material objects in human actions and advocates for a blurring of the boundaries between human actors and non-human actants. One of the most prominent representatives of the material turn has been Bruno Latour and his Actor Network Theory (ANT).
NO Boyle and Hagmann, 2017 https://opensi.si.edu/index.php/smithsonian/catalog/book/168 (accessed online on 19 March 2019); from 2009–2016, Martin Collins also served as editor of the journal History and Technology (Routledge).
NO European Parliament, Lisbon European Council, 23 and 24 March 2000: Presidency Conclusions https://www.europarl.europa.eu/summits/lis1_en.htm (accessed 19 March 2019); see also Kohlrauch and Trischler, 2014: 277–280; Wirsching, 2015 
NO See the Making Europe website https://www.makingeurope.eu/books (accessed 16 April 2020).
NO http://www.inventingeurope.eu/ (accessed online on 19 March 2019)
NO http://www.honest2020.eu/ (accessed 19 March 2019)
NO Butler, S and Bud, R, 2016, United Kingdom. Short Country Report http://www.honest2020.eu/sites/default/files/deliverables_24/UK.pdf (accessed 19 March 2019)
PB The Science Museum Group
SN 2054-5770
LA eng
DO 10.15180/201310
UL http://journal.sciencemuseum.org.uk/browse/issue-13/festschrift-how-do-we-value-artefacts-in-museum-research/
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