{"product_id":"9783032358646","title":"Cathedrals of Technoscience Museum Artefacts and the Construction of Technoscientific Narratives","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCathedrals of Technoscience\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMuseum Artefacts and the Construction of Technoscientific Narratives\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRoberta Spada\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores science and technology museums as sites of knowledge production, where scientific and technological collections—the tangible and intangible traces of the history and present of science and technology—are transformed into “technoscientific narratives” through the care, interpretation, and display of museum artefacts. In \u003cem\u003eCathedrals of Technoscience\u003c\/em\u003e, Roberta Spada examines the science and technology museum as a place in which technoscience, its histories, and the imaginaries surrounding them are constructed through engagement with material culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the metaphor of the cathedral, the author takes readers beyond the museum gallery, much as scholars in Science and Technology Studies (STS) have entered laboratories and factories: by following objects and heritage professionals into the practices that shape museal technoscience. Like cathedrals, museums are presented as symbolic spaces that balance authority—embodied in the grandeur of their architecture and collections—with a commitment to diverse communities, of which visitors are only one part.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the book is the Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, Italy, and three artefacts connected to the history of radio technology under Italian fascism: a microphone, a transmitter, and a cigar box—a so-called “relic” associated with Guglielmo Marconi. Through this museum-cathedral, Spada shows how the practices of collecting, curating, and exhibiting enable museum artefacts and professionals to construct the narratives that shape our cultural relationship with technoscience and its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberta Spada is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in Sociology of Cultural and Communication Processes at the University of Padua and an adjunct professor in History of Information Technology at the Politecnico di Milano. She is a researcher in Science and Technology Studies interested in the heritage of science, technology, and industry. Her work intersects STS with curatorial and historical approaches to science and technology, especially media and ICT. She was awarded her PhD at the Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci and the Politecnico di Milano. In 2026, she obtained a Byrne-Bussey Marconi Fellowship in the History of Science, Technology and Communication at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032358646\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51460135682188,"sku":"9783032358646","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032358646","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}