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93 T85. Crossing Borders in the History and Philosophy of the Geosciences


Session Chairs:
Kerry Magruder, PhD, Curator, David Spanagel, Rex Hanger, Christopher Hill, Patricia Coorough Burke

Presentations explore how the geosciences cross borders, whether disciplinary, geographical, national, political, institutional, social or philosophical in nature, including women and minorities in geology, international and interdisciplinary collaborations, connecting the field and lab, colonialism, social aspects of geological maps, etc.



Presentations

Paper No. Title Presenting Author Start Time End Time Item Duration (min) Action
Session Introduction 08:00 AM 08:10 AM 10 min
93-1 Roderick Murchison: An Early Practioner of Cross-Border Scientific Collaboration John Diemer 08:10 AM 08:25 AM 15 min View
93-2 Beyond the Published Record: Hidden Legacies of Geologic Field Maps Meena Balakrishnan 08:25 AM 08:40 AM 15 min View
93-3 Revolution of mindset: How Paleontologists put aside biases to learn from Opabinia's History Sophia Brandt 08:40 AM 08:55 AM 15 min View
93-4 Zoomorphic Effigy Mounds at the Boundaries of History, Philosophy and Geoheritage of the Geosciences. Rex Hanger 08:55 AM 09:10 AM 15 min View
93-5 From Water Buckets to Horizontal Pendulums: The British Raj, Colonial Seismology, and the Discovery of the Interior Structure of the Earth Aja Tolman 09:10 AM 09:25 AM 15 min View
Panel discussion with 1st half presenters 09:25 AM 09:55 AM 30 min
Break 09:55 AM 10:10 AM 15 min
93-6 Subterranean Crossings: Athanasius Kircher’s Mundus Subterraneus and the Borders of Early Modern Geology William Parcell 10:10 AM 10:25 AM 15 min View
93-7 The “Line of Highlands” That Wasn’t: Geological Attempts to Draw Boundary Lines through North American Disputed Territories David Spanagel 10:25 AM 10:40 AM 15 min View
93-8 Dualities in Geology: Reckoning with Collecting and Access Lauren Neitzke Adamo 10:40 AM 10:55 AM 15 min View
93-9 Audit and Archival Research of Mount Holyoke College Paleontology Collection Georgia Swanson 10:55 AM 11:10 AM 15 min View
93-10 Geoscience in the Eastern Sahara: International, Interdisciplinary Science in Northeast Africa Christopher Hill 11:10 AM 11:25 AM 15 min View
Panel discussion with 2nd half presenters 11:25 AM 11:55 AM 30 min



Crossing Borders in the History and Philosophy of the Geosciences

Description


Date and Time: Monday, 20 Oct - 8:00 AM (Central Time (US & Canada))

Room: HBGCC, 302A

Session Type: Topical Sessions

Session Format: Oral


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