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SUMMARY:John Tresch - Barnum\, Bache\, and Poe: American Science and the Antebellum Public
DESCRIPTION:513 Fayerweather Hall\, Columbia University\n1180 Amsterdam Avenue\, New York\, NY  \nSpeaker: John Tresch\, Associate Professor of History & Sociology of Science\, University of Pennsylvania \nTwo opposed tendencies characterized U.S. public culture around 1840: first\, a sharp increase of printed matter in which the sites\, audiences\, styles\, and speakers for matters of public concern exploded in number and diversity; second\, an elitist movement to unify knowledge through centralized institutions. In the domain of science\, Barnum’s “American Museum” typified the first\, while the U.S. Coastal Survey\, directed by patrician polymath Alexander Dallas Bache\, exemplified the second. The life and writings of Edgar Allan Poe— who wrote constantly about the sciences as he struggled to survive by his pen— pushed in both directions at once. Poe “forged” American science and letters in two senses: by crafting believable fakes which fed the uncertainty about authority over knowledge\, and by lending aid to projects to restrict the flow of information and establish a unified intellectual infrastructure. His work thus offers uniquely astute and conflicted commentary on the relations of science and public in this early phase of industrialization. \nThis event is free and open to the public.\nThis event is part of the New York History of Science Lecture Series. \nSponsoring Organizations:\nNew York University\nGallatin School of Individualized Study\nColumbia University in the City of New York\nCity University of New York\nThe New York Academy of Sciences\nThe New York Academy of Medicine
URL:https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/scisoc/cssevent/john-tresch-barnum-bache-poe-american-science-antebellum-public/
LOCATION:Fayerweather Hall Room #513\, Columbia University\, 1180 Amsterdam Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
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