Laboratory Metaphors in Antarctic History: From Nature to Space
International audience The chapter explores the implications of using laboratory metaphors in connection with the Antarctic setting in order to find out what they can tell us about scientific activities in Antarctica, especially during the Cold War. After a short introduction to the use of metaphors...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-01973318v1 2023-05-15T14:02:13+02:00 Laboratory Metaphors in Antarctic History: From Nature to Space Grevsmühl, Sebastian Centre de Recherches Historiques (CRH) École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Groupe de Recherche sur l'Histoire de l'Environnement/Equipe CRH (GRHEN-CRH) École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) Julia Herzberg Christian Kehrt Franziska Torma 2019 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01973318 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01973318/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01973318/file/grevsmuhl_laboratory_metaphors_HAL.pdf en eng HAL CCSD Berghahn Books ISBN: 9781785339868 hal-01973318 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01973318 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01973318/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01973318/file/grevsmuhl_laboratory_metaphors_HAL.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess Ice and Snow in the Cold War: Histories of Extreme Climatic Environments https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01973318 Julia Herzberg, Christian Kehrt, Franziska Torma. Ice and Snow in the Cold War: Histories of Extreme Climatic Environments, Berghahn Books, pp.211-235, 2019, 9781785339868 https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/HerzbergIce Metaphors polar history Antarctica Cold War environmental history space history [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History [SHS.HISPHILSO]Humanities and Social Sciences/History Philosophy and Sociology of Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart Book sections 2019 ftccsdartic 2021-11-07T02:23:39Z International audience The chapter explores the implications of using laboratory metaphors in connection with the Antarctic setting in order to find out what they can tell us about scientific activities in Antarctica, especially during the Cold War. After a short introduction to the use of metaphors in science, I trace in a more reflexive first part the master metaphor of the Antarctic, the so-called natural laboratory, back to its historical origins and its particular environmental setting: the mountains. In a second part I provide concrete examples of one laboratory vision in particular, the “space laboratory,” which is tightly connected to another laboratory metaphor, the “human laboratory.” Space research and psychological research, I argue, emerged during the Cold War within the Antarctic context mainly because of their immediate relevance for national security and military dominance in “hostile” environmental settings. Indeed, Antarctica, far removed from Cold War rivalries in the Arctic, benefited at the height of the Cold War from the relative remoteness and a less tense geopolitical setting with no indigenous population present. In the concluding remarks I explain how these historical developments are reflected in the use of different laboratory metaphors and why paying close attention to historical trajectories of metaphors may reveal new crucial insights into the nature of scientific research in “extreme” environments, especially within the polar context. Book Part Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Antarctic Arctic The Antarctic |
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International audience The chapter explores the implications of using laboratory metaphors in connection with the Antarctic setting in order to find out what they can tell us about scientific activities in Antarctica, especially during the Cold War. After a short introduction to the use of metaphors in science, I trace in a more reflexive first part the master metaphor of the Antarctic, the so-called natural laboratory, back to its historical origins and its particular environmental setting: the mountains. In a second part I provide concrete examples of one laboratory vision in particular, the “space laboratory,” which is tightly connected to another laboratory metaphor, the “human laboratory.” Space research and psychological research, I argue, emerged during the Cold War within the Antarctic context mainly because of their immediate relevance for national security and military dominance in “hostile” environmental settings. Indeed, Antarctica, far removed from Cold War rivalries in the Arctic, benefited at the height of the Cold War from the relative remoteness and a less tense geopolitical setting with no indigenous population present. In the concluding remarks I explain how these historical developments are reflected in the use of different laboratory metaphors and why paying close attention to historical trajectories of metaphors may reveal new crucial insights into the nature of scientific research in “extreme” environments, especially within the polar context. |
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Centre de Recherches Historiques (CRH) École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Groupe de Recherche sur l'Histoire de l'Environnement/Equipe CRH (GRHEN-CRH) École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) Julia Herzberg Christian Kehrt Franziska Torma |
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Ice and Snow in the Cold War: Histories of Extreme Climatic Environments https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01973318 Julia Herzberg, Christian Kehrt, Franziska Torma. Ice and Snow in the Cold War: Histories of Extreme Climatic Environments, Berghahn Books, pp.211-235, 2019, 9781785339868 https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/HerzbergIce |
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