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Workshop 'Knowledge in Use' - February 5th-6th, 2026

  • Alessandro Nuvolari
  • 20 ore fa
  • Tempo di lettura: 2 min


We are happy to share the programme of the workshop Knowledge in Use. Pracrices and Practitioners in the Renaissance and Early Modern Period organised within the WorKnow project (“Working Knowledge: the emergence of practitioners in late medieval and early modern Europe”) in collaboration with the Museo Galileo of Florence.


The workshop is linked to the special issue on Knowledge in Use of Galileana, and is taking place in Pisa, at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, on February 5th and 6h. You can find the programme below. 


If you are interested in participating online, please get in touch with Giuliana.Freschi@santannapisa.it, Andrea.Papi@santannapisa.it, who will be happy to share a link for you to join. 


Programme (GMT+1 time):

Thursday, 5 February

  • 09:45–10:15: Erased, Redrawn, Preserved. Palatino 767 & 15th-c. Italian Architecture — Elizabeth Merrill & Rebecca Sartore (Ghent). Discussant: Andrea Bocchi.

  • 10:15–10:45: Artisanal Trading Zones on the Ottoman Mediterranean (1455-1600) — Büşra Dede (UAB) & Antonio Sanchez (UAM) [Online]. Discussant: Andrea Papi.

  • 10:45–11:15: Philosophy and Mathematics in 14th-c. Italy: The Algebraic Unknown — Clelia Crialesi (CNRS-SPHERE). Discussant: Pier Daniele Napolitani.


  • 11:15–12:00: Break


  • 12:00–12:30: Projecting to paint: focusing the camera obscura (1568-1711) — Jip Van Besouw (Sant'Anna). Discussant: Argante Ciocci.

  • 12:30–13:00: Warping rules: silk weaving in 15th-c. Italy — Suzanne Lassalle (EHESS/CNRS). Discussant: Francesco Guidi Bruscoli.

  • 13:00–13:30: Coping with Tides in Renaissance Venice, ca. 1550 — Ovanes Akopyan (Ca' Foscari) [Online]. Discussant: Patricia Subirade.


  • 13:30–14:30: Break


  • 14:30–15:00: Taqī al-Din's Architectural Measurements of Hagia-Sophia — Mehmet Arıkan (Istanbul Medeniyet). Discussant: Rebecca Sartore.

  • 15:00–15:30: Manuals as Objects and Sources of Knowledge — Raffaele Danna (Sant'Anna). Discussant: Damian Moosbrugger.

  • 15:30–16:00: Ideology of Knowledge in Early Modern Hydraulics Handbooks — S. Gorostiza, M.A. Marti Escayol, D. Martino, C. Murphy [Online]. Discussant: Jip Van Besouw.


  • 16:00–16:45: Break


  • 16:45–17:15: Alchemy at Fonderia Medicea: Niccolò Sisti — Antonia Belli (Hertziana). Discussant: Stefano Locatelli [Online].

  • 17:15–17:45: The Genesis of an Abacus Book — Andrea Papi (Sant'Anna). Discussant: Federica Favino.

  • 17:45–18:15: Surgeons and Barbers in 16th-c. Medical Recipe Collections — Gastón Javier Basile (Medici Archive Project). Discussant: Leonardo Ridolfi.


Friday, 6 February

  • 09:30–10:00: Practical and Theoretical Mathematics in Benjamin Bramer's Apollonius Cattus — Damian Moosbrugger (ETH Zürich). Discussant: Marco Martinez.

  • 10:00–10:30: Practical Mathematical Knowledge in Early Modern Verona: Feliciano & Tartaglia — Samara Greenwood (Melbourne) [Online]. Discussant: Francesca Masiero.


  • 10:30–11:15: Break


  • 11:15–11:45: Guidobaldo del Monte and the Urbino workshops: Conic sections tools — Argante Ciocci (Bari). Discussant: Veronica Gavagna.

  • 11:45–12:15: Miners and Engineers in the Duchy of Savoy (17th c.) — Patricia Subirade (Sorbonne). Discussant: Alessandro Nuvolari.

 
 
 

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