SYMPOSIUM: Science, Art and Knowledge: Practicing Natural History from the Enlightenment to the 21st Century. Part III: Agnotology and Exotic Abortifacients: The Cultural Production of Ignorance in Eighteenth-Century Science.
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| Title | SYMPOSIUM: Science, Art and Knowledge: Practicing Natural History from the Enlightenment to the 21st Century. Part III: Agnotology and Exotic Abortifacients: The Cultural Production of Ignorance in Eighteenth-Century Science. | ||
| IDENTIFIERS | |||
| PID | video:240 | ||
| Meeting Sequence Number | 2004_04_003 | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| American Philosophical Society Annual Meeting (2004) | |||
| speaker | Schiebinger, Londa L. | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Dr. Schiebinger tells the history of a great plant: the Peacock Flower. She describes how this plant was known by native and enslaved women to cause abortion and how this knowledge was disseminated. | ||
| Language | English (eng) | ||
| Subject (local) | History of Science | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Scientific expeditions | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Women explorers | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Women in science | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Botany, History, 18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Abortion, History | ||
| Subject (local) | APS Meeting Videos | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | MovingImage | ||
| Genre | Lecture | ||
| Format | videorecording | ||
| Extent | 00:24:02 | ||
| Digital Origin | born digital | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 2004-04-22 | ||
| Publisher | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Place | pau | ||
| Place | Philadelphia, PA | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | American Philosophical Society Archives. Series X. | ||
| Call Number | APS.Archives | ||
| URL | http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml | ||
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| Object | Published Paper | ||