Practices of Knowledge

Contents

  1. Maria Sibylla Merian, The Caterpillar, Marvelous Transformation and Strange Floral Food (1683)
  2. Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt, “The Natural History Collection of the Orphanage” (1749/50)
  3. Maria Sibylla Merian, Butterflies, Beetles, and Other Insects (18th Century)
  4. Johann Reinhold Forster, A Catalogue of the Animals of North America (1771)
  5. François Rigaud, Portrait of Dr. Johann Reinhold and his son Georg Forster (c. 1780)
  6. Tahitian Mourning Dress in the Cook/Forster Collection, Göttingen
  7. Carl von Clausewitz, On War (1832/1834)
  8. “Discussions of the Present Situation of Midwives and Swaddling Nurses in Berlin” (1852)
  9. Roberts Micrometer (c. 1870)
  10. Reading the Newspaper at Home (1880)
  11. Crime Statistics for the Year 1895: Juveniles (1898)
  12. Hermanus Hendrikus ter Meer in His Taxidermy Studio at the Zoological Institute of the University of Leipzig (1910)
  13. Horst Herold, “Organizational Principles for Electronic Data Processing in Law Enforcement” (1968)
  14. “UFA Dabei”: Passport Control (1972)
  15. Entering Data into a Stasi Computer (1980s)
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