Book Launch: Media and the Mind, Matthew Daniel Eddy

Schedule

Fri Jun 16 2023 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm

Location

Main Library | Edinburgh, SC

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Join us to celebrate the launch of Matthew Eddy’s book “Media and the Mind: Art, Science and Notebooks as Paper Machines, 1700-1830”
About this Event

Information is often characterized as facts that float effortlessly across time and space. But before the nineteenth century, information was seen as a process that included a set of skills enacted through media on a daily basis. How, why, and where were these mediated facts and skills learned? Concentrating on manuscripts created by students in Scotland, Durham University’s Matthew Daniel Eddy will give a talk about his new book Media and the Mind: Art, Science and Notebooks as Paper Machines, 1700-1830.

The book argues that notebooks functioned as workshops where notekeepers learned to order and judge the accuracy and utility of the data. It shows that, in an age preoccupied with “enlightened” values, the skills and materials required to make and use notebooks were not simply aids to reason—they were part of reason itself.

After the talk there will be a drinks reception and exhibition where the audience can step behind the scenes and see the student manuscripts that Eddy used to write the book.

The event takes place at the Centre for Research Collections on the 6th floor of the University of Edinburgh Main Library. For external guests, please go to the security desk on arrival and they will let you through the barriers and direct you to the lift.

Please also note that this is a separate ticketed event from the earlier IASH conference earlier in the day. A separate ticket for this event is required as capacity is limited.


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Main Library, Centre for Research Collections, 30 George Square, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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