—A feminist category for rethinking knowledge(s) in a world in crisis.— The COVID-19 pandemic showed us to what extent our survival as a species relies not only on the care we receive, but also on the care we provide to others, from the beginning of...
—In a society that damned women for both plainness and adornment, wearing makeup became a defiant act of survival.— “Everyone hates to see make-up on his wife,” declares the character Lionardo in the Renaissance treatise On the Family (1433), “but...
—How practical methods and interpretations of composition evolved in eighteenth-century chemical analysis.— Composition is a central aspect of modern chemistry. Various substances are identified by some aspect of their elementary composition,...
—How Ancient Greek technology has shaped modern engineering and the current relevance of harmony and moderation.— Ancient Greek technology represents one of the earliest examples of human ingenuity, laying the groundwork for numerous advancements in...
—Nerves, gender and modernity at the end of the 19th century.— In 1869, the New York neurologist George Miller Beard (1839–1883) described a new disease before the American Medical Association: neurasthenia, or nervous exhaustion, which in it’s...
—The role of sight, taste, smell, and touch in early modern chemistry.— Understanding the role of the senses in the history of science poses unique challenges for the historian. Most sensory impressions are part of our daily experiences. Often,...
The editorial team of Sabers en acció (@sabersaccio) is made up of research and teaching staff from the Institut Interuniversitari López Piñero (IILP) and the Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (SCHCT), as well as many other scholars from other academic institutions and research centres dedicated to the history of science, technology and medicine.
