Technologies of Collection Railroads and Cameras

The process of antiquities collection in the Ottoman Empire unfolded in the context of the acquisition of technologies and practices that were new and exciting not only in the empire but in the entire world as well. The reformulation of archaeology as a large-scale science depended heavily on new mo...

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Published in:Possessors and Possessed p. 131
Main Author: Shaw, Wendy
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: United States University of California Press 13.05.2003
Edition:1
Subjects:
Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Applied sciences
Archaeology
Area / regional studies
Art museums
Asian history
Asian studies
Behavioral sciences
Collection acquisitions
Collection management
Communications
Communications media
Cultural anthropology
Cultural institutions
Engineering
Ethnography
Ethnology
Historical methodology
Historiography
History
History of science
History of technology
Imaging
Information science
Library management
Library science
Museums
Museums & museology
Ottoman Empire
Photograph albums
Photography
Print media
Rail lines
Railroad tracks
Railway systems
Social sciences
Transportation
Visual materials
Western Asian history
ISBN:0520233352, 9780520233355
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Summary:The process of antiquities collection in the Ottoman Empire unfolded in the context of the acquisition of technologies and practices that were new and exciting not only in the empire but in the entire world as well. The reformulation of archaeology as a large-scale science depended heavily on new modes of transportation, such as the railroad, both for people and for cargo. Similarly, photography provided new modes of documentation and transport of information. Together, these technologies transformed the ways in which cultures could be recorded and disseminated. The Ottoman Empire acquired these technologies, invented in Europe, at the cost of
ISBN:0520233352
9780520233355