... Barbara McClintock skilled vision multisited ethnography René Descartes hands-on experiments ...

... the interaction between lab instruments and instrument users as recalibrations and as complex processes of enskillment. A discussion of the Nobel Prize–winning biologists Barbara McClintock and Satoshi Ōmura introduces key concepts explored in this book, that is, the manual; skilled vision; knowledge cultures...

... argues that modelers must rely extensively on embodied knowledge because of the indirect nature vision in protein crystallography. This chapter offers an account of pedagogy and training in a protein crystallography laboratory, tracking students as they cultivate an “ethos” and a “habitus...

... manipulation of virtual, computer graphic models on-screen. This chapter argues that it is the tangibility and interactivity of these various media that have enabled modelers to cultivate a kind of haptic and kinesthetic mode of vision in their work of rendering and interpreting molecular structures...

... a kind of haptic and kinesthetic mode of vision in their work of rendering and interpreting molecular structures. This chapter introduces the concept of “haptic creativity” to account for the embodied and improvisational skills model builders rely on in their work. three-dimensional models...

..., the autonomy and power of the Guaraní grew in relation to the karai (whites and mestizos on the frontier) because the Guaraní were more numerous and because of their military skill, which, drawing on guerrilla tactics, avoided direct confrontation. 1 But in the later period, with the economic upturn...

... pornography have diversified. This chapter explores the motivations of indie porn producers, how they define and maintain their independence, and their key interventions. Indie porn is characterized by DIY culture, community building, skill sharing, and collaboration. Its documentary and archival projects...

... of Venice , also known as Venetie MD , established a turning point in the history of urban mapping, attesting to the great skill achieved by artists and printers of the lagoon at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Scholars have long deliberated about the nature of this work: Is it a topographic city...