Am 14. und 15. November 2025 findet im Klostergut Paradies in Schlatt bei Schaffhausen (Schweiz) die 44. Technikgeschichtstagung der Eisenbibliothek statt. Seit 1978 bietet sie eine hervorragende Plattform für den Austausch zwischen Forschung, Lehre und Industrie.
Die Veranstaltung wird von der Stiftung Eisenbibliothek der Georg Fischer AG organisiert. Die Verantwortung für den Inhalt der Konferenz liegt beim wissenschaftlichen Beirat, dem Prof. Dr. Matthias Heymann (Universität Aarhus), Prof. Dr. Gisela Hürlimann (TU Dresden) und Prof. Dr. Marcus Popplow (KIT) angehören.
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Referentinnen und Referenten
Riccardo Barbone, CTO Global Design and Prefabrication, GF Piping Systems, Schaffhausen, Schweiz
Evolution of Piping Systems: A Low-Tech Perspective
Joshua Dao-Wei Sim, Ph.D., National University of Singapore
Alternatives to the Aircon: Exertional and Vernacular Heat Management Strategies as «Low-Tech Cooling» in Singapore, 1970s to the present
Maximilian Gasch, M.A., TU Dresden, Deutschland
Low-tech as a necessity of German automotive research during the Second World War
Dr. des. Dorothea M. Hutterer, Rachel Carson Center – LMU München, Deutschland
Mills on Maps - Low-Tech Continuity in the Cultural Landscape
Clemens Janke, M.A., TU Braunschweig, Deutschland
Treating Brain Damage with an Intercom System. Re-Use Strategies of Departments of Scientific Medical Engineering at University Clinics in the GDR in the 1980s
Assist. Professor Stefan Krebs, University of Luxembourg
Conclusion and closing remarks
Prof. Dr. Steven Lubar, Brown University, Providence RI, USA
Hand tools as a model for understanding technology
Ph.D. cand. Simon Maier, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Deutschland
Low-tech Engineering: The example of IPAT at TU Berlin (1970s and 1980s)
Prof. Dr. Catharine Rossi, University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, UK
A Recent History of the Handmade: From Modern Craft to Post Craft, from Making to Growing
Zoe Shipley, M.A., University of Durham, UK
Bridges of Japan: A low-tech/high-tech case study of Meiji technology, 1868 – 1912
Beatriz Rodrigues Moreira da Silva, M.A., GF Piping Systems, Schaffhausen, Schweiz
Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs): A Low-Tech Conceptual Tool in AI and Beyond
Dr. Madhulika Sonkar, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, New Delhi, India
«Handloom needs hunar (talent), not hi-tech tools»: Pedagogies of revival and representation among zardozi artisans in Contemporary India
Patryk Wasiak, Ph.D., Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Deconstructing «Low-tech» within the Narrative of Progress in «High-tech» as documented by the Computer Industry
Prof. Dr. Heike Weber, TU Berlin, Deutschland
Low-tech Engineering: The example of IPAT at TU Berlin (1970s and 1980s)
Dr. Silke Zimmer-Merkle, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Deutschland
Are children’s mobilities (s)low-tech? Reflections on the historical example of the scooter
