For his research on iron and blacksmiths in Roman cultural discourse, Hylke de Boer did a course in blacksmithing at Kunstsmederij Bos in Veendam. There, he learned the tricks of the trade and got a sense of what it is like to work at a blacksmith’s shop. The blacksmith’s trade is a conservative trade. Tongs, …
The FACERE team travelled to Naples in October to attend the inspiring Symposium Vesuvianum 2024, which focused on the topic of labor invisus. Bettina contributed a paper on Non-human agency and hidden labour in Vitruvius’ De Architectura .
The Groningen Faculty of Arts recently covered the launch of FACERE in an accessible news article by Lieke van den Krommenacker. Read more on the faculty website.
The FACERE team participated in the Thinking Techne conference at the Technical University Berlin from 1 to 4 November 2023. Bettina contributed to a panel on definitions, systems and orders of techne, while Hylke and Friederike presented posters on the cultural value of iron in Pliny the Elder’s Natural History and on cooking as art-making in the poster …