Apprivoiser l’obscurité : un nouveau programme pour l’architecture des salles de cinéma parisiennes entre 1914 et 1921
La révolution industrielle et ses avancées techniques de l’époque contemporaine favorisèrent dès le 19e s.
Electricité
Light(s) and darkness(es): Looking back, looking forward
In this special issue, we argue that light(s) and darkness(es) should be understood in their multiplicity, and that they constitute two aspects of the same phenomenon. They should, therefore, be studied in relation to each other.
What is French about the “French fear of darkness”? The co-production of imagined communities of light and energy
This essay takes expert assumptions about light preferences as a starting point for a historical inquiry into what I call imagined sociotechnical communities of light and energy.
Contested nightscapes: Illuminating colonial Bombay
In the British Raj, colonial lighting oscillated between “Tool of Empire” and everyday technology. While the British used modern lighting to visualize power and accentuate social differences, it was also a contested object of appropriation and protest.
Energy in Brazil: a historical overview
La croissance démographique rapide que le Brésil a connue depuis l'instauration de la Première République (1889) a été soutenue par l'étendue de son territoire et l'abondance des ressources naturelles.