Scarcerc
@scarcerc.bsky.social
SCARCE aka Sustained Concerns: Administration of Mineral Resource Extraction in Central Europe (1550–1850), hosted by @univie.ac.at, funded by ERC
PI: Sebastian Felten @sebastianfelten.bsky.social
https://scarce.univie.ac.at
PI: Sebastian Felten @sebastianfelten.bsky.social
https://scarce.univie.ac.at
Huge thanks to everyone who joined today’s talk!🙌 We really enjoyed working together with the History of Science & Knowledge Colloquium and listening to Christophe Bonneuil’s fascinating talk!
Stay tuned for more events!📚✨
#histSci
Stay tuned for more events!📚✨
#histSci
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who joined today’s talk!🙌 We really enjoyed working together with the History of Science & Knowledge Colloquium and listening to Christophe Bonneuil’s fascinating talk!
Stay tuned for more events!📚✨
#histSci
Stay tuned for more events!📚✨
#histSci
A big thank you to Nuno Castel-Branco and to everyone who joined today’s lively talk!🙌
We hope you enjoyed this joint event with History of Science & Knowledge as much as we did!
Stay tuned for more events in our colloquium series. 📚✨
#histSci
We hope you enjoyed this joint event with History of Science & Knowledge as much as we did!
Stay tuned for more events in our colloquium series. 📚✨
#histSci
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A big thank you to Nuno Castel-Branco and to everyone who joined today’s lively talk!🙌
We hope you enjoyed this joint event with History of Science & Knowledge as much as we did!
Stay tuned for more events in our colloquium series. 📚✨
#histSci
We hope you enjoyed this joint event with History of Science & Knowledge as much as we did!
Stay tuned for more events in our colloquium series. 📚✨
#histSci
We are excited to welcome our new student assistant, Leonie Müller! 🎉 With a multidisciplinary background in History & Law at the University of Vienna, her focus spans legal history, postcolonial studies, gender history, and sustainability. 🌍📜 Welcome to the team, Leonie! 👏
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We are excited to welcome our new student assistant, Leonie Müller! 🎉 With a multidisciplinary background in History & Law at the University of Vienna, her focus spans legal history, postcolonial studies, gender history, and sustainability. 🌍📜 Welcome to the team, Leonie! 👏
A big thank you to everyone who joined us for the first SCARCE colloquium of the semester! 🙌 We had a lively discussion on 'reorganisation' in Mining Knowledge in Late Imperial China. Special thanks to @chensinotech.bsky.social for their inspiring work and input. Stay tuned for our next meet-up! ⛏️✨
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A big thank you to everyone who joined us for the first SCARCE colloquium of the semester! 🙌 We had a lively discussion on 'reorganisation' in Mining Knowledge in Late Imperial China. Special thanks to @chensinotech.bsky.social for their inspiring work and input. Stay tuned for our next meet-up! ⛏️✨
⛏️🌍That’s a wrap on our 1st workshop, "Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World"!
A huge thank you to all our speakers, chairs & participants for the insights & engaging discussions. Your contributions made the past 2 days a true success! Looking forward to future discussions!✨ #Scarce
A huge thank you to all our speakers, chairs & participants for the insights & engaging discussions. Your contributions made the past 2 days a true success! Looking forward to future discussions!✨ #Scarce
September 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
⛏️🌍That’s a wrap on our 1st workshop, "Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World"!
A huge thank you to all our speakers, chairs & participants for the insights & engaging discussions. Your contributions made the past 2 days a true success! Looking forward to future discussions!✨ #Scarce
A huge thank you to all our speakers, chairs & participants for the insights & engaging discussions. Your contributions made the past 2 days a true success! Looking forward to future discussions!✨ #Scarce
🚀 Day 2 of our FWF-SCARCE workshop begins!
Today, we’ll dive into the making of mineral commodities and the connections between mining and money. 🏔️⚒️💰
From Habsburg Potosí to Sweden, Idrija, and New Granada, we’ll explore mining’s role in shaping economies and societies. 🔍🌍 #Scarce #MiningHistory
Today, we’ll dive into the making of mineral commodities and the connections between mining and money. 🏔️⚒️💰
From Habsburg Potosí to Sweden, Idrija, and New Granada, we’ll explore mining’s role in shaping economies and societies. 🔍🌍 #Scarce #MiningHistory
September 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🚀 Day 2 of our FWF-SCARCE workshop begins!
Today, we’ll dive into the making of mineral commodities and the connections between mining and money. 🏔️⚒️💰
From Habsburg Potosí to Sweden, Idrija, and New Granada, we’ll explore mining’s role in shaping economies and societies. 🔍🌍 #Scarce #MiningHistory
Today, we’ll dive into the making of mineral commodities and the connections between mining and money. 🏔️⚒️💰
From Habsburg Potosí to Sweden, Idrija, and New Granada, we’ll explore mining’s role in shaping economies and societies. 🔍🌍 #Scarce #MiningHistory
✨Day 1 of our workshop was a great success! ⚒️🏔️We explored mining's role in sovereignty, state management & labor, using case studies from pre-hispanic Mexico, Japan, China & Sweden, and ended with an engaging archives roundtable on Central European mining collections. On to Day 2! 🏛️🔍 #Scarce
September 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
✨Day 1 of our workshop was a great success! ⚒️🏔️We explored mining's role in sovereignty, state management & labor, using case studies from pre-hispanic Mexico, Japan, China & Sweden, and ended with an engaging archives roundtable on Central European mining collections. On to Day 2! 🏛️🔍 #Scarce
🌍⛏️ Kicking off our FWF-SCARCE workshop “Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World”! Mining shaped pre-modern economies, driving global networks, commerce & power. We’ll explore its role across Africa, Asia, Latin America & Europe. Let’s dig into its global and historical impact! 💡📜
September 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🌍⛏️ Kicking off our FWF-SCARCE workshop “Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World”! Mining shaped pre-modern economies, driving global networks, commerce & power. We’ll explore its role across Africa, Asia, Latin America & Europe. Let’s dig into its global and historical impact! 💡📜
Feeling inspired and full of ideas—thanks to everyone who made it such a stimulating event!
August 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Feeling inspired and full of ideas—thanks to everyone who made it such a stimulating event!
A central theme: the problems and promises of the Little Ice Age paradigm, also the topic of Heli Huhtamaa’s keynote. It's fascinating how this concept is still sparking exciting debates across disciplines. ❄️
August 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A central theme: the problems and promises of the Little Ice Age paradigm, also the topic of Heli Huhtamaa’s keynote. It's fascinating how this concept is still sparking exciting debates across disciplines. ❄️
Uppsala’s Viking-era runestones were hard to miss - an unusual stone ordered by an 11th c woman commemorating the bridge she erected for her daughter caught @eclaaire.bsky.social's eye 🌉 bit.ly/Uppland
August 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Uppsala’s Viking-era runestones were hard to miss - an unusual stone ordered by an 11th c woman commemorating the bridge she erected for her daughter caught @eclaaire.bsky.social's eye 🌉 bit.ly/Uppland
@eclaaire.bsky.social had a great time in Uppsala last week, diving deep into early modern environmental history. Always a pleasure to connect with colleagues and explore new research directions! 🌍📜
August 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
@eclaaire.bsky.social had a great time in Uppsala last week, diving deep into early modern environmental history. Always a pleasure to connect with colleagues and explore new research directions! 🌍📜
Summer might be here, but we’re still buzzing! 🌞🐝 Today we spent the day together diving deep into a SciComm workshop, clearing out our housekeeping list, and building up plans for the months ahead. There’s so much we’re excited to share with you—follow along and stay tuned!" ✨
July 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Summer might be here, but we’re still buzzing! 🌞🐝 Today we spent the day together diving deep into a SciComm workshop, clearing out our housekeeping list, and building up plans for the months ahead. There’s so much we’re excited to share with you—follow along and stay tuned!" ✨
🌟 Thank you to everyone who joined us for Philipp Rössner’s talk “Teutocapitalism: How German Thinkers Made the Modern Economy” 🧠💸
Whether in person or online, we enjoyed the thoughtful questions and engaging discussion.
Our colloquium series continues next semester — stay tuned & see you then! ✨
Whether in person or online, we enjoyed the thoughtful questions and engaging discussion.
Our colloquium series continues next semester — stay tuned & see you then! ✨
June 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🌟 Thank you to everyone who joined us for Philipp Rössner’s talk “Teutocapitalism: How German Thinkers Made the Modern Economy” 🧠💸
Whether in person or online, we enjoyed the thoughtful questions and engaging discussion.
Our colloquium series continues next semester — stay tuned & see you then! ✨
Whether in person or online, we enjoyed the thoughtful questions and engaging discussion.
Our colloquium series continues next semester — stay tuned & see you then! ✨
@eclaaire.bsky.social had a wonderful time in Florence — the City of Stone. Grazie mille to @eui-eu.bsky.social and CNRS for bringing together such inspiring work on minerals as visual, economic, and intellectual resources.💎🪨
June 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
@eclaaire.bsky.social had a wonderful time in Florence — the City of Stone. Grazie mille to @eui-eu.bsky.social and CNRS for bringing together such inspiring work on minerals as visual, economic, and intellectual resources.💎🪨
🌟What a great finale to this eventful day—thanks to Pamela H. Smith (@columbiauniversity.bsky.social) for her “Industryscapes” lecture, Hilary Becker (@binghamtonu.bsky.social) for her comments & to all participants who joined us! In cooperation with @univie.ac.at & @oeaw.bsky.social 🧠🎤🤝📚
June 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🌟What a great finale to this eventful day—thanks to Pamela H. Smith (@columbiauniversity.bsky.social) for her “Industryscapes” lecture, Hilary Becker (@binghamtonu.bsky.social) for her comments & to all participants who joined us! In cooperation with @univie.ac.at & @oeaw.bsky.social 🧠🎤🤝📚
🎨🔍 Last brilliant session today: Yotam Asscher on Egyptian Blue in Early Roman Judea—how material structure and color depends on substance ratios, with a comment by Anthony Baragona on lab replication & testing ancient recipes for new insights! 🔵🏺🧪
#PigmentHistory #Archaeology #Experiments
#PigmentHistory #Archaeology #Experiments
June 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🎨🔍 Last brilliant session today: Yotam Asscher on Egyptian Blue in Early Roman Judea—how material structure and color depends on substance ratios, with a comment by Anthony Baragona on lab replication & testing ancient recipes for new insights! 🔵🏺🧪
#PigmentHistory #Archaeology #Experiments
#PigmentHistory #Archaeology #Experiments
🎨🔍 Another rich session!
@eclaaire.bsky.social explores how color shaped the gem trade & mineral identity in early modern Europe, with a comment by Andrea Acevedo on 19th c. watercolors—cultural trade, pigment workshops & Pancho Fierro’s art vs. Cantonese copies! 🌍🖌️
#MiningHistory #Gems #ArtHistory
@eclaaire.bsky.social explores how color shaped the gem trade & mineral identity in early modern Europe, with a comment by Andrea Acevedo on 19th c. watercolors—cultural trade, pigment workshops & Pancho Fierro’s art vs. Cantonese copies! 🌍🖌️
#MiningHistory #Gems #ArtHistory
June 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🎨🔍 Another rich session!
@eclaaire.bsky.social explores how color shaped the gem trade & mineral identity in early modern Europe, with a comment by Andrea Acevedo on 19th c. watercolors—cultural trade, pigment workshops & Pancho Fierro’s art vs. Cantonese copies! 🌍🖌️
#MiningHistory #Gems #ArtHistory
@eclaaire.bsky.social explores how color shaped the gem trade & mineral identity in early modern Europe, with a comment by Andrea Acevedo on 19th c. watercolors—cultural trade, pigment workshops & Pancho Fierro’s art vs. Cantonese copies! 🌍🖌️
#MiningHistory #Gems #ArtHistory
💡 Among today’s highlights:
Tamara Đorđević’s talk “The afterlife of pigment minerals: arsenic sulfides in mining wastes of North Macedonia”.
🌍 Exploring critical ore zones, mineral transformations & the toxic legacy of arsenic in Allchar mine’s technosols.
🌱 Minerals matter!
#MiningHistory #GeoChem
Tamara Đorđević’s talk “The afterlife of pigment minerals: arsenic sulfides in mining wastes of North Macedonia”.
🌍 Exploring critical ore zones, mineral transformations & the toxic legacy of arsenic in Allchar mine’s technosols.
🌱 Minerals matter!
#MiningHistory #GeoChem
June 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
💡 Among today’s highlights:
Tamara Đorđević’s talk “The afterlife of pigment minerals: arsenic sulfides in mining wastes of North Macedonia”.
🌍 Exploring critical ore zones, mineral transformations & the toxic legacy of arsenic in Allchar mine’s technosols.
🌱 Minerals matter!
#MiningHistory #GeoChem
Tamara Đorđević’s talk “The afterlife of pigment minerals: arsenic sulfides in mining wastes of North Macedonia”.
🌍 Exploring critical ore zones, mineral transformations & the toxic legacy of arsenic in Allchar mine’s technosols.
🌱 Minerals matter!
#MiningHistory #GeoChem
We’re diving deeper into colors! 🎨✨
Jessica Cardoso’s talk explores ochre in funerary contexts, while @sarahseinitzer.bsky.social explains mercury’s use from miners’ illness to medicine.
Such a stimulating discussion! Stay tuned for more insights! 🔍🧠
#MiningHistory #GeoChem #MedHistory
Jessica Cardoso’s talk explores ochre in funerary contexts, while @sarahseinitzer.bsky.social explains mercury’s use from miners’ illness to medicine.
Such a stimulating discussion! Stay tuned for more insights! 🔍🧠
#MiningHistory #GeoChem #MedHistory
June 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We’re diving deeper into colors! 🎨✨
Jessica Cardoso’s talk explores ochre in funerary contexts, while @sarahseinitzer.bsky.social explains mercury’s use from miners’ illness to medicine.
Such a stimulating discussion! Stay tuned for more insights! 🔍🧠
#MiningHistory #GeoChem #MedHistory
Jessica Cardoso’s talk explores ochre in funerary contexts, while @sarahseinitzer.bsky.social explains mercury’s use from miners’ illness to medicine.
Such a stimulating discussion! Stay tuned for more insights! 🔍🧠
#MiningHistory #GeoChem #MedHistory
🎉 Welcome to our ERC SCARCE & HUE joint symposium: “From Museums to Mines: Tracing the Life Cycle of Mineral Colours in Pre-Industrial Societies”, organized by @alexandra-rodler.bsky.social & @sebastianfelten.bsky.social! Follow us along to discover the exciting talks from our amazing guests! 🧠✨
June 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🎉 Welcome to our ERC SCARCE & HUE joint symposium: “From Museums to Mines: Tracing the Life Cycle of Mineral Colours in Pre-Industrial Societies”, organized by @alexandra-rodler.bsky.social & @sebastianfelten.bsky.social! Follow us along to discover the exciting talks from our amazing guests! 🧠✨
We’ve just wrapped up a wonderful 2-day meeting with our Advisory Board! Thank you to Pamela H. Smith, Ulinka Rublack, Oscar Gelderblom, László Kontler & Andrew Mendelsohn 🧠📚. It was a warm, inspiring & productive gathering—ready to build on these insights! ✨
#MiningHistory #SciHistory #MedHistory
#MiningHistory #SciHistory #MedHistory
June 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We’ve just wrapped up a wonderful 2-day meeting with our Advisory Board! Thank you to Pamela H. Smith, Ulinka Rublack, Oscar Gelderblom, László Kontler & Andrew Mendelsohn 🧠📚. It was a warm, inspiring & productive gathering—ready to build on these insights! ✨
#MiningHistory #SciHistory #MedHistory
#MiningHistory #SciHistory #MedHistory
From centuries-old silver veins to stories of labor, extraction, and color making — this region holds so much layered history beneath its surface.
May 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
From centuries-old silver veins to stories of labor, extraction, and color making — this region holds so much layered history beneath its surface.
One of the highlights: crawling deep underground at the Bergsicherung Fundgrube Weißer Hirsch in Schneeberg, experiencing the narrow tunnels and the raw, physical history of the region. 🪨
May 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
One of the highlights: crawling deep underground at the Bergsicherung Fundgrube Weißer Hirsch in Schneeberg, experiencing the narrow tunnels and the raw, physical history of the region. 🪨
Had a great experience with charcoal sampling and exploring the landscape of historical tin placer mining — big thanks to the ArchaeoTin project for making it possible! 🔥⛏️
May 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Had a great experience with charcoal sampling and exploring the landscape of historical tin placer mining — big thanks to the ArchaeoTin project for making it possible! 🔥⛏️