Making the Social World Objective. Theoretical, Practical, and Visual Forms of Social and Economic Knowledge, 1850-2000

Making the Social World Objective Theoretical, Practical, and Visual Forms of Social and Economic Knowledge, 1850-2000 University of Zurich, 10-11 November 2021 Wednesday 10 November Room KAB-E-5 (Kantonsschulstrasse 3) 1 pm Welcome and Introduction, Claire-Lise Debluë (University of Zurich), Alix Heiniger (University of Fribourg), Laure Piguet (University of Geneva) 1:30-3:30 pm The Production of Indicators as Tools of Social Management. Chair: Matthieu Leimgruber (University of Zurich) Unemployment Objectified, Numbers Derealised: Social Reform and Statistical Revolution in Britain and France at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, Christian Topalov (EHESS, Paris) From Poverty Alleviation to Market Analysis: The History of Organized Household Budgets in the Netherlands, 1850-1940, Guus Wieman (European University Institute) When Technocrats Objectify the Social: The Social Indicators Program at OECD, Constantin Brissaud (University of Paris-Dauphine) Data Provider and Control Tool: The Dual Function of the Bernese EDP Project Pflegis (1984-1993) for the Improvement of Foster Family Care, Tanja Rietmann (University of Bern) 3:30-4 pm Coffee Break 4-5 pm Visualizing the Social World. Chair: Monika Dommann (University of Zurich) Visualizing Population Density: Statistical Mapping and the Emergence of a New Urban Imaginary (1830–1910), Christa Kamleithner (Brandenburg University of Technology) Money Talking to Itself: Central Bank Museums, Tom Wilkinson (Courtauld Institute, London) 5:30-6:30 pm Visit of the Swiss Social Archive (Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv) Documentation and Representation of the Social World: Some Institutions in Zurich, Christian Koller (Director of the Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Zurich)   Thursday 11 November Room KAB-E-5 (Kantonsschulstrasse 3) 8:45 am Welcome 9-10:30 am Transfer and Transformation of Social Knowledge. Chair: Claire-Lise Debluë A Transnational Scientist of the Social: The Belgian Sociologist, Statistician, and Bureaucrat Camille Jacquart (1867-1931) and the Making of Turkish Statistics, Aykiz Dogan (University of Paris 1) The Making of Social Anthropology: The Evolution of the Discipline of Anthropology in Early Turkish Republic, Zeynep Yeşim Gökçe (University of Bonn) Transferring European Social Categories to Russian Statistics, 1860s-1914: Objectivizing Societies or Standardizing the Tools of Investigation?, Alessandro Stanziani (EHESS, Paris) 10:30 am Coffee break 11 am-1 pm Social Knowledge as a Controversial Issue. Chair: Brigitta Bernet (University of Zurich) Statistical Experts on the Margin: The Career Trajectory of József Kőrösy, Mátyás Erdélyi (University of Prague) A Local History of the Social: The Last Cholera Epidemic and the Dissolution of ‘Health for All’ in Romania, Călin Cotoi (University of Bucharest) The Authority of Statistics: The Reception and Mobilization of Labour Statistics by Federations of Workers in France (1880-1930), Agnès Hirsch (University of Paris-Dauphine) Making Objective the Conditions of living of the Working Class in Interwar Poland: Between Public and Private Statistics, Morgane Labbé (EHESS, Paris) 1 pm Brown bag lunch and concluding discussion Convenors: Claire-Lise Debluë, Alix Heiniger, and Laure Piguet, in collaboration with Matthieu Leimgruber (History Department/Forschungsstelle für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte) at the University of Zurich, the Department of History at the University of Fribourg, the Department of History at the University of Geneva, and with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.