COLL-PSL
The major research programme Faire Collection is part of the recent revival in the history of science and knowledge. It brings together research on collections, seen both as tools and products of research and teaching practices.
The project explores both institutionalised collections (libraries, archives, museums) and invisible collections, made up of fragmented assemblages that are still poorly documented, such as sets of sociological data or biological samples.
Faire Collection focuses not only on well-identified collections, but also on those that have disappeared, been passed on or are in the process of being built up. The project also aims to identify the collections needed to document current practices with a view to future research.
The main lines of research:
- History of collections: analysing the phenomena of institutionalisation, transmission and disappearance of collections.
- Contemporary collecting practices: exploring the intellectual, material and political dimensions of current collecting practices.
- The role of collections in education: studying how collections contribute to teaching and the transmission of knowledge.
- Creation and transformation of scientific communities: examining the way in which collections encourage the emergence of new communities and dialogue between disciplines.
Project leaders:
Collège de France
Dauphine - PSL
École nationale des chartes - PSL
École nationale supérieure d’architecture Paris-Malaquais - PSL
École Normale supérieure - PSL
EPHE - PSL
ESPCI Paris - PSL
Observatoire de Paris - PSL
Establishments involved:
Collège de France
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris - CNSMDP
Dauphine - PSL
École nationale des chartes - PSL
École nationale supérieure d’architecture Paris-Malaquais - PSL
École Normale supérieure - PSL
EPHE - PSL
ESPCI Paris - PSL
Observatoire de Paris - PSL