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Know-How, Technologietransfer und die Arcana Artis im Mitteleuropa der Frühen Neuzeit

Know-How, Technologietransfer und die Arcana Artis im Mitteleuropa der Frühen Neuzeit know-how, technologietransfer 349 KNOW-HOW, TECHNOLOGIETRANSFER UND DIE ARCANA ARTIS IM MITTELEUROPA DER FRÜHEN NEUZEIT REINHOLD REITH Universität Salzburg Abstract This article reviews several strategies of technology transfer in early modern Cen- tral Europe and will focus especially on transfers between individuals: the trans- fer of know-how in the context of apprenticeship that became an institutional- ized kind of professional education; and the transfer of technology by migration. The essay deals with different evaluations of the effects of technology transfer in the crafts production and will reflect recent discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of the tramping system. The intensive debate over the utility of tramping began in the eighteenth century, especially in the contemporary scien- tific journals and as a question in academic prize competitions. The discussion stressed all the strategies of transfer. In special workshops – as in porcelain manu- facturing – the protection of know-how ( arcanum ) was widespread. While some European states like England in the later eighteenth century tended towards a policy of secrecy, the German territories depended on the acquisition of new technologies, and therefore preferred a policy of openness in technological knowledge. Im Kontext der gewerblichen Produktion der frühen Neuzeit begegnen http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early Science and Medicine Brill

Know-How, Technologietransfer und die Arcana Artis im Mitteleuropa der Frühen Neuzeit

Reith, Reinhold
Early Science and Medicine , Volume 10 (3): 349 – Jan 1, 2005
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know-how, technologietransfer 349 KNOW-HOW, TECHNOLOGIETRANSFER UND DIE ARCANA ARTIS IM MITTELEUROPA DER FRÜHEN NEUZEIT REINHOLD REITH Universität Salzburg Abstract This article reviews several strategies of technology transfer in early modern Cen- tral Europe and will focus especially on transfers between individuals: the trans- fer of know-how in the context of apprenticeship that became an institutional- ized kind of professional education; and the transfer of technology by migration. The essay deals with different evaluations of the effects of technology transfer in the crafts production and will reflect recent discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of the tramping system. The intensive debate over the utility of tramping began in the eighteenth century, especially in the contemporary scien- tific journals and as a question in academic prize competitions. The discussion stressed all the strategies of transfer. In special workshops – as in porcelain manu- facturing – the protection of know-how ( arcanum ) was widespread. While some European states like England in the later eighteenth century tended towards a policy of secrecy, the German territories depended on the acquisition of new technologies, and therefore preferred a policy of openness in technological knowledge. Im Kontext der gewerblichen Produktion der frühen Neuzeit begegnen

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