A Cold War Science? Myths about Computing in Czechoslovakia

DURNOVÁ, Helena. A Cold War Science? Myths about Computing in Czechoslovakia. In 5th ESHS Athens. 2012.

Základní údaje

Originální název

A Cold War Science? Myths about Computing in Czechoslovakia

Autoři

DURNOVÁ, Helena

Vydání

5th ESHS Athens, 2012

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60101 History

Stát vydavatele

Řecko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ne

Organizační jednotka

Pedagogická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

history of computing in Czechoslovakia

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Anotace

V originále

Current historiography of computing in Czechoslovakia consists mainly of articles written by the actors themselves. Looking at these actor accounts and contrasting them with archival evidence and published material calls for a broader discussion of history of computing in Cold War Czechoslovakia. Recent trend among Czech historians shows a move towards a less black-and-white perspective. Most notably, this can be seen in the works of Michal Pullmann and Martin Franc, who study political history and history of consumption in Czechoslovakia, respectively. The talk showed a more sober perspective on history of computing in Czechoslovakia --- one that would allow me to explain the contradictions between oral history and archival sources, as e.g. the received view that borders were closed, but computer scientists travelled a lot, even to the West. It was a result of long-term work on untangling history of computing in Cezchoslovakia.