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SUMMARY:The Ergonomics of Clothing Design - Project Adam\, Harold Wilson'
 s Gannex coat and Dogger Bank Itch
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DESCRIPTION:This seminar is part of the lunchtime seminar series for the 
 Centre for the History of Science\, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Lun
 chtime seminars are typically no more than 30 minutes in length\, follow
 ed by a period for audience questions (ending before 2pm). All are welco
 me.\n\nThe Ergonomics of Clothing Design. Project Adam\, Harold Wilson's
  Gannex Coat and Dogger Bank Itch.\nOr\nThe Role of Scientific Consultan
 cies in Discipline Growth.\n\nRoland Edwards (University of Manchester)\
 n\nAbstract:\n\nAs Steven Shapin and others have observed the circulatio
 n and exchange of discipline knowledge using formal and informal network
 s between communities of interest is critical to the growth of scientifi
 c disciplines. Generally communities of interest are identified as inclu
 ding\, amongst others government and industrial research laboratories\, 
 academia\, government policy makers and increasingly consumer groups. Ov
 er the past few months I have been researching how these communities of 
 interest were established for ergonomics and who were the key actors. Th
 is research has revealed that a scientific consultancy played a major ro
 le in discipline growth\, specifically in the field of clothing ergonomi
 cs.\n\nConsultancies are business institutions which provide skilled ind
 ividuals to industry\, government departments and institutions to addres
 s problems which lie outside the skill sets of employees of those organi
 sations. There is a rich literature on the role of business consultancie
 s\, but there is little information on the role and impact of scientific
  consultancies. Michael Farr (Design Integration) later (Ergonomics)\, w
 ere one of the first such consultancies to be established in the UK. Usi
 ng a business model which was drastically different to that employed by 
 other consultancies Farr and his team worked on programmes ranging from 
 the design of consumer goods\, intensive care units\, and fashion and pr
 otective clothing. This presentation will show how Farr brought together
  ergonomics and specifically clothing design so playing a major role in 
 establishing the sub-discipline of clothing ergonomics. The presentation
  will also suggest that an historical study of the development of protec
 tive clothing in an occupational health setting is long overdue.\n
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LOCATION:2.57\, Simon Building\, Manchester
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