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Some of these themes were organized by junior research groups.</p> <h5>Key Topic Groups</h5> <p><a title="Water Management Water Management" href="/group/water-management/"><strong>WATER MANAGEMENT</strong> supplemented extensive work in area A with discussions of infrastructure, technology, and terminology that have arisen in areas B, C, and D … </a></p> <p><a title="Key Topic Innovations" href="/group/innovations/"><strong>INNOVATIONS</strong> expanded discussions concerning the history of science in area D to include the geographical and political consequences of these innovations in areas A and B …</a></p> <p><a title="Key Topic Mapping" href="/group/mapping/"><strong>MAPPING</strong> was to integrate discussions on maps in a wider sense, i.e. the representation of spatial or semantic entities and theirs interrelations in physical or mental diagrams, maps, and pictures …</a></p> <p><a title="Key Topic Economy" href="/group/economy/"><strong>ECONOMY</strong> fostered discussion of the archaeological sources dealt within area A as well as the role of economic ideas in the history of science in area D … </a></p> <p><a title="Key Topic Identities" href="/group/identities/"><strong>IDENTITIES</strong> studied the construction of collective identities in historical space …</a></p> <p><a title="Key Topic Transformation" href="/group/transformation/"><strong>TRANSFORMATION</strong> dealed with the various research groups that investigate transformations of antique phenomena and their representation through time …</a></p> </article> <aside id="conent-aside"> <h2>Groups</h2> <div class='area-group-div'><a href='/group/water-management/'>(KT-1) Water Management</a></div><div class='area-group-div'><a href='/group/innovations/'>(KT-2) Innovations</a></div><div class='area-group-div'><a href='/group/mapping/'>(KT-3) Mapping</a></div><div class='area-group-div'><a href='/group/economy/'>(KT-4) Economy</a></div><div class='area-group-div'><a href='/group/identities/'>(KT-5) Identities</a></div><div class='area-group-div'><a href='/group/transformation/'>(KT-6) Transformation</a></div> </aside> </hgroup> </div> </div> </hgroup> </div> <footer id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div style="width:1000px; margin: 10px auto"> <nav id="access-footer" role="navigation"> <h3 class="assistive-text">Footer menu</h3> <div class="menu-footer-menu-container"><ul id="menu-footer-menu" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-14174" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14174"><a href="/home/impressum/">Impressum</a></li> </ul></div> </nav> <div style="text-align: right;">There will be no updates to this website after October 31, 2019, as the Excellence Cluster comes to an end on that date.</div> </div> </footer> <script type="text/javascript"> function showhide_toggle(type, post_id, show_text, hide_text) { var $link = jQuery("#"+ type + "-link-" + post_id) , $link_a = jQuery('a', $link) , $content = jQuery("#"+ type + "-content-" + post_id) , $toggle = jQuery("#"+ type + "-toggle-" + post_id) , show_hide_class = 'sh-show sh-hide'; $link.toggleClass(show_hide_class); $content.toggleClass(show_hide_class).toggle(); if($link_a.attr('aria-expanded') === 'true') { $link_a.attr('aria-expanded', 'false'); } else { $link_a.attr('aria-expanded', 'true'); } if($toggle.text() === show_text) { $toggle.text(hide_text); } else { $toggle.text(show_text); } } </script> </body> </html>