The International Lychnological Association (ILA) is an association that studies the history of pre-modern lighting devices--lamps, in other words, and their association began having conferences in 2003. The ILA's website has bibliographies, resident articles, conference updates, and links to related resources.
But I write this with a very odd sensation. About eight years ago, I wrote an article called "Seeing the Light" that described just such a website built for just such a purpose, to act as a clearinghouse for information about lamps. In my piece, I was arguing that blind peer review was not working, and that to replace it, we should start using signed reviews on the Internet. Okay, not the most illuminated idea, but I picked the history of lamps, because of the pun on illumination.
Interesting website, regardless of my deja vu:
International Lychnological Association
Seeing the Light: Towards Collaborative Peer Review
Inventions and Ancient Daily Life
But I write this with a very odd sensation. About eight years ago, I wrote an article called "Seeing the Light" that described just such a website built for just such a purpose, to act as a clearinghouse for information about lamps. In my piece, I was arguing that blind peer review was not working, and that to replace it, we should start using signed reviews on the Internet. Okay, not the most illuminated idea, but I picked the history of lamps, because of the pun on illumination.
Interesting website, regardless of my deja vu:
International Lychnological Association
Seeing the Light: Towards Collaborative Peer Review
Inventions and Ancient Daily Life
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