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Research output per year
Fredericiagade 18
1310 København K
Fredericiagade 18, 1310 København K
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Karin Tybjerg is associate professor at Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen. I did my PhD and a research fellowship in History and Philosophy of Science at University of Cambridge and have held positions as Keeper of Ethnography and Modern History at the Danish National Museum and as Head of Astronomy at Kroppedal Museum.
My position at Medical Museion combines research, curating and teaching and my interests lie in the intersections between practices in the contemporary biosciences and history and philosophy of science. A main driver is to cast a new light on current practices through historical and philosophical approaches.
As lead curator of the exhibition The Body Collected I worked on collections in medicine from the pathological collections of 18th and 19th centuries to today’s biobanks. Viewing medicine as a collection science offers a different view on medicine than a focus on laboratory biomedicine.
With a background in physics and philosophy I am interested in the interface between physics and medical science especially the early history of biological tracers, which combine physics, physiology and biology in the mid-20th century.
A new project concerns the concept and practice of diagnosis. Diagnosis lies at the crossover-point between clinical practice and the scientific work in biomedicine and thus provides a good starting point for understanding the nature and use of medical knowledge. What do we want to know when we ask what is wrong with us? And how is the tacit knowledge of clinical diagnosis translated into formal knowledge of clinical tests? The project will look at a number of historical sites where the concept of diagnosis has changed: 19th century pathological collections, imaging in the 20th century and automation in modern 21st century diagnosis.
I also write on museology particularly the history of medical collections and how to exhibit scientific instruments and objects.
I am a broadly interested historian and philosopher of science and medicine. Current interests include:
- Anatomical/pathological collections
- Interactions between medicine and physics
- The history and philosophy of diagnosis
- Museology and museum related science communication
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
Martin Grünfeld (Organizer) & Karin Tybjerg (Organizer)
Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
27/12/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
23/11/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Karin Tybjerg & Nikolaj Heltoft
11/11/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen & Karin Tybjerg
09/05/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
14/11/2011
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media