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9 March 2026: Agents of Logistics and Infrastructure in Eighteenth-Century Alpine Transit Traffic

10/03/2026September 1st, 20261 min read
Painting depicting the rest stop at the Brenner Pass

Lueg customs office at the Brenner Pass, early nineteenth century© Ferdinand Runk, public domain

Presentation by Margareth Lanzinger

at the Workshop „Energy, Environments and Infrastructure from Anthropological and Historical Perspectives”, organised by Peter Schweitzer from the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Vienna

introducing the project ALPINNKONNECT and its research results to date in the presentation

“Agents of Logistics and Infrastructure in Eighteenth-Century Alpine Transit Traffic – ALPINNKONNECT“

Programm

  • 14:00: Introduction of the topics and the participants
  • 14:15: Philip Wight: Disacussion of his book project “Children of the Midnight Sun: An Energy History of Alaska”
  • 15:00: Olga Povoroznyuk: Discussion of her project proposal “Infrastructuring Transitions: Arctic (In)security and Cultures of Energy”
  • 15:45: Coffee break
  • 16:15: Margareth Lanzinger: Presentation of her ERC project ALPINNKONNECT
  • 17:00: Peter Schweitzer: Starting a discussion about Arctic/Alpine connections regarding energy, environments and infrastructure
  • 17:45: Concluding thoughts and ideas for the future
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