The Linnean Society (London) will host an international conference January 12-13, 2012, that brings together scholars to discuss how practices of processing written information have shaped conceptions of the natural world in the past. The conference will investigate how day-to-day practices of assembling information on natural objects and their medical properties influenced taxonomic procedures, the developing idea of a natural system, and, in the long run, concepts of biodiversity and bioprospecting. For more information on the program and registration, visit http://www.linnean.org/fileadmin/events2/events.php?detail=299.
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