Preindustrial Public HealthRead more about each episode in the podcast series "Source of Life: Water Management in the Premodern Middle East", published by the Abbasid History Podcast: https://ancientbaths.com/2024/05/03/podcast-source-of-life/ and listen on Spotify or Youtube: https://open.spotify.com/show/15MitRPKyvxwm203xgPXOK
Tune in to the podcast series, "Source of Life", discussing the histories of water management in the premodern Middle East. Consisting of 8 episodes, the podcasts discuss, among other things, bathhouses, drinking water, aqueducts, and toilets. Produced by the Abbasid History Podcast. #waterhistory #histmed #publichealth
Open Access article on water management in medieval Trondheim, Norway, by Elisabeth Forrestad Swensen, Roos M.R. van Oosten, & Axel Christophersen:
https://brill.com/view/journals/acar/92/2/article-p244_9.xml?ebody=pdf-130820
#watermanagement #waterhistory #disease #urbaninfrastructure #publichealth #archaeology
The Management of Drinking Water in Trondheim from 950 to 1777 as a Source of Changing Attitudes toward Health
Abstract This article aims to illuminate how the management of drinking water and public health in Trondheim, Norway changed from 950 to 1777, from a private to public responsibility. A systematic analysis of five excavations in Trondheim shows that during the Middle Ages, only a few citizens had a well or a cistern on their property. This suggests that fetching water from above-ground sources was a regular practice. In the post-medieval period, this changed as the number of wells increased. However, the well water got polluted, and alternative water sources were too far away for the rising population. 18th-century political ideas emphasised how the citizens were now the state’s greatest resource, which prompted new mentalities on how authorities had to take care of the people. In 1777, the public authorities of Trondheim finally established a public water pipe system, ensuring clean water to its citizens.
Amazing opportunity @UniStavanger, Norway, to conduct a PhD Fellowship in environmental history. With @EFArnold and @DollyJorgensen All topics welcome, albeit with special interest in: water, saints, storytelling, animals.
#envhist #PhD #scholarship #animalhistory #waterhistory
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/259365/phd-fellowship-in-environmental-history
Sarah Hamilton#introductionpost #helloworld I am associate #professor of #environmental #history and #worldhistory at the University of #Bergen, Norway.
Interests: #waterhistory, #STS, #environmentalpolicy, #hydrogeology, #conservation. Currently researching #groundwater and studying #Norwegian. I also enjoy #hiking, #houseplants, and #critters of all shapes and sizes. Easily distracted by #cats.
Relatively recent transplant to #Norway, and loving my new home.