ArtsBoston is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the arts.

MY BOOKMARKS

There are no recent bookmarks.

Please Note: This event has expired.

Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, “The Miasmist: George E. Waring, Jr. & Landscapes of Public Health”

Presented by Harvard Graduate School of Design at Online/Virtual Space

Mar 11 2021
Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, “The Miasmist: George E. Waring, Jr. & Landscapes of Public Health”

Catherine Seavitt Nordenson will explore the work of 19th-century sanitary engineer George E. Waring, Jr. (1833–1898), who published an influential manual entitled “Draining for Profit, Draining for Health.”

In 1867, nineteenth-century sanitary engineer George E. Waring, Jr. (1833–1898) published an influential manual entitled “Draining for Profit, Draining for Health,” reflecting the obsessions of his gilded age—wealth, health, and miasma. Even as the germ theory emerged, Waring supported the anti-contagionist miasma theory, positing that disease spread through the air as a poisonous vapor, emerging from damp soil. He applied his knowledge of farm drainage to an urban theory of public ... view more »

ADMISSION INFO

Register to attend the lecture here. Once you have registered, you will be provided with a link to join the lecture via Zoom. This link will also be emailed to you.

The event will also be live streamed to the GSD's YouTube page. Only viewers who are attending the lecture via Zoom will be able to submit questions for the Q+A. If you would like to submit questions for the speakers in advance of the event, please click here.

CONNECT WITH Harvard Graduate School of Design

    Website
/