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01.10.2026 | Philosophische Fakultät, Seminar für Zeitgeschichte
Past and Present of Groundwater Knowledge
An Interdisciplinary Workshop
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Robert Pursche |
Groundwater is essential for the global drinking water supply. At the same time, reports of a groundwater crisis are ubiquitous—whether due to pollution, overuse, or a lack of knowledge about what lies beneath the surface. Although environmental history has long focused on water and infrastructure, groundwater has played a comparatively minor role.
Building on these observations, this workshop explores the history of knowledge about and conceptions of groundwater from antiquity to the present. Through a dialogue among scientists from various disciplines, such as hydrogeology, geodesy, archaeology, and history, we will discuss how this history continues to shape groundwater research today.
Conversely, we will explore how contemporary methods for studying the subsurface—such as satellite technology—are changing our perspective on this history and raising new questions and possibilities for groundwater research.
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