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Samara Greenwood
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Historian and Philosopher of Science / Public Humanities Advocate / PhD Candidate / Co-Founder of The HPS Podcast / Architect / Interested in Everything

University of Melbourne
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What is a podcast without some merch? I had fun designing stickers, mugs, t-shirts, and tote bags for @hpspodcast.bsky.social. Very happy with how they turned out!

#hps #philsci #histstm #sts 🧪
Photo of a mug and sticker sheets featuring the logo of The HPS Podcast Photo of a black t-shirt and canvas tote bags featuring the logo of The HPS Podcast
June 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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My favourite spot for a spot of tea and a chat on campus - University House Lounge at Melbourne Uni.
May 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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The interviewer becomes the interviewee... today I recorded an ep for The Philosopher's Zone with David Rutledge at ABC studios all about my research on Feminism and primatology.

Episode airs Sunday at 5.30pm AEST --> www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... #hps #histsci #philsci
Samara with her ABC visitors badge Sam in the ABC recording studio with David Rutledge on Zoom in the background
May 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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You know you are officially an #hps nerd when you have fridge magnets from @isisjournal.bsky.social and @hoposjournal.bsky.social proudly displayed alongside those from travels and family :) #histsci #philsci
Image of fridge magnets, including two from academic journals related to history and philosophy of science
April 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Quietly thrilled with the response to my presentation on relations between Artisans, Practical Math'ns & Latin Scholars in EM Italy at the iHPS 2025 conference.

Hoping to get this paper out v soon!

#hps #philsci #histsci
April 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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@caltech.edu - what a beautiful campus for this year's &HPS Conference. Those turtles...

#hps #philsci #histsci
April 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Amazing workshop on the #hps of Relations between Macro & Micro physics, held at the Einstein Papers Project, Caltech. Thanks to @josheisenthal.bsky.social for inviting me to chair a session, and to co-orgs @miguelohn.bsky.social & @j2dong.bsky.social - a real privilege
#histsci #philsci
Group photo showing participants in the workshop Workshop program The organisers, from left, JJ, Miguel, and Josh Audience image
April 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Loved the talk on the history of the concept of 'ingroups' at &HPS 2025 by @yaelfeitelson.bsky.social - some really exciting research #hps #histsci #philsci
Photograph of presentation with slide showing graph of historical textbooks mentioning the concept of 'ingroup'
March 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Stunning dinner at Caltech's Atheneum for &HPS 2025, such a beautiful setting for great conversations and nerdy humour
March 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Excellent presentation by @josheisenthal.bsky.social on constructive and principle theories at &HPS 2025 #hps #philsci
March 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Day 1 of &HPS Conference 2025 at Caltech, and the sunshine has come out! Thanks to @ufeest.bsky.social @josheisenthal.bsky.social and all the organisers for what is already a great meeting #hps #philsci #histsci
Photo of conference participants enjoying afternoon tea in the courtyard
March 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Love hearing from our listeners. How great is this review?

#podcasts #hps #academicsky
Image of review that reads: As a practicing scientist with no formal background in philosophy, this has become my introductory crash course into HPS as it is today. Almost every episode has had a lightbulb moment for me, offering an eye-opening new perspective on issues I deal with and think about all the time, and several have directly driven my increasingly serious interest in incorporating HPS into my scientific work. Thank you & keep it up Samara & team!! (Mmars627, 25th May 2024)
November 15, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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Here's the abstract for those interested.
Abstract, in part, reads: The problem of context, which explores relations between societal conditions and science, has a long and contentious tradition in HPS. While the problem has received little explicit attention in recent years, two contemporary positions remain evident. First is the resources model, which seeks to maintain the autonomy of scientists by denying contextual influence, restricting the role of contexts to providing a pool of ‘novel inputs’. Second is the contextual shaping position which recognizes that societal conditions influence science but remains conceptually vague and theoretically undeveloped. This paper argues, given current disciplinary conditions, the problem of context deserves renewed attention. In this paper I first review the history of the debate from the 1930s, then provide a critique of the resources model and assess the possibilities and shortfalls of the contextual shaping position.
June 4, 2024 at 12:30 AM
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Fav spot for an outdoor lunch at Uni.
Photo of the clocktower and adjacent seating area at Melbourne University
November 14, 2023 at 1:15 AM