The Tacoma Meeting, 30 September— 3 October 2010

Diverse Nineteenth-Century Metaphors for Patents in the UK," Graeme Gooday, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Big Things Chair and Comment: Bruce Seely,Michigan Tech Papers: "From 'Going to Work' to 'Out of Work' in Space: Perspectives on the Career of the Space Shuttle," Valerie Neal, National Air and Space Museum; "Challenging the Creation Myth of Carrier Aviation: U.S. Naval Aviation and the Navy before World War II," Laurence M. Burke, Carnegie Mellon University; "Sup'ung Dam and the Innovation of Electric Power Systems on the Colonial Periphery," Oh Sun-sil, Seoul National University, South Korea Feeding Nationalism Chair and Comment: Tae-Ho Kim, Columbia University Papers: "Taste and Technology: Cultural Politics of Rice Consumption in China, 1927-37," Seung-joon Lee, National University of Singapore; "Yogurt Transformation: From Homemade Product to Bulgarian Yogurt," Elitsa Stoilova, Plovdiv University, Bulgaria The Power of Mundane Things Chair and Comment: Steve Usselman, Georgia Tech Papers: "Polaroid Photography from Toy to Attraction," Peter Buse, University of Salford, United Kingdom; "The Power of Things: Towards a Phenomenological History of Technology," Mats Fridlund, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; "The Supply and Demand for Duct Tape," Tisha Hooks, Yale University Consuming Expertise: Experts' Role in Shaping Food Production and Consumption in Global Contexts Organizer: Kellen Backer, University of Wisconsin,Madison Chair and Comment: Linda Nash, University of Washington Papers: "Rationalizing Food: World War II Rations and the Making of American Food," Kellen Backer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; "The Missing Masses in a Cold War Food Story," Jenny Leigh Smith, Georgia Tech; "'Broadening Tomorrow's Markets': The International Farm Youth Exchange and Agricultural Development after World War II," Amrys O. Williams, University of Wisconsin,Madison Networks as Places in the History of Computing Organizer and Chair: Thomas Haigh, University of Wisconsin,Milwaukee Comment: Jennifer S. Light, Northwestern University Papers: "Shaping the Landscapes of Cyberspace: West Coast Metaphors," Sue Thomas, De Montfort University, United Kingdom; "Diverging Paths to a Networked World: Computerizing Spanish and British Savings Banks, 1965-90," J. Carles Maixé-Altés, University of A Coruña, Spain; "'Not Lost in Translation': How English Became the Common Language of Computer Science, 1960-74," Ksenia Tatarchenko, Princeton University Approaches to