The workshop provided new insights into global and local histories of the mathematical theories, practices and material cultures of measurement and quantification. Focusing on textual traditions and pragmatic contexts such as commerce, land survey, government and colonial administration, it investigated to what extent the idea of value was shaped by the metrological procedure that constituted actors’ categories of analysis around the world. Spanning from antiquity to the twentieth century, the workshop adopted a global perspective and was developed by taking into account two subject areas:
- the study of accountancy practices
- the investigation of metrological procedures
These subject areas were approached in relation to methods and procedures that characterized the texts, geographies (local versus global), and material cultures. The workshop gathered together historians of mathematics, anthropologists, economic historians, and historians specialized in global history, as well as curators. In relation to material cultures, there was an opportunity for participants to visit the National Museums Collections Centre, with the opportunity to see objects from the Science and Technology and Global Arts, Cultures and Design collections.
How Much? Programme 
