The idea of moving Brazil's capital to the Central Plateau reappeared in the early days of the Republic, having been defended one century earlier by the Viscount of Porto Seguro. Headed by Luiz Cruls, director of Brazil's National Observatory, a commission was formed in 1892 to stake out the area where the new capital would stand. The expedition's 1896 report found space in Brazil's main vehicles of public opinion; it was reviewed in newspapers and also in articles published in Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, the Brazilian Institute for History and Geography's journal. A number of issues then of concern to certain sectors of Brazilian society converge in the body of the report, including the healthiness of Brazil's climate for European immigrants, the definition of the country's borders, and territorial integration.
Resumo: O artigo trata de três expedições brasileiras à Amazônia Ocidental que tiveram por missão demarcar os limites entre Brasil e Bolívia nos anos 1895-1901. O objetivo é apreender o papel que a ciência desempenhou em uma negociação que contribuiu para que o Brasil tivesse as feições territoriais da atualidade. O artigo procura abordar, sob o ponto de vista da história da ciência, um tema tradicionalmente estudado pelo viés da geopolítica, ou seja, a formação das fronteiras internacionais, evidenciando uma intercessão entre institucionalização da ciência e formação da nação. Palavras-chave: Expedição científica. Território. História da astronomia. Acre. Brasil. Bolívia.
Abstract:The article analyzes three Brazilian expeditions to Western Amazon whose mission was to demarcate the boundary between Brazil and Bolivia during the years 1895-1901. The goal is to seize the role of science in a negotiation that gave to Brazil its actual territorial shape. In the point of view of history of science, the paper deals with a traditional topic of geopolitics -the formation of international borders -highlighting the intersection between institutionalization of science and the construction of nation.
O presente artigo pretende analisar a história do termo “vulgarização científica”. Ao fazer uma reflexão sobre o conceito, também estamos analisando sua prática e quais os processos sociais que o construíram, notadamente a institucionalização da ciência, especificamente no século XIX no Brasil.
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