2017
DOI: 10.1111/sjtg.12209
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Tropicality, the unruly Atlantic and social utopias: the French explorer Henri Coudreau (1859 − 1899)

Abstract: International audienceThis paper addresses the works of Henri Coudreau, a little-known French explorer of Guiana and Amazonia who was later forgotten by the 'heroic' histories of exploration because of his unruliness and nonconformist attitudes. Drawing on the literature of postcolonialism and tropicality as well as on recent studies of anti-colonialist geographies, I address for the first time Coudreau's geography from the perspective of anarchist and critical thinking. My main argument is that Coudreau's wor… Show more

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“…The relationships of tropical geography—and wider discourses of tropicality—to empire and the ways this was reworked subsequently, as well as postcolonial and decolonial alternatives have frequently figured in the SJTG (Sidaway et al ., 2018), with accounts of Anglophone (Bunnell et al ., 2013; Driver & Yeoh, 2000) as well as Francophone and Lusophone (Bowd & Clayton, 2003, 2005; Ferretti, 2017; Pimenta et al ., 2011; Power, 2020) narratives. These are part of a kaleidoscopic picture, whereby as Dan Clayton (2020: 1540) notes, there are questions about ‘how decolonization was differently positioned within different geographical traditions and debates and how geographical knowledge both advanced and challenged understanding of this process’.…”
Section: Category Best Graduate Student Paper Best Overall Papermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The relationships of tropical geography—and wider discourses of tropicality—to empire and the ways this was reworked subsequently, as well as postcolonial and decolonial alternatives have frequently figured in the SJTG (Sidaway et al ., 2018), with accounts of Anglophone (Bunnell et al ., 2013; Driver & Yeoh, 2000) as well as Francophone and Lusophone (Bowd & Clayton, 2003, 2005; Ferretti, 2017; Pimenta et al ., 2011; Power, 2020) narratives. These are part of a kaleidoscopic picture, whereby as Dan Clayton (2020: 1540) notes, there are questions about ‘how decolonization was differently positioned within different geographical traditions and debates and how geographical knowledge both advanced and challenged understanding of this process’.…”
Section: Category Best Graduate Student Paper Best Overall Papermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Coudreau era um crítico das ideias que associavam as práticas de comércio numa região como forma de abrandar e refrear os costumes, aspecto de sua formação política (FERRETTI, 2017a). Como havia observado no Xingu, os comerciantes não civilizavam os índios, tão pouco educavam seus costumes, apenas queriam explorar seu trabalho, vender objetos e tirar proveito da situação complexa de opressão vivida pelos povos indígenas na Amazônia no final do século XIX.…”
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“…Coudreau pertenceu a uma linha de viajantes e exploradores que não estavam associados diretamente a instituições científicas e acadêmicas e que não compartilhavam totalmente do cientificismo e teoria raciais, como pode observarse na sua crença no mito do "bom selvagem" de Rousseau (BENOIT, 2000;FERRETTI, 2017a). As explorações do francês faziam parte de uma espécie de projeto de colonialismo interno objetivado pelas elites pós-coloniais da América Latina (FERRETTI, 2017b).…”
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“…Coudreau pertenceu a uma linha de viajantes e exploradores que não estavam associados diretamente a instituições científicas e acadêmicas e que não compartilhavam totalmente do cientificismo e teoria raciais, como pode observarse na sua crença no mito do "bom selvagem" de Rousseau (BENOIT, 2000;FERRETTI, 2017a). As explorações do francês faziam parte de uma espécie de projeto de colonialismo interno objetivado pelas elites pós-coloniais da América Latina (FERRETTI, 2017b).…”
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