Exposições internacionais: uma abordagem historiográfica a partir da América Latina

Abstract

This essay examines the historiography of international exhibitions, seen as geopolitical phenomena of modernity to which are associated the rise of middle classes, nationalist and colonialist movements, as well as an exhibitionary network connecting distinct spaces and times. Most of the recent studies analyses this repertoire and this pattern, and their relationship with political, economic, social and cultural issues. This study stresses, among ongoing approaches, the Latin American work -still barely visible or integrated into a field which is already consolidated -, and suggests how its visibility can be improved.

Minérios e outros objetos de história natural: Representações da fronteira no acervo e na criação do Museu Estadual de Goiás na década de 1940

“…What is the similarity between the exhibition profile discussed by Sanjad (2017) and the exhibition held in Goiás in the 1940s? In Goiás the exhibition had a national character since it involved various Brazilian states.…”

“…According to Sanjad (2017) various modalities of 'exhibition' emerged, from universal to thematic, associated with an area of knowledge like arts, science, medicine, public sanitation, such as economic activity (design, industry, mining, agriculture, floriculture, etc.,) and important events. He also shows that between the 1910s and 1930s the exhibitions were altered, especially in relation to their social objective.…”

From Dresden to the world: images of the German Hygiene Museum’s relations with Latin America, 1911-1933

“…During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the number of exhibitions and museums grew and hygiene exhibitions, as well as scientific congresses, were often organized as part of mega-events, such as the World Fair in London (1851) and the universal expositions of Paris, which became frequent as of the mid-nineteenth century (Bennet, 2005;Almeida, 2010;Sanjad, 2017;Heesen, 2018). The birth of universal exhibitions was a phenomenon of capitalist modernity and urban reforms, from which Walter Benjamin (1985) created the concept "fetishism of merchandise."…”

“…In the historiography of the international exhibitions, the number of works dedicated to investigating the global context is increasing. However, according to História, Ciências, Saúde -Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro Sanjad (2017) and Almeida (2010), researches about the role of Latin America unfortunately remain small in number. This article is a contribution to this last group of studies.…”

A Exposição Universal de Viena de 1873 e o Congresso Internacional sobre Patentes

“…conhecimento e da cultura material do Ocidente; 9 expressão e reificação de identidades e projetos nacionais. 10 Conforme podemos notar na obra de Nelson Sanjad, que de forma brilhante perscruta a literatura especializada e identifica suas mais importantes tendências, 11 quanto maior a multiplicidade de ângulos pelos quais as exposições universais sejam observadas, mais variadas serão as interpretações e definições sobre essas grandes feiras internacionais promovidas a partir de meados do século XIX, expressões indeléveis de seu tempo.…”