2018
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-59702018000400014
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Writing the history of knowledge in Brazil

Abstract: This article surveys recent contributions to the history of knowledge in Brazil, mainly concerned with the history of the sciences, and makes some suggestions about the future development of the field, focussing on the different spaces or sites of knowledge (colleges and universities, museums, archives, botanical gardens, observatories, newspapers, foundations and so on) that have proliferated in the last 200 years in particular.

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“…Simonsen, often regarded as among the most influential Brazilian economists from the 1950s to 1990s. Burke's (2018) critical survey of recent Brazilian historiography of science notices that the history of social sciences lags behind the history of natural sciences in the country. Although he mentions some works on the history of social sciences, no references to research on the history of Brazilian economic thought are provided, which illustrates how economics has remained largely apart from other sciences.…”
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“…Simonsen, often regarded as among the most influential Brazilian economists from the 1950s to 1990s. Burke's (2018) critical survey of recent Brazilian historiography of science notices that the history of social sciences lags behind the history of natural sciences in the country. Although he mentions some works on the history of social sciences, no references to research on the history of Brazilian economic thought are provided, which illustrates how economics has remained largely apart from other sciences.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Os museus estiveram entre as primeiras instituições responsáveis pela construção de conhecimento (Burke, 2018), desenvolvendo atividades de pesquisa e de formação de quadros técnico-científicos (Valente, 2009). E essas atividades contribuíram para a sua legitimidade (Valente, 2009, p. 31).…”
Section: Movimentos Históricos E Educação Musealunclassified
“…Os museus compartilharam o papel de gerador de conhecimento com as primeiras universidades do país, no século XX (Marandino et al, 2009;Burke, 2018), juntamente com os institutos de pesquisa e as indústrias tecnológicas (Cazelli et al, 1999). Não obstante, continuaram a contribuir para o desenvolvimento científico, não competindo com as funções de outras instituições, mas desenvolvendo também seu papel de instigar a curiosidade, além dos propósitos de preservar o patrimônio, informar, educar e aprender (Wagensberg, 2008).…”
Section: Movimentos Históricos E Educação Musealunclassified