Author | Kury, Lorelai | |
Author | Albuquerque, Sara | |
Access date | 2023-12-20T17:20:31Z | |
Available date | 2023-12-20T17:20:31Z | |
Document date | 2021 | |
Citation | KURY, Lorelai; ALBUQUERQUE, Sara. Global Affinities: the natural method and anomalous plants in the nineteenth century. Host - Journal Of History Of Science And Technology, [S.L.], v. 15, n. 1, p. 39-70, 2021. | en_US |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/61915 | |
Abstract in Portuguese | A partir de uma análise do trabalho de Robert Brown (1773-1858) e Friedrich Welwitsch (1806-1872) sobre Rafflesia e Welwitschia, este artigo explora como o “método natural” se tornou uma ferramenta para a compreensão da flora extra-europeia no século XIX. . À medida que os botânicos trabalhavam para detectar “afinidades ocultas” entre as plantas que lhes permitiriam identificar as chamadas famílias naturais às quais pertenciam mesmo as espécies anómalas, baseavam-se na comparação como procedimento metodológico básico, tornando essencial que tivessem acesso a colecções. . Nos seus escritos científicos, os botânicos profissionais tendiam a evitar qualquer ênfase no exotismo das plantas. Enquanto a botânica dialogava com vários tipos de abordagens, o campo essencialmente normalizava o exótico. A exploração do artigo sobre o estilo hermético dos textos científicos e a forma como os botânicos incorporaram o trabalho dos ilustradores lança luz sobre a complexidade dos espaços onde a história natural era feita, num contexto onde plantas circulavam por todo o mundo. | en_US |
Language | eng | en_US |
Rights | open access | |
Subject in Portuguese | Raflésia | en_US |
Subject in Portuguese | Welwitschia | en_US |
Subject in Portuguese | Roberto Brown | en_US |
Subject in Portuguese | Método natural | en_US |
Subject in Portuguese | Exotismo | en_US |
Title | Global Affinities: The Natural Method and Anomalous Plants in the Nineteenth Century | en_US |
Type | Article | |
DOI | 10.2478/host-2021-0003 | |
Abstract | Approaching from an analysis of the work of Robert Brown (1773-1858) and Friedrich Welwitsch (1806-1872) on Rafflesia and Welwitschia, this article explores how the “natural method” became a tool for understanding extra-European flora in the nineteenth century. As botanists worked to detect “hidden affinities” between plants that would enable them to identify the so-called natural families to which even anomalous species belonged, they relied on comparison as their basic methodological procedure, making it essential for them to have access to collections. In their scientific writings, professional botanists tended to steer clear of any emphasis on plant exoticism. While botany engaged in dialogue with various types of approaches, the field essentially normalized the exotic. The article’s exploration of the hermetic style of scientific texts and the way botanists incorporated illustrators’ work sheds light on the complexity of the spaces where natural history was done, in a context where plants were circulating from around the globe. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Casa de Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | IHC-Nova FCSH. Pólo Universidade de Évora, Portugal. | en_US |
Subject | Rafflesia | en_US |
Subject | Welwitschia | en_US |
Subject | Robert Brown | en_US |
Subject | Natural method | en_US |
Subject | Exoticism | en_US |
DeCS | História | en_US |
DeCS | Plantas | en_US |
DeCS | Botânica | en_US |