Encuentros problematicos
Imperio, colonialismo y ciencias humanas en las Americas y el Pacifico
Will be published approx. on 15. October 2026
Book
Hardback
978-90-04-76317-3 (ISBN)
Description
Este volumen ofrece una vision novedosa acerca de las ciencias humanas a traves del concepto central de encuentro. Inspirados por los estudios indigenas y los estudios latinoamericanos, los textos presentan estudios de casos individuales para explorar las dinamicas de los encuentros entre investigadores, intermediarios y sujetos de estudio en contextos imperiales y coloniales en las Americas y el Pacifico. Cada capitulo explora las consideraciones eticas y las practicas de produccion de conocimiento que eran comunes en las ciencias de campo y las expediciones cientificas, en las instituciones de custodia y en los debates acerca de gobernanza; en su conjunto, los textos presentan una reevaluacion de como es que los individuos y las comunidades que se vieron convertidos en sujetos de investigacion aceptaron, criticaron o subvirtieron esas practicas. Todas estas lineas forman una propuesta novedosa para la historizacion de las ciencias humanas.
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This volume presents a scholarly reconsideration of the human sciences by centering the notion of the encounter. Drawing upon insights from Indigenous studies and Latin American studies, individual case studies delve into the dynamics of encounters between researchers, intermediaries, and research subjects in imperial and colonial contexts across the Americas and Pacific. Authors explore ethical considerations and knowledge production practices that prevailed in field and expedition science, custodial institutions, and governance debates, and they collectively re-evaluate how individuals and communities subjected to research projects embraced, critiqued, or subverted them. Together, they offer a new approach to historicizing the human sciences.
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This volume presents a scholarly reconsideration of the human sciences by centering the notion of the encounter. Drawing upon insights from Indigenous studies and Latin American studies, individual case studies delve into the dynamics of encounters between researchers, intermediaries, and research subjects in imperial and colonial contexts across the Americas and Pacific. Authors explore ethical considerations and knowledge production practices that prevailed in field and expedition science, custodial institutions, and governance debates, and they collectively re-evaluate how individuals and communities subjected to research projects embraced, critiqued, or subverted them. Together, they offer a new approach to historicizing the human sciences.
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Series
Language
Spanish
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
17 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-90-04-76317-3 (9789004763173)
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Adam Warren ocupa la Catedra de Historia de la Universidad de Washington, en Seattle. Ha publicado Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru: Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms (Pittsburgh, 2010) y es co-autor de Baptism Through Incision: The Postmortem Cesarean Operation in the Spanish Empire (PSU, 2020.)
Julia E. Rodriguez es docente de historia en la Universidad de New Hampshire. Es autora de Civilizing Argentina: Science, Medicine, and the Modern State?(UNC Press, 2006) y es editora del sitio web HOSLAC: Historia de la ciencia en Latinoamerica y el Caribe (www.hoslac.org).
Stephen T. Casper imparte clases de historia en la Universidad Clarkson e investiga la historia cultural de las lesiones cerebrales y la violencia en el mundo moderno. Su estudio monografico Punch Drunk and Dementia: A Cultural History of Concussion, 1870-Present cuenta con un contrato de publicacion con Johns Hopkins Press.
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Adam Warren is Chair of History at University of Washington, Seattle. He authored Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru: Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms (Pittsburgh, 2010), and co-authored Baptism Through Incision: The Postmortem Cesarean Operation in the Spanish Empire (PSU, 2020.)
Julia E. Rodriguez teaches history at the University of New Hampshire. She published Civilizing Argentina: Science, Medicine, and the Modern State?(UNC Press, 2006) and edits the website HOSLAC: History of Science in Latin America and the Caribbean (www.hoslac.org).
Stephen T. Casper teaches history at Clarkson University and researches the cultural history of brain injury and violence in the modern world. His monograph, Punch Drunk and Dementia: A Cultural History of Concussion, 1870-Present, is under-contract with Johns Hopkins Press.
Julia E. Rodriguez es docente de historia en la Universidad de New Hampshire. Es autora de Civilizing Argentina: Science, Medicine, and the Modern State?(UNC Press, 2006) y es editora del sitio web HOSLAC: Historia de la ciencia en Latinoamerica y el Caribe (www.hoslac.org).
Stephen T. Casper imparte clases de historia en la Universidad Clarkson e investiga la historia cultural de las lesiones cerebrales y la violencia en el mundo moderno. Su estudio monografico Punch Drunk and Dementia: A Cultural History of Concussion, 1870-Present cuenta con un contrato de publicacion con Johns Hopkins Press.
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Adam Warren is Chair of History at University of Washington, Seattle. He authored Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru: Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms (Pittsburgh, 2010), and co-authored Baptism Through Incision: The Postmortem Cesarean Operation in the Spanish Empire (PSU, 2020.)
Julia E. Rodriguez teaches history at the University of New Hampshire. She published Civilizing Argentina: Science, Medicine, and the Modern State?(UNC Press, 2006) and edits the website HOSLAC: History of Science in Latin America and the Caribbean (www.hoslac.org).
Stephen T. Casper teaches history at Clarkson University and researches the cultural history of brain injury and violence in the modern world. His monograph, Punch Drunk and Dementia: A Cultural History of Concussion, 1870-Present, is under-contract with Johns Hopkins Press.