Discourses of European Travellers an Written Culture in Argentina (1810-1910)
Authors
Mario Sebastián Román, Liliana Petrucci, Marcelo Bechara, María Lidia de Biaggi, María de los Angeles Rodriguez, Stella Maris Beghetto, Román MayoráFiles
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Journal
Published in Vol. 27 No. 53 (2016) of Ciencia, Docencia y Tecnología.
Ciencia, Docencia y Tecnología is a refereed, multidisciplinary open access scientific journal that aims to contribute to the development of scientific knowledge in Argentina and Latin America. Since 1990 it has been edited and funded by the National University of Entre Ríos and publishes original research articles in Spanish and Portuguese by national and international researchers. Until 2020, CDyT was published in May and November. As of Num. 62 may-ago (2021), it adopts the continuous publication mode, publishing three issues in April, August and December.
About the JournalAbstract
This article delves into the “reconstruction” of the “map” of European travellers who got around and stayed in present-day Argentinean territory. Special attention was paid to the contribution of Alfred du Graty and Martin de Moussy to the construction of the “historical memory”, of a national imaginary and of the “narration of nation” in their roles as representatives of Argentinean Confederation in two Universal Exhibitions in Paris (in 1855 and 1867). The interventions of two pedagogue travellers: Amadeo Jacques and Pedro Scalabrini, were analized, as outstanding characters who took a starring part in the configuration of the pedagogical field in these latitudes, at the same time that their works appear strongly influenced by the relationship with “the other” / “the otherness”. Some keys were proposed to reserach on the forms of visuality of european travellers, focusing on the case of Hermann Burmeister, taking into account a delimitation on the landscape, nature and urban scenaries.
