ABSTRACT
Resumen (analítico) En este artículo se sostiene una mirada crítica a la construcción de una infancia latinoamericana imaginada desde la posición de los Estados Unidos, a través de la política cultural del panamericanismo; ello a partir de un análisis de la participación infantil hemisférica en el festejo del Día de las Américas (14 de abril) como un proyecto político-cultural de la Unión Panamericana. Por medio de un análisis de fuentes primarias a partir de los métodos de la historia cultural, se aprecia la nueva visibilidad en la esfera pública de los niños como impulsores culturales de una nueva política hemisférica construida desde Washington, D. C. La resultante construcción metafórica de una mirada (neo)colonizadora que infantilizaba a los países latinoamericanos se intensificaba cuando se movilizaba a los niños y niñas como agentes de la política exterior.
Abstract (analytical) This article takes a critical look at the construction of Latin American childhood imagined from the vantage point of the United States through the cultural politics of Pan Americanism. It analyzes children's participation in the celebrations of Pan American Day (April 14) as a political-cultural project of the Pan American Union. Through cultural historical analysis of primary sources, the article argues that children gained political visibility in the public sphere as cultural agents of a new hemispheric political initiative led by Washington, D. C. The resulting metaphorical construction of Latin America as childlike in the (neo)colonial gaze infantilized the region's inhabitants, a historical tendency that intensified when children were mobilized as agents of hemispheric diplomacy.
Resumo (analítico) Este artigo apresenta um olhar crítico sobre a construção de uma infância latino-americana imaginada a partir da posição dos Estados Unidos, por meio da política cultural do pan-americanismo, a partir de uma análise da participação infantil hemisférica na celebração do Dia das Américas (14 de abril) como projeto político-cultural da União Pan-Americana. Por meio de uma análise das fontes primárias dos métodos de história cultural, podese apreciar a nova visibilidade na esfera pública das crianças como impulsionadores culturais de uma nova política hemisférica construída a partir de Washington, D. C. A construção metafórica resultante de um olhar (neo) colonizador que infantilizou os países latino-americanos se intensificava quando as crianças eram mobilizadas como agentes de política externa.
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Politics , Diplomacy , HistoryABSTRACT
Resumo Partindo de uma investigação sobre a vida, a obra e o pensamento do diplomata Júlio Constâncio de Villeneuve, conde de Villeneuve, o artigo propõe uma reflexão sobre iniciativas e objetivos da diplomacia brasileira nas últimas décadas do Segundo Reinado. O foco da análise recai sobre o papel que objetos concernentes ao campo científico-tecnológico assumiam em um contexto de profundas transformações nas diretrizes de política externa do Império, sendo tomados como fatores importantes em uma nova estratégia de inserção internacional adotada após a Guerra da Tríplice Aliança.
Abstract This article examines the life, work, and thinking of the diplomat Júlio Constâncio, Count of Villeneuve, reflecting on the initiatives and objectives of Brazilian diplomacy during the final decades of Emperor Pedro II's reign. The analysis is based on the role that objects related to science and technology played within a context of profound changes in the Empire's foreign policy, as important factors in a new strategy to position the country internationally after the War of the Triple Alliance.
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Intellectual Property , International Acts , Internationality , Science, Technology and Society , Brazil , History, 19th CenturyABSTRACT
The objective of this analysis is mainly to examine the current trend of climate change diplomacy carry forward by the Government of Bangladesh. This focus on effectiveness of Climate Change (CC) Diplomacy for the climate change victim nation like Bangladesh. Some interrelated issues addressed here are: (i) essence of climate change diplomacy for the developing nations mostly affected by climate induced disasters; (ii) performance of Bangladesh in the bilateral and multilateral negotiations. The findings of the analysis suggest that, climate change diplomacy of the government of Bangladesh is not formally fashioned yet to influence foreign governments and/or multilateral institutions towards extending highest support in mitigating and adapting the climate change impact. It is apparent that, climate change diplomacy does not seem to have emerged as an integral component of its international relations to complement the national efforts through tie up with international affiliations. The paper is concluded with a roadmap to make the climate change diplomacy more effective so that Bangladesh could avail optimum assistance from the international community/alliance to mitigate and adopt climate change for reduction of vulnerability of the community recurrently affected by climate change induced disasters. With the prominence of climate change diplomacy on the top, Bangladesh should have a strategy of playing a pro-active role at the international level in coming years. Such strategy would help Bangladesh to draw on the global assistance in favor of climate change mitigation and adaptation.