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Embracing the cordillera: Luis Carranza Ayarza and the development of environmental imaginaries in late-nineteenth-century Peru / Abrazando la cordillera: Luis Carranza Ayarza y el desarrollo de los imaginarios ambientales en el Perú de fines del siglo XIX
Palomo, José Ignacio Mogrovejo.
  • Palomo, José Ignacio Mogrovejo; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Lima. PE
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos ; 30: e2023006, 2023.
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-1430457
ABSTRACT
Abstract This article examines the relationship between local scientific ideas about the natural world and the economic potential to transform the modern nation-state in Peru during the late nineteenth century. Writings by the Peruvian scientist Luis Carranza indicate how support for a distinctive environmental imaginary of the country's geography made it possible to conceptualize nature as an essential component of Peruvian identity. As a result, local scientists had to "imaginatively" reshape the nature of the Andes for modernization purposes. The social and political ramifications of these ideas in Carranza's work were key to the foundation of scientific institutions such as the Geographical Society of Lima.
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Resumen Este artículo examina la relación entre las ideas científicas locales sobre el mundo natural y el potencial económico para transformar el Estado-nación moderno en el Perú a fines del siglo XIX. Los escritos del científico peruano Luis Carranza señalan cómo el apoyo a un imaginario ambiental distintivo de la geografía del país permitió conceptualizar la naturaleza como componente esencial de la identidad peruana. Como resultado, los científicos locales tuvieron que remodelar "imaginativamente" la naturaleza de los Andes con fines de modernización. Las ramificaciones sociales y políticas de estas ideas en la obra de Carranza fueron clave para la fundación de instituciones científicas como la Sociedad Geográfica de Lima.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Socioeconomic Factors / Andean Ecosystem / Conservation of Natural Resources Country/Region as subject: South America / Peru Language: English Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2023 Type: Article Affiliation country: Peru Institution/Affiliation country: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú/PE

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Socioeconomic Factors / Andean Ecosystem / Conservation of Natural Resources Country/Region as subject: South America / Peru Language: English Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2023 Type: Article Affiliation country: Peru Institution/Affiliation country: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú/PE