A historiography of Brazilian theoretical and quantitative geography: The “Rio Claro case”, from flourishing to fall

Based on the assumption that, in local contexts, scientific progress may manifest differently, this article aims to present to the European community of geographers aspects of the so-called « neo-positivist geography » in Brazil. In the 1970s, one institution was emblematic, acting as sounding board...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b7c87fc6424c4c0185885d677fb96dd52021-12-02T11:19:45ZA historiography of Brazilian theoretical and quantitative geography: The “Rio Claro case”, from flourishing to fall1278-336610.4000/cybergeo.28824https://doaj.org/article/b7c87fc6424c4c0185885d677fb96dd52017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/28824https://doaj.org/toc/1278-3366Based on the assumption that, in local contexts, scientific progress may manifest differently, this article aims to present to the European community of geographers aspects of the so-called « neo-positivist geography » in Brazil. In the 1970s, one institution was emblematic, acting as sounding board for the pragmatic and scientific thinking of the Theoretical and Quantitative Geography in the country: the former Faculty of Philosophy, Science and Letters of Rio Claro, São Paulo State. We acknowledge key characters associated with this institution, who did not only engage in apologetic speech but also produced texts with reflective and applied content. Furthermore, we describe the reasons underlying reproaches endured by Brazilian theoretical geographers. The virtual heirs to a geography engaged in defending technical and linguistic accuracy found themselves acting under a condition of exclusion that soon hastened the rise of a long season of decay for the Rio Claro institution.Dante Flavio da Costa Reis JuniorUnité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-citésarticlehistory of geographytheoretical and quantitative geographygeography of scienceGeography (General)G1-922DEENFRITPTCybergeo (2017)
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Dante Flavio da Costa Reis Junior
A historiography of Brazilian theoretical and quantitative geography: The “Rio Claro case”, from flourishing to fall
description Based on the assumption that, in local contexts, scientific progress may manifest differently, this article aims to present to the European community of geographers aspects of the so-called « neo-positivist geography » in Brazil. In the 1970s, one institution was emblematic, acting as sounding board for the pragmatic and scientific thinking of the Theoretical and Quantitative Geography in the country: the former Faculty of Philosophy, Science and Letters of Rio Claro, São Paulo State. We acknowledge key characters associated with this institution, who did not only engage in apologetic speech but also produced texts with reflective and applied content. Furthermore, we describe the reasons underlying reproaches endured by Brazilian theoretical geographers. The virtual heirs to a geography engaged in defending technical and linguistic accuracy found themselves acting under a condition of exclusion that soon hastened the rise of a long season of decay for the Rio Claro institution.
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author Dante Flavio da Costa Reis Junior
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title A historiography of Brazilian theoretical and quantitative geography: The “Rio Claro case”, from flourishing to fall
title_short A historiography of Brazilian theoretical and quantitative geography: The “Rio Claro case”, from flourishing to fall
title_full A historiography of Brazilian theoretical and quantitative geography: The “Rio Claro case”, from flourishing to fall
title_fullStr A historiography of Brazilian theoretical and quantitative geography: The “Rio Claro case”, from flourishing to fall
title_full_unstemmed A historiography of Brazilian theoretical and quantitative geography: The “Rio Claro case”, from flourishing to fall
title_sort historiography of brazilian theoretical and quantitative geography: the “rio claro case”, from flourishing to fall
publisher Unité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-cités
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