Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaConstruindo uma geografia do passado: Rio de Janeiro, cidade portuária, século XVII
This article discusses the role of the past in geographical studies. Classical définitions, which have established Geography as a "science of the présent" have severely limited its scope, especially in Brazil. The interprétation of past geographies is as valid a subject for geographers as...
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| Lenguaje: | Portugués |
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Programa de Pós-Graduação de Geografia Humana e Programa de Pós-Graduação de Geografia Física
2000
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/geousp/article/view/123400 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/40586 |
| Sumario: | This article discusses the role of the past in geographical studies. Classical définitions, which have established Geography as a "science of the présent" have severely limited its scope, especially in Brazil. The interprétation of past geographies is as valid a subject for geographers as the study of the présent. Past, présent and future are analytical dim ensions which are shared by ali disciplines; what differentiates them is not the time period they study but the questions they pose to reality. The recent work of Milton Santos on the nature of space provides a good starting point for defending the need for more past geographies. An empirical study of Rio de Janeiro in the 17th century is developed as an example |
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