The construction of a discipline: actors, institutions, magazines

2 Dezembro 2019, 18:00 • Ana Duarte Rodrigues

Topics under discussion in the historiography of science since its genesis as a discipline. Dichotomies in action: internalist vs externalist.

• George Sarton: History of Science as a New Humanism

• The History of Urban Science and the Spatial Turn

• History of Colonial Sciences and History of Postcolonial Sciences

• Presentation of the text by a student and discussion among the group.

 

Mandatory reading: A. THACKRAY, R.K. MERTON, “On Discipline Building: The Paradoxes of George Sarton,” Isis, 63 (1972), 472-495.