The “Archaic” and the Contemporary: a Reading of History of Science in a Post-Colonial Key

At the end of the 19th century, a series of phenomena that challenged the classification were spread profusely in Mexico City, since they were like in the middle, confusingly affecting the sense of concepts such as “science”, “magic”, “witchcraft”, “religion”: magnetism, hypnotism, automatism, somna...

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Autor principal: Gorbach, Frida
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2023
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Magnetism
History
Archive
Post-colonial Turn
Science
Magnetismo
Historia
Archivo
Giro Poscolonial
Ciencia
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/40391
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spelling I10-R362-article-403912023-03-07T19:24:51Z The “Archaic” and the Contemporary: a Reading of History of Science in a Post-Colonial Key Lo “arcaico” y lo contemporáneo: una lectura de historia de la ciencia en clave poscolonial Gorbach, Frida Magnetism History Archive Post-colonial Turn Science Magnetismo Historia Archivo Giro Poscolonial Ciencia At the end of the 19th century, a series of phenomena that challenged the classification were spread profusely in Mexico City, since they were like in the middle, confusingly affecting the sense of concepts such as “science”, “magic”, “witchcraft”, “religion”: magnetism, hypnotism, automatism, somnambulism, suggestion. The purpose is to make a reading in a post-colonial key of these phenomena and of that historical moment. To do this, I dwell at the shifts that the post-colonial turn produced in my research work, in the strategies I implemented to go beyond the archive-repository, beyond the continuous temporality of history-process, to look at how categories of that imaginary geography appear in the most unexpected places, demarcating the territory of the same and the other and dividing the world into the civilized and the primitive, the dichotomy that the 19th century normalized. At the same time, as an effect of that turn, I follow the uncertain connections in an attempt to open the narrative towards other articulations and interpretive possibilities. En los finales del siglo XIX circularon profusamente por la Ciudad de México una serie de fenómenos que desafiaban las clasificaciones, ya que estaban como en el medio, incidiendo confusamente en el significado de conceptos como “ciencia”, “magia”, “brujería”, “religión”: magnetismo, hipnotismo, automatismo, sonambulismo, sugestión. El propósito es hacer una lectura en clave poscolonial de esos fenómenos y de ese momento histórico. Para ello me detengo en los desplazamientos que el giro poscolonial produjo en mi trabajo investigativo, en las estrategias que utilicé para ir más allá del archivo-repositorio, más allá de la temporalidad continua de la historia-proceso, hasta mirar cómo en los lugares más inesperados aparecen modalidades de esa geografía imaginaria que demarca el territorio de lo mismo y de lo otro y divide el mundo entre lo civilizado y lo primitivo, la dicotomía que el siglo XIX naturaliza. Al mismo tiempo, como efecto de ese giro, sigo conexiones inciertas en un intento por abrir la narrativa hacia otras articulaciones y otras posibilidades interpretativas Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2023-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/40391 10.31049/1853.7049.v13.n22.40391 Anuario de la Escuela de Historia Virtual; Vol. 13 Núm. 22 (2022): Anuario de la Escuela de Historia Virtual; 29-48 1853-7049 10.31049/1853.7049.v13.n22 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/40391/40679 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/40391/40680 Derechos de autor 2023 Frida Gorbach http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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topic Magnetism
History
Archive
Post-colonial Turn
Science
Magnetismo
Historia
Archivo
Giro Poscolonial
Ciencia
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History
Archive
Post-colonial Turn
Science
Magnetismo
Historia
Archivo
Giro Poscolonial
Ciencia
Gorbach, Frida
The “Archaic” and the Contemporary: a Reading of History of Science in a Post-Colonial Key
topic_facet Magnetism
History
Archive
Post-colonial Turn
Science
Magnetismo
Historia
Archivo
Giro Poscolonial
Ciencia
author Gorbach, Frida
author_facet Gorbach, Frida
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title The “Archaic” and the Contemporary: a Reading of History of Science in a Post-Colonial Key
title_short The “Archaic” and the Contemporary: a Reading of History of Science in a Post-Colonial Key
title_full The “Archaic” and the Contemporary: a Reading of History of Science in a Post-Colonial Key
title_fullStr The “Archaic” and the Contemporary: a Reading of History of Science in a Post-Colonial Key
title_full_unstemmed The “Archaic” and the Contemporary: a Reading of History of Science in a Post-Colonial Key
title_sort “archaic” and the contemporary: a reading of history of science in a post-colonial key
description At the end of the 19th century, a series of phenomena that challenged the classification were spread profusely in Mexico City, since they were like in the middle, confusingly affecting the sense of concepts such as “science”, “magic”, “witchcraft”, “religion”: magnetism, hypnotism, automatism, somnambulism, suggestion. The purpose is to make a reading in a post-colonial key of these phenomena and of that historical moment. To do this, I dwell at the shifts that the post-colonial turn produced in my research work, in the strategies I implemented to go beyond the archive-repository, beyond the continuous temporality of history-process, to look at how categories of that imaginary geography appear in the most unexpected places, demarcating the territory of the same and the other and dividing the world into the civilized and the primitive, the dichotomy that the 19th century normalized. At the same time, as an effect of that turn, I follow the uncertain connections in an attempt to open the narrative towards other articulations and interpretive possibilities.
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url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/40391
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