Geographical interpretations in Oliveira Vianna
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the discussions of the Brazilian thinker Oliveira Vianna (1883-1951) about race and environment in the Brazilian society. It seeks to understand how the author tries to equate the two problems involving a formation of a "developed" and "civilize...
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| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2019-07-01
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| Series: | Geosul |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/geosul/article/view/58344 |
| Summary: | The purpose of this paper is to analyze the discussions of the Brazilian thinker Oliveira Vianna (1883-1951) about race and environment in the Brazilian society. It seeks to understand how the author tries to equate the two problems involving a formation of a "developed" and "civilized" Brazilian nation at the beginning of 20th century: the population mostly composed by "inferior race" and the determinations imposed by the degenerating tropical environment. Participating of a series of debates on a national project for Brazil, Vianna saw in the resolution of the race and environment issues a viable way for the country. Believing in "aryan" superiority, the author emphasizes the need to insert in the Brazilian territory a population from Europe. Producing a geographical discourse, the author establishes discussions on the men-environment relationship and makes a proposal of a regional planning for the rational allocation of “aryans types” in the Brazilian natural regions. It is important to understand the Vianna’s geographical discourse because he later influenced a set of geographers who sought to discuss the regional differences and the population in Brazil. |
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| ISSN: | 0103-3964 2177-5230 |