Savoirs déplacés : quand les nouveaux horizons font vaciller la science européenne
Abstract: The development of exotic naturalist knowledge in the 18th century confronted scholars with the limits of European methods and epistemological frameworks. How to describe and name natural productions that sometimes have no relation with already known species? How can they be included in cl...
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| description | Abstract: The development of exotic naturalist knowledge in the 18th century confronted scholars with the limits of European methods and epistemological frameworks. How to describe and name natural productions that sometimes have no relation with already known species? How can they be included in classifications? What is the value of a centuries-old indigenous name, compared to a Latin name invented for European science? Michel Adanson developed during his trip to Senegal (1749-1754) extremely original answers to these questions, which involved understanding local knowledge and attempting to integrate it into European knowledge. At the risk of upsetting the latter. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd5985918f3f405ba0b3309bbf3e99002024-02-14T08:58:42ZengUniversité Clermont AuvergneViatica2275-08271010.52497/viatica2510Savoirs déplacés : quand les nouveaux horizons font vaciller la science européenneNathalie VuilleminAbstract: The development of exotic naturalist knowledge in the 18th century confronted scholars with the limits of European methods and epistemological frameworks. How to describe and name natural productions that sometimes have no relation with already known species? How can they be included in classifications? What is the value of a centuries-old indigenous name, compared to a Latin name invented for European science? Michel Adanson developed during his trip to Senegal (1749-1754) extremely original answers to these questions, which involved understanding local knowledge and attempting to integrate it into European knowledge. At the risk of upsetting the latter.https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/2510Adanson (Michel)botanicindigenous namesepistemological disruptiondecentering |
| spellingShingle | Nathalie Vuillemin Savoirs déplacés : quand les nouveaux horizons font vaciller la science européenne Viatica Adanson (Michel) botanic indigenous names epistemological disruption decentering |
| title | Savoirs déplacés : quand les nouveaux horizons font vaciller la science européenne |
| title_full | Savoirs déplacés : quand les nouveaux horizons font vaciller la science européenne |
| title_fullStr | Savoirs déplacés : quand les nouveaux horizons font vaciller la science européenne |
| title_full_unstemmed | Savoirs déplacés : quand les nouveaux horizons font vaciller la science européenne |
| title_short | Savoirs déplacés : quand les nouveaux horizons font vaciller la science européenne |
| title_sort | savoirs deplaces quand les nouveaux horizons font vaciller la science europeenne |
| topic | Adanson (Michel) botanic indigenous names epistemological disruption decentering |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/2510 |
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