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Elisée Reclus fut géographe et libertaire, indissociablement. Lié un temps à Michel Bakounine, ami de Louise Michel, engagé physiquement dans la défense de la Commune de Paris puis banni du territoire français, il acquit de son vivant une... more
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      ColonialismHistory of AnarchismMediterraneanHistory of geography
Handbook for advanced students F. Deprest wrote the following chapters : "Savoirs sur l'espace et science géographique", p. 15-20. "La géographie française dans les sciences sociales", p. 47-52. "La géographie, ça sert à coloniser ?",... more
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      Geographical Method and TheoryHistory and Epistemology of Geography
“Learning to see”: The excursions of the Viennese geographical institute and the formation of practical culture of geographical observation (in the field) in the era of Albrecht Penck (1885–1906). Albrecht Penck (1858–1945)... more
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      History of ScienceHistory of geographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
Resumo: A moderna concepção de Geografia tem sua base em estudos desenvolvidos por Immanuel Kant no século XVIII, os quais foram posteriormente aprofundados por outros geógrafos. Entretanto, no final do século XIX e início do século XX,... more
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      History of Geographic ThoughtEpistemologíaGeografiaEpistemologia da Geografia
Anarchism and geography have a long and disjointed history, characterized by towering peaks of intensive intellectual engagement and low troughs of ambivalence and disregard. This paper traces a genealogy of anarchist geographies back to... more
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      Critical TheoryIndustrial And Labor RelationsHistoryEuropean History
Between 1780 and 1860, geography is progressively becoming a full scientific field in Europe, built thanks to renewed institutional and academic principles, especially in France, Prussia and Great Britain. At the same time in these three... more
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      GeographyHuman GeographyHistory of geographyHistory of Geographical Thought
The essay examines the cartographic images and decorations present in the Italian public buildings during the 15th and the 16th century, highlighting the context of the topographic representations of the Venetian dominions proposed by... more
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      Renaissance StudiesHistory of CartographyHistory of FlorenceRenaissance Cartography
Only Polish words from Marcin Paszkowski’s “Dictionary” have been published up to now while their Turkish equivalents have never been edited although two scholars (Ananiasz Zajączkowski 1938 and Stanisław Stachowski 1989) intended to do... more
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      History of LinguisticsPhilologyLanguagesGeography
At the beginning of the 19th century, geography is still in a process of being created as a proper discipline. One man especially takes place in that process : Alexander von Humboldt. Among his contributions, he gives pictures an... more
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      GeographyHuman GeographyHistory of geographyalexander von Humboldt
Revista de El Colegio de San Luis, año IV, núm. 8, 2014, El Colegio de San Luis, San Luis Potosí, pp. 96-127. ISSN: 2007-8846. (Índice de Revistas Mexicanas de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica).
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      Historical GeographyCultural Historical GeographyHistory of geographyPress and media history
A partir de duas Teorias do Conhecimento, baseadas em Aristóteles (Segundos Analíticos) e Ernst Cassirer (Ensaio sobre o homem), o presente texto explora as noções de conhecimento científico e conhecimento simbólico, respectivamente.... more
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      Theory of KnowledgeHistory and Epistemology of Geography
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      History of geographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
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      PhenomenologyHumanistic Geography and LiteratureHistory and Epistemology of GeographyUrban Landscape and Planning
As is well known, today’s urban reality makes geographers question some traditional oppositions such as city-countryside. For instance, Edward Soja explores the regionality of cityspace in the light of two main concepts: “synekism”, that... more
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      Philosophy of GeographyHistory of geographyChorographyThirdspace
This article aims to make a retrospective of the several theses that for decades characterized the work of Neil Smith on gentrification and the agents and processes inherent in this process. It is based on the discussion and reflection on... more
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      Radical GeographyUrban RegenerationGentrificationCritical Geography
A la charniere du XVIIIeme et du XIXeme siecle, Alexander von Humboldt realise une serie de voyages scientifiques et geographiques en Europe, en Amerique et en Asie. Connus en grande partie par sa tres riche correspondance, ces voyages... more
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      GeographyArtHistory of Geographic ThoughtHistory of geography
Encyclopedic note about 'Constructivism', specifically focused on it's meaning in Geography, from a historical point of view. Translation available in English and Spanish.
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      EpistemologyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
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      Philosophy of GeographyHistory of geographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
Note on the notion of social space and its uses in geography and social sciences.
Notice sur la notion d'espace social et ses usages en géographie et sciences sociales.
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      SociologyGeographyHuman GeographySocial Geography
Most important currents in human geography participate in a social theory which is based on the common interests of individuals living in a common space. The role of social classes in the explanation of geographical facts is neutralised... more
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    • History and Epistemology of Geography
Memoria y Sociedad. Revista de Historia, vol. XVI, núm. 33, 2012, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, pp. 154-169. ISSN: 0122-5197.
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      Historical GeographyHistory of ReligionHistory of ReligionsCultural Historical Geography
From 1839, Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent leads the topographical and geographical section of the commission in charge of the scientific exploration of Algeria. During three years, between 1840 and 1842, with a team of ingeniors he... more
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      History of geographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
Este trabalho é parte de um esforço que vem sendo desenvolvido nos diálogos do Grupo de Pesquisa em Ensino de Geografia na Amazônia, buscando as bases da geografia brasileira e suas repercussões no ensino de geografia. Neste artigo... more
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      GeographyEpistemologyMarxismDialectic
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      ConstructivismThomas S. KuhnRealismHistory and Epistemology of Geography
El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo central ubicar los trabajos con perspectiva de género en la producción cientíca de la Geografía argentina, a partir de la metodología de Análisis de Redes Sociales. Fueron recuperados 1038... more
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      Feminist GeographyMetodology of social researchGraphsHistory and Epistemology of Geography
L'auteur explique pourquoi au début il a décidé de propager la nouvelle géographie nomothétique et a opté ensuite pour la géographie radicale. Il situe sa recherche ulterieure dans l'ensemble des grands courants de pensée de la géographie... more
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    • History and Epistemology of Geography
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      Political Geography and GeopoliticsPolitical GeographyHistory of geographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
Resulta indiscutible la influencia, e incluso en numerosas ocasiones el determinismo, que ejercen los factores geográficos sobre casi todos los aspectos de la vida humana, por ejemplo la forma en que se organiza cada sociedad en un... more
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      GeographyCultural GeographyHistorical GeographyCartography
En 1807 et 1810, Conrad Malte-Brun propose à travers deux entreprises éditoriales, la revue des Annales des Voyages, de la Géographie et de l'Histoire et le Précis de la géographie universelle, de fonder une discipline géographique sur... more
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      History of geographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
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      Historical GeographyHistory of ReligionHistory of ReligionsCultural Historical Geography
Dans les pays germanophones, l’évolution de la féminisation de la géographie universitaire au XXe siècle fait se succéder l’âge des « pionnières » à celui des « conquérantes », puis l’époque d’une présence féminine normalisée (quoique... more
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      Women's HistoryHistory of geographyWomen in Germany During the First World WarHistory and Epistemology of Geography
This paper emphasizes the role of Emannuels de Martonne's epistemological standpoint as a model for the "vidalian" (French classic) school of geography, which was as much effective as it was a very normative one but also very implicit.... more
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      History of geographyHistory and Epistemology of GeographyEmmanuel de MartonneFrench Classical Geography
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      History of Geographic ThoughtHistory of geographyÉlisée ReclusLouis Agassiz
With the help of the tools of poetics, this epistemological work first offers to explain how the particular “realism” of the geographers of the twentieth century can shed light on a number of epistemological prejudices of the... more
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      GeographyConstructivismThomas S. Kuhn20th Century
En la década de 1840 una agrupación de la ciudad de México conocida como Academia de Letrán convocó a distinguidos literatos nacionales interesados en temas científicos, entre ellos, la Geografía. Éstos dieron a conocer algunos escritos... more
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      Historical GeographyCultural Historical GeographyHistory of geographyPress and media history
This paper concerns the changes in human geographical research over the last 20 years as far as the mainstream Anglo-Saxon publications are concerned. We contend that although a lot of continuity appears through the further co-existence... more
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    • History and Epistemology of Geography
Normalmente el legado de casi todos los intelectuales y profesionales empieza a ser valorado post mortem – y en muchos casos, digámoslo claramente, se trata de un reconocimiento exagerado de la obra de ellos que tiene que ver más con el... more
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      History of CartographyHistorical mapsHistoria De La CartografíaMapas
This paper aims to precise how french geographers started, at some point, to developp a theoretical discourse about scales. It especially tries to interpret and discuss the obviousness of scales for French geographers. This study is... more
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      ScaleConstructivist ApproachesFrench GeographyEpistemology and History of Geography
Depuis une quinzaine d'années, les géographes se penchent sur l'enjeu des interrelations entre savoir et pouvoir au sein de leur discipline. Dans une perspective historique et épistémologique, cet article propose d'illustrer ce... more
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      GeographyHistory of Geographic ThoughtHistory of geographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
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      GeographyHistory of geographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
Interview conducted on the 10th of July 2017 in Paris, between Anne Clerval and Fabrice Ripoll, from the JEDI Group, and online journal Justice Spatiale / Spatial Justice (Sophie Moreau and Pascale Philifert). For the ten-year (or so)... more
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      Social GeographyCritical GeographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
A fenomenologia enquanto disciplina filosófica foi propriamente fundada por Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), ainda que o termo fenomenologia (do grego clássico: "aquilo que é visível", "que aparece" ou "que se mostra") já tenha aparecido... more
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      Humanistic GeographyFenomenologíaEpistemologia da GeografiaFenomenologia
Encyclopedic note about 'Realism', specifically focused on it's meaning in French Geography, from a historical point of view. Translation available in English and Spanish.
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      EpistemologyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
This paper analyses the French "classical" or "vidalian" school of geography's standpoint about the reality and its intelligibility. It aims to show how Vidal de la Blache's pupils thought of reality as something one has a direct access... more
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      History of geographyPoetics of Science, Ficto-ScienceFrench GeographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
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      History of ArtHistory of geographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
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      Social TheoryHuman GeographySocial ClassesHistory and Epistemology of Geography
Laura Peaud montre en quoi les deux contextes differents dans lesquels Humboldt mene ses recherches au Mexique et en Russie conduisent a des formes et des contenus scientifiques antagonistes et eclaire plus generalement la posture du... more
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      GeographyHistory of Geographic ThoughtHistory of geographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography
Au debut du xixe siecle, la geographie est en pleine construction disciplinaire. Parmi tant d'autres, une figure participe specialement a ce processus : Alexander von Humboldt. Un de ses principaux apports se trouve sans aucun doute... more
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      GeographyHuman GeographyArtHistory of geography
Cette communication s'inscrit dans la perspective plus large du spatial turn et du transnational turn, en s'appuyant notamment sur les travaux de D.N. Livingstone et C. Whiters. Elle vise à interroger le parcours d'une figure de la... more
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      Human GeographyHistory of Geographic ThoughtHistory of geographyalexander von Humboldt
This paper is a course that I initiated during the 1990's and finalized for the French National Centre for Distance Education. It's focused on the uses of the notion of "system" in French human geography, especially since the 1970's. The... more
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      GeographyGeneral Systems TheoryFrench GeographyHistory and Epistemology of Geography