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Earth scientists as time travelers and agents of colonial conquest: Swiss naturalists in the Dutch East Indies
Erdwissenschafter als Zeitreisende und Akteure des Kolonialismus: Schweizer Naturforschende in Niederländisch-Ostindien
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Abstract This case study on two Swiss naturalists illustrates some of the ways scientific exploration of planet earth was connected to imperial conquest in the Dutch East Indies at around 1900. Looking for answers for zoogeographical problems on the island of Celebes the Swiss benefited from and enabled Dutc... mehr
This case study on two Swiss naturalists illustrates some of the ways scientific exploration of planet earth was connected to imperial conquest in the Dutch East Indies at around 1900. Looking for answers for zoogeographical problems on the island of Celebes the Swiss benefited from and enabled Dutch colonial invasion of the island. The case illustrates that the Dutch empire was a site of scientific competition among a transnational community of scholars. Finally, the case illustrates how scientific knowledge on planet earth was shaped by and contributed to colonial culture.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Naturwissenschaftler; Kolonialismus; Indonesien
Klassifikation
allgemeine Geschichte
Naturwissenschaften, Technik(wissenschaften), angewandte Wissenschaften
Freie Schlagwörter
postcolonial history; Paul Sarasin; Fritz Sarasin; transnational understanding of Empire
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Seitenangabe
S. 67-80
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 40 (2015) 2
Heftthema
Climate and beyond: knowledge production about the earth as a signpost of social change
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.40.2015.2.67-80
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)