Del laboratorio a la plantación azucarera: modernidad, esclavitud y agrónomos en Cuba
[EN] This article explores constituent processes of knowledge and agricultural modernity in the sugar plantation insufficiently thought from the so-called Epistemology of the South and new studies of science, knowledge and colonialism for the Hispanic Caribbean, in particular, Cuba. Thus, it propose...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/397304 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/397304 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Modernity Slavery Sugar plantation Agronomist Cuba Modernidad Esclavitud Plantación azucarera Agrónomos Agronomy Latin American history |
| Sumario: | [EN] This article explores constituent processes of knowledge and agricultural modernity in the sugar plantation insufficiently thought from the so-called Epistemology of the South and new studies of science, knowledge and colonialism for the Hispanic Caribbean, in particular, Cuba. Thus, it proposes a rereading of the place of the plantation for the creation of the discourse of tropicality associated with the colonial agricultural modernity, understood as the encounter between local practices and the incorporation and implementation of new scientific-technological knowledge in the sugar mills in the context of the industrial revolution, capitalism and slavery. This reflected colonial organizational projects and scientific debates between empires and colonies, in addition to making transcontinental connections visible. Likewise, the plantation is highlighted as a space for the professionalization of agronomy in Cuba between the Spanish and American empires and the constitution of the republic. Agronomy was born linked to slavery but also documents the local and hybrid contribution of knowledge, not exempt from imperial, nationalist and scientific tensions. |
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