Wanda Hanke and the compilation of anthropological information and collections (1934-1944)
This paper focuses on the scientific practices linked to the formation of collections, considering its articulation with different commercial practices, the collection of objects in the "field" and the role of different individuals who involve in obtaining and compilation of objects. To do...
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| Formato: | Artículo publishedVersion historia de la ciencia |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/15396 http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/2738 |
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| Sumario: | This paper focuses on the scientific practices linked to the formation of collections, considering its articulation with different commercial practices, the collection of objects in the "field" and the role of different individuals who involve in obtaining and compilation of objects. To do so, publications and letters of the first years of travel of Wanda Hanke are analyzed. Hanke was a doctor and explorer who made explorations and observations on different South American indigenous groups, from 1934 and up to its death in 1958. Their practices are alike those itinerant characters from the XIXth century toured the South American continent by adopting the identity of explorer, but also developing practices tied to medicine, journalism and collecting market, coordinating scientific and commercial activities around the knowledge and objects of indigenous peoples (Podgorny 2011). |
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