@article{Lubrich2002, author = {Lubrich, Oliver}, title = {„Egipcios por doquier"}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {III}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {5}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34835}, pages = {50 -- 75}, year = {2002}, abstract = {La „visi{\´o}n orientalista" de Alejandro de Humboldt es un simple t{\´e}rmino para designar un modo complejo de percepci{\´o}n y descripci{\´o}n empleado por el cient{\´i}fico alem{\´a}n en su relaci{\´o}n de viaje. Humboldt „orientaliza" a Am{\´e}rica por medio de numerosas met{\´a}foras estereotipadas, de comparaciones cient{\´i}ficas y analog{\´i}as econ{\´o}mico-coloniales, y perpet{\´u}a a su vez un „Orientalismo" filol{\´o}gico como el que ha analizado Edward Said. Sin embargo, de manera gradual, la cr{\´i}tica autorreflexiva y una serie de sutiles inversiones erosionan las oposiciones binarias y las construcciones coloniales. El texto de Humboldt emplea primeramente patrones eurocentristas para luego deconstruirlos. Lo que en un principio aparece como un s{\´i}ntoma, pasa luego a desestabilizar estrat{\´e}gicamente el concepto del „Oriente" como paradigma de la diferencia cultural y el „Orientalismo" como discurso imperial.}, language = {es} } @article{Lindquist2004, author = {Lindquist, Jason H.}, title = {"Under the influence of an exotic nature...national remembrances are insensibly effaced"}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {V}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {9}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-35109}, pages = {44 -- 59}, year = {2004}, abstract = {My essay attends to a number of passages in Alexander von Humboldt's Personal Narrative in which the Prussian explorer expresses anxiety about the apparent dangers posed by the overwhelmingly productive tropical landscapes he observes. In these passages, the excesses of an "exotic nature" threaten European identity and modes of civilization—and they trouble the accuracy of Humboldt's own observational project. I also explore Humboldt's related worry that South American vegetable (and visual) overload will exert a destabilizing effect on his aesthetic sensibility, disrupting his ability to represent the "New Continent" accurately in writing. Finally, I sketch the influence of Humboldt's representations of tropical excess on nineteenth-century British cultural thought and literary practice. Studying the instabilities experienced by Personal Narrative's expatriates and colonists promises to draw out important tensions latent in Humboldt's treatment of tropical landscape and to illuminate broader epistemological and aesthetic shifts being worked out during the period.}, language = {en} } @article{Ette2002, author = {Ette, Ottmar}, title = {»... daß einem leid tut, wie er aufgeh{\"o}rt hat, deutsch zu sein«}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {III}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {4}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.18443/28}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34795}, pages = {97 -- 117}, year = {2002}, abstract = {During his American expedition Humboldt grappled intensively with the iniquities of colonialism. In the year 1803, for example, he noted "that the idea of a colony is itself an immoral idea, this idea of a land which is obliged to pay dues to another country." The colonial powers, wrote Humboldt, support intolerance, repression and slavery. However, he did not express his criticism in public during the expedition but entrusted it only to good friends and his diary. The lecture treats Humboldt's political stance during the expedition, based on human rights and his communicative role as a research traveller who, having returned to Europe, made his criticism public. Central to the lecture are examples of Humboldt's criticism of representatives of the colonial system. These make clear which important impulses the researcher gave to the independence movement and to the politicians of the young American states.}, language = {de} } @article{ThiemerSachse2006, author = {Thiemer-Sachse, Ursula}, title = {!'Qu{\´e} arte es comprender el arte ...!}, volume = {VII}, number = {13}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-35662}, pages = {89 -- 100}, year = {2006}, abstract = {Die Sicht, die Alexander von Humboldt von indianischer Kunst hatte, kann man an den Notizen in den Reisetageb{\"u}chern erkennen, die dank des unerm{\"u}dlichen Wirkens von Margot Faak zug{\"a}nglich sind, und an vielen Bemerkungen in seinen Publikationen. Man kann beobachten, dass der deutsche Gelehrte Probleme hatte, arch{\"a}ologische Objekte des vorspanischen Amerika als Kunstwerke zu verstehen. Ursache dessen war seine humanistische Erziehung, welche die klassische griechisch-r{\"o}mische Antike als {\"a}sthetischen Maßstab favorisierte. Dennoch k{\"a}mpfte er zu Gunsten der Erhaltung derartiger Objekte, die er als historische Monumente charakterisierte.}, language = {es} } @article{Krumpel2001, author = {Krumpel, Heinz}, title = {Zur Aneignung und Verwandlung der Ideen Humboldts und Krauses in Lateinamerika}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {II}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {2}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.18443/12}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34568}, pages = {77 -- 89}, year = {2001}, language = {de} } @article{ThiemerSachse2001, author = {Thiemer-Sachse, Ursula}, title = {Welche Kunst es ist, Kunst zu begreifen...}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {II}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {2}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.18443/14}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34582}, pages = {109 -- 119}, year = {2001}, abstract = {Alejandro de Humboldt se interes{\´o} mucho por el problema de comprender las manifestaciones del arte ind{\´i}gena de Am{\´e}rica. Bas{\´a}ndose su visi{\´o}n del arte en la educaci{\´o}n de la ilustraci{\´o}n y del humanismo, Humboldt lleg{\´o} a conclusiones que oscilan entre admiraci{\´o}n de los monumentos como tales de la historia e ideas del desarrollo del arte humana desde formas primitivas comparables con las de ensayos de ni{\~n}os hasta formas m{\´a}s elaboradas y primorosas de los griegos antiguos. Super{\´o} sus prejuicios analizando detalles y aclarando que se tendr{\´i}a que reflexionar sobre las circunstancias sociales del desarrollo art{\´i}stico y quedar abierto para una discusi{\´o}n acerca de lo que se observa e interpreta.}, language = {de} } @article{Leitner2005, author = {Leitner, Ulrike}, title = {Vielschichtigkeit und Komplexit{\"a}t im Reisewerk Alexander von Humboldts}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {VI}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {10}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, doi = {10.18443/60}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-35233}, pages = {48 -- 69}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Ausgehend von O. Ettes Analyse des Begriffs Humboltian writing wird unter Betonung des bibliographischen Hintergrunds die vernetzte Struktur des amerikanischen Reisewerks Alexander von Humboldts dargestellt. Die Komplexit{\"a}t seines Schreibens zeigt sich in mehreren Dimensionen: disziplin{\"a}re Aufsplittung, Hypertextstruktur der einzelnen Texte selbst, Multilingualit{\"a}t, Vernetzung mit anderen Werken Humboldts und seinem epistolarischen Nachlaß, sein wissenschaftliches Netzwerk in der scientific community. Diese Struktur wird bei einer rein linearen Lesart (die ein normales Buch nur zul{\"a}ßt) nicht vollst{\"a}ndig wahrgenommen, zumal es bisher keine mit Registern versehene Neuedition seines Reisewerks gibt, so daß eine digitale Bibliothek ein ad{\"a}quates Medium f{\"u}r die Darstellung des Humboldtschen Schreibstils und gleichzeitig der f{\"u}r ihn typischen Organisation des Wissens sein k{\"o}nnte.}, language = {de} } @article{Leitner2001, author = {Leitner, Ulrike}, title = {Unbekannte Venezuela-Karten Alexander von Humboldts}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {II}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {3}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.18443/19}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34665}, pages = {67 -- 74}, year = {2001}, abstract = {Humboldts Hauptinteresse w{\"a}hrend seiner Amerikareise galt den Geowissenschaften, wie seine sp{\"a}ter publizierten geographischen Folioatlanten und eine Vielzahl von Zeichnungen in seinen Tageb{\"u}chern beweisen. Im folgenden sollen drei fast unbekannte Beispiele zeigen, wie Humboldt das geologische und geographische Wissen von Venezuela bereichert hat: 1. eine Profilkarte der K{\"u}ste von Venezuela. Dieses Ergebnis der Amerikareise sandte Humboldt erst 1853 an den Herausgeber Julius Ewald, der es in seinem bedeutenden geologischen Journal publizierte; 2. Humboldts Manuskriptkarte vom Orinoco, die bis jetzt unpubliziert blieb; 3. eine geographische Karte (publiziert 1812) des Flusses Casiquiare, der den Orinoco und den Rio Negro verbindet. Humboldt untersuchte den Casiquiare w{\"a}hrend seiner Orinocoreise, um diese Verbindung (damals von gr{\"o}ßtem {\"o}konomischen Interesse) und die Gabelteilung des Orinoco (eines der wichtigsten geographischen Ergebnisse seiner Amerikareise) nachzuweisen.}, language = {de} } @article{PuigSamperRebok2002, author = {Puig-Samper, Miguel {\´A}ngel and Rebok, Sandra}, title = {Un sabio en la meseta}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {III}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {5}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34857}, pages = {116 -- 131}, year = {2002}, abstract = {Presentamos el art{\´i}culo publicado en la revista alemana Hertha en 1825, donde Alexander von Humboldt coment{\´o} su viaje por Espa{\~n}a y el estudio geogr{\´a}fico de la meseta, con una introducci{\´o}n a modo de ensayo, que sit{\´u}a el viaje espa{\~n}ol de Humboldt en su contexto. La argumentaci{\´o}n cient{\´i}fica es precisa, se dan las nivelaciones barom{\´e}tricas y se ofrece el perfil topogr{\´a}fico peninsular, lo que nos ha hecho considerar la necesidad de la traducci{\´o}n al espa{\~n}ol de este trabajo de Alejandro de Humboldt titulado Sobre la configuraci{\´o}n y el clima de la meseta de la Pen{\´i}nsula Ib{\´e}rica ({\"U}ber die Gestalt und das Klima des Hochlandes in der iberischen Halbinsel). La forma de presentaci{\´o}n de Humboldt de sus investigaciones en la Pen{\´i}nsula es bastante curiosa, ya que a pesar del tono estrictamente cient{\´i}fico de su escrito, gu{\´i}a al lector a trav{\´e}s de una carta a su editor el profesor Berghaus, con la intercalaci{\´o}n de notas de su Diario y con datos obtenidos de sus corresponsales espa{\~n}oles.}, language = {es} } @article{ThiemerSachse2003, author = {Thiemer-Sachse, Ursula}, title = {Petroglifos en rocas de la Cordillera de la Costa as{\´i} como en los raudales de los r{\´i}os de la selva virgen venezolana}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {IV}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {6}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34928}, pages = {25 -- 34}, year = {2003}, abstract = {La interpretaci{\´o}n de petroglifos as{\´i} como de otros testimonios del arte rupestre hechos por grupos prehist{\´o}ricos es, sin duda, dif{\´i}cil en todas las regiones del mundo; pues retrospectivamente casi nunca se pueden descubrir las condiciones bajo las cuales fueron creados, a los hombres que los hab{\´i}an hecho, y sus ideas y deseos as{\´i} como los rituales en los cuales estas antiguas obras de arte jugaron un papel. Ya el famoso viajero alem{\´a}n Alejandro de Humboldt profes{\´o} admiraci{\´o}n a este arte rupestre el cual encontr{\´o} por la vez primera en Venezuela. Trat{\´o} de explicarlo como testimonio de una civilizaci{\´o}n pasada y de revelar su contexto cultural. Es interesante que las respectivas zonas arqueol{\´o}gicas hasta hoy d{\´i}a pueden tener un papel ritual como se reconoce en base a la utilizaci{\´o}n actual.}, language = {es} } @article{ThiemerSachse2007, author = {Thiemer-Sachse, Ursula}, title = {Observaciones actuales sobre la imagen de Humboldt en Latinoam{\´e}rica}, series = {Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {VIII}, journal = {Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {16}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-41716}, pages = {60 -- 68}, year = {2007}, abstract = {Following the trails of Alexander von Humboldt in Latin America, by chance you may win, too, some amazing impressions. The view of the German scientist in the actual population is sometimes rather curious, but everytime full of veneration endeavoured towards the conmemoration of his activity.}, language = {es} } @article{BiermannSchwarz2007, author = {Biermann, Kurt-Reinhard and Schwarz, Ingo}, title = {Los compa{\~n}eros de viaje indios de Alejandro de Humboldt en Am{\´e}rica}, series = {Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {VIII}, journal = {Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {14}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-35855}, pages = {91 -- 96}, year = {2007}, abstract = {Durante su expedici{\´o}n a Am{\´e}rica Latina, A. v. Humboldt tuvo numerosos ayudantes indios que le prestaron servicios indispensables, entre otros, como porteadores, remeros, gu{\´i}as de monta{\~n}a e int{\´e}rpretes. S{\´o}lo conocemos a unos pocos de esos acompa{\~n}antes por sus nombres: uno de ellos es Carlos del Pino, que acompa{\~n}{\´o} al grupo de viajeros durante diecis{\´e}is meses. Los conocimientos ling{\"u}{\´i}sticos de Zerepe resultaron extremadamente {\´u}tiles a los exploradores durante la traves{\´i}a del Orinoco. Felipe Aldas comparti{\´o} con Humboldt los peligros de la ascensi{\´o}n a los Andes. Un indio o mulato le acompa{\~n}{\´o} incluso en su traves{\´i}a a Europa. Los indicios se{\~n}alan que se trataba de Jos{\´e} de la Cruz, mencionado varias veces en los diarios de viaje. Humboldt sab{\´i}a que ten{\´i}a que agradecer a sus compa{\~n}eros el feliz desenlace de su c{\´e}lebre viaje.}, language = {es} } @article{MartiMarco2008, author = {Mart{\´i} Marco, Mar{\´i}a Rosario}, title = {La figura del bot{\´a}nico valenciano Antonio Jos{\´e} Cavanilles en su relaci{\´o}n cient{\´i}fica con Humboldt y los bot{\´a}nicos alemanes}, series = {Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {IX}, journal = {Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {17}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-42433}, pages = {16 -- 30}, year = {2008}, abstract = {Cavanilles fue uno de los m{\´a}s relevantes bot{\´a}nicos del periodo ilustrado y disfrut{\´o} de una acreditada proyecci{\´o}n cient{\´i}fica en Europa. Por sus contribuciones al conocimiento de la taxonom{\´i}a bot{\´a}nica puede ser considerado como el m{\´a}s importante naturalista sistem{\´a}tico espa{\~n}ol del periodo ilustrado. Sus descripciones de centenares de especies de casi todo el mundo contin{\´u}an hoy unidas a su nombre en la Nomenclatura Bot{\´a}nica Internacional. Cavanilles contribuy{\´o} ampliamente al conocimiento de la flora americana, como indic{\´o} Humboldt varias veces. En 1805 Humboldt refer{\´i}a que Cavanilles habr{\´i}a de ser alabado perpetuamente. En esta aportaci{\´o}n se subraya la relaci{\´o}n epistolar y cient{\´i}fica de Cavanilles con Humboldt y con los bot{\´a}nicos de lengua alemana de su tiempo.}, language = {es} } @article{Bourguet2006, author = {Bourguet, Marie-No{\"e}lle}, title = {La fabrique du savoir}, volume = {VII}, number = {13}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-35615}, pages = {17 -- 33}, year = {2006}, abstract = {Whilst the notebook belongs to the imagery of the enlightened scientist's persona (an auxiliary tool kept by his side to be hastily scribbled with data, when at the bench or in the field), it has been given little attention by historians of science, who are used to consider its manuscript pages as a documentary resource to complement the printed text, but rarely take the notebook as a material and cultural object by itself, the history and epistemology of which is to be explored. Only recently have new trends in the historiography, by historians of printed books and reading practices, and by social and cultural historians of knowledge, called for a fresh look and opened the way for new approaches. Taking Alexander von Humboldt as a paramount example, who expressly devoted his life to "observing and recording" the world, pen in hand, this paper explores the note-taking practices at work in his travel diaries and notebooks from the perspective of the history of scientific observation and cognitive practices. Four themes are successively considered : the question of method and apprenticeship ; the timing of note-taking practices ; the nature and status of the data jotted down on the page ; finally, their uses in the production of scientific knowledge. In the back and forth movement between the observation of the world and the writing of science, the notebook stood as a crucial intellectual step and cognitive tool.}, language = {fr} } @article{Noeller2002, author = {N{\"o}ller, Renate}, title = {Jade aus Amerika und weitere Gr{\"u}nsteinobjekte von Alexander von Humboldt aus dem Berliner Mineralienkabinett}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {III}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {4}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.18443/26}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34777}, pages = {77 -- 86}, year = {2002}, abstract = {Alexander von Humboldt schickte aus Amerika Mineralproben, die nicht nur von naturwissenschaftlichem oder wirtschaftlichem Interesse waren. Vor allem gr{\"u}nes Steinmaterial, sogenannte Jade, war in Mesoamerika kulturell sehr bedeutsam und weit verbreitet, so daß sich aus diesem Rohstoff in der Sammlung auch bearbeitete St{\"u}cke vorfinden. Sie erlangten in Europa unterschiedliche Aufmerksamkeit. Die Jadeaxt und die Sonnenscheibe - beide im zweiten Weltkrieg verloren gegangen, hatten als "Humboldt-Axt" und "Humboldt-Scheibe" bezeichnet großes Interesse erregt, w{\"a}hrend ein Anh{\"a}nger aus Jade in Form eines K{\"o}pfchens ganz in Vergessenheit geriet. Die Bedeutung der einzelnen Gr{\"u}nstein-Proben spiegelt unterschiedliche kulturgeschichtliche Zusammenh{\"a}nge wider.}, language = {de} } @article{BiermannSchwarz2007, author = {Biermann, Kurt-Reinhard and Schwarz, Ingo}, title = {Indianische Reisebegleiter : Alexander von Humboldts in Amerika}, series = {Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {VIII}, journal = {Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {14}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-35846}, pages = {85 -- 89}, year = {2007}, abstract = {W{\"a}hrend seiner Expedition in Lateinamerika hatte A. v. Humboldt zahlreiche indianischer Helfer, die ihm als Tr{\"a}ger, Ruderer, Bergf{\"u}hrer, Dolmetscher u.a. unentbehrliche Dienste leisteten. Nur wenige dieser Begleiter sind uns namentlich bekannt: Einer von ihnen ist Carlos del Pino, der die Reisegesellschaft sechzehn Monate lang begleitete. Die Sprachkenntnisse von Zerepe waren den Forschern w{\"a}hrend der Orinocofahrt {\"u}beraus n{\"u}tzlich. Die Gefahren des Bergsteigens in den Anden teilte Philippe Aldas mit Humboldt. Ein Indianer oder Mulatte machte sogar die Seereise nach Europa mit. Indizien sprechen daf{\"u}r, dass dies der in den Reisejournalen mehrfach erw{\"a}hnte Jos{\´e} de la Cruz war. Humboldt wusste, dass er seinen Gef{\"a}hrten den gl{\"u}cklichen Ausgang der ber{\"u}hmten Reise mit zu verdanken hatte.}, language = {de} } @article{Clark2001, author = {Clark, Rex}, title = {If Humboldt had a laptop}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {II}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {3}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.18443/16}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34630}, pages = {5 -- 20}, year = {2001}, abstract = {The difficult publication history and expensive editions of Alexander von Humboldt's volumes on the expedition to the Americas have resulted in incomplete library holdings which has limited scholarly access and sometimes caused unbalanced scholarship. A plan for a Humboldt Digital Library examines the structures and features of this representational system in print and proposes models for converting these materials to electronic form. Several issues posed by Humboldt's works include: establishing authoritative standard editions in several languages, creating high-resolution access to the many visual innovations in the works, and using software to restore the grand concept that all of the separate disciplines of study can be seen as interrelated parts of the whole. Using techniques of geographic visualization, a prototype is planned which will connect this historical body of knowledge with modern scientific databases.}, language = {en} } @article{Zeuske2003, author = {Zeuske, Michael}, title = {Humboldteanizaci{\´o}n del mundo occidental?}, volume = {IV}, number = {6}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34948}, pages = {41 -- 66}, year = {2003}, abstract = {Der Beitrag "Humboldteanisierung des Westens? Die Bedeutung der Reise Humboldts f{\"u}r Europa und Lateinamerika" behandelt der preußischen emprischen Universalgelehrten, in {\"U}bereinstimmung mit dem von Ottmar Ette entwickelten Konzept, als einen, wenn nicht den wichtigsten Begr{\"u}nder der westlichen Moderne. Im Gegensatz zu den bekannten Gr{\"u}ndern der Moderne (Descartes, Kant, Buffon, Schiller, Hegel, Marx ... etc.) war Humboldt Empiriker und Globaldenker und er tat dies auf transkulturelle Weise, manchmal auch schon auf interkulturelle Weise; allerdings meist auf Basis der r{\"o}misch-klassizistischen Denktradition und {\"A}sthetik Europas. Der Beitrag arbeitet drei Wissenstypen Humboldts heraus und versucht zu zeigen, dass der Universalismus Humboldt wichtige interkulturelle Grundlagen in der Kommunikation mit amerikanischen Gelehrten und im amerikanischen Empirismus ("lokales Wissen") hat. Die Bedeutung einer solchen Konzeption der Humboldt-Reise zeigt sich - in der Negierung - in den gegenw{\"a}rtigen Debatten um Diasporas und "Race" im atlantischen Westen ("Black Atlantic"). Humboldt Kenntnisse der amerikanischen Sklavereien und seine absolute Verurteilung der Sklaverei ist dabei nicht pr{\"a}sent. Im zweiten Teil zeigt der Beitrag m{\"o}gliche Lesarten der Humboldt-Tageb{\"u}cher, indem er "imagin{\"a}re Humboldt-Essays" konstruiert.}, language = {es} } @article{Zeuske2002, author = {Zeuske, Michael}, title = {Humboldt, Historismus, Humboldteanisierung}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {III}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {4}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.18443/23}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34746}, pages = {5 -- 37}, year = {2002}, abstract = {This article treats Alexander von Humboldt as an Atlantic intellectual, not only as an european intellectual. The article tries to analize also the "Ensayo pol{\´i}tico sobre la Isla de Cuba" as a key text of the second globalization ("industrial revolution"). Against the background of our knowledge about the reality at the beginnings of the 19th century the article analizes the humboldtian presentation of this reality during his stay in Cuba (1801/1804), confronting it with his "Essay" about Cuba (1826-1831), as well tries to demonstrate the position of Humboldt in the historical thinking. The third part explains the relations of Humboldt to the network of Cuban intellectuals and with some important personalities of the Cuban elite (Arango, Calvo) in the development of his work.}, language = {de} } @article{Zeuske2001, author = {Zeuske, Michael}, title = {Humboldt, Historismus, Humboldteanisierung}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {II}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {3}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.18443/22}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34700}, pages = {117 -- 138}, year = {2001}, abstract = {This article treats Alexander von Humboldt as an Atlantic intellectual, not only as an european intellectual. The article tries to analize also the "Ensayo pol{\´i}tico sobre la Isla de Cuba" as a key text of the second globalization ("industrial revolution"). Against the background of our knowledge about the reality at the beginnings of the 19th century the article analizes the humboldtian presentation of this reality during his stay in Cuba (1801/1804), confronting it with his "Essay" about Cuba (1826-1831), as well tries to demonstrate the position of Humboldt in the historical thinking. The third part explains the relations of Humboldt to the network of Cuban intellectuals and with some important personalities of the Cuban elite (Arango, Calvo) in the development of his work.}, language = {de} }