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La fabrique du savoir
(2006)
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.
Alexander von Humboldts Weltbegriffe schreiben sich ein in die Reflektionstradition Über die zweite Phase beschleunigter Globalisierung, die sich über die gesamte zweite Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts erstreckte. Die polyseme Struktur von Begriffen wie Weltbewusstsein ist Teil einer Wissenschaftsvision und -praxis, die am besten beschrieben werden kann als transdisziplinär, interkulturell, demokratisch popularisierend, kosmopolitisch, fraktal und transregional. Alexander von Humboldts neuer Diskurs über die Neue Welt lässt sich verstehen als ein wegweisendes Beispiel für TransArea Studies durch die Betonung regionenspezifischer Merkmale anhand der Entwicklung ihrer jeweils spezifischen Beziehungen und Dynamiken innerhalb eines weltweiten Netzwerkes von Informationen, Abhängigkeiten, Austauschprozessen und Korrespondenzen.
Cuba : la isla de las islas
(2006)