Objects, Histories and Encounters: British Guiana Seen Through Balata
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Resumo: | Balata or bullet tree of Guiana was known as one of the finest forest trees of British Guiana. This paper is based on reports from the 19th and 20th centuries (mainly from George Jenman and Everard im Thurn), publications, newspapers, and correspondence on British Guiana’s balata, a rubber-like material. These references were cross-referenced with objects related to balata that are now preserved at the collection of Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, as well as with contemporary reports from Guyanese Amerindian. By doing this, a more precise image of this less known rubber material from Guyana came forth, as well as the issues and histories behind it, namely the cross-cultural encounters, the objects significance and their context, and how the colony was managed. Despite the fact that balata was seen, during the last years of the 19th century, as an alternative commodity and a possible answer to the sugar crisis, not much was done to improve its trade. |
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Objects, Histories and Encounters: British Guiana Seen Through BalataBalataGuiana BritânicaEverard im ThurnGeorge Samuel JenmanBalata or bullet tree of Guiana was known as one of the finest forest trees of British Guiana. This paper is based on reports from the 19th and 20th centuries (mainly from George Jenman and Everard im Thurn), publications, newspapers, and correspondence on British Guiana’s balata, a rubber-like material. These references were cross-referenced with objects related to balata that are now preserved at the collection of Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, as well as with contemporary reports from Guyanese Amerindian. By doing this, a more precise image of this less known rubber material from Guyana came forth, as well as the issues and histories behind it, namely the cross-cultural encounters, the objects significance and their context, and how the colony was managed. Despite the fact that balata was seen, during the last years of the 19th century, as an alternative commodity and a possible answer to the sugar crisis, not much was done to improve its trade.The present article was financed by FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, ref. ref. SFRH / BPD / 108236 / 2015 and SFRH/BD/45965/2008, Portugal) and by the AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK).Fronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science2019-03-25T16:11:53Z2019-03-252018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10174/25411http://hdl.handle.net/10174/25411https://doi.org/10.21664/2238engAlbuquerque, Sara. 2018. "Objects, Histories and Encounters: British Guiana Seen Through Balata", Fronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science 7, 1: 124 - 141. doi: 10.21664/2238sma@uevora.pt708Albuquerque, Sarainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-03T19:19:08Zoai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/25411Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:15:50.658569Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Objects, Histories and Encounters: British Guiana Seen Through Balata |
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Objects, Histories and Encounters: British Guiana Seen Through Balata |
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Objects, Histories and Encounters: British Guiana Seen Through Balata Albuquerque, Sara Balata Guiana Britânica Everard im Thurn George Samuel Jenman |
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Objects, Histories and Encounters: British Guiana Seen Through Balata |
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Objects, Histories and Encounters: British Guiana Seen Through Balata |
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Albuquerque, Sara |
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Albuquerque, Sara |
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Albuquerque, Sara |
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Balata Guiana Britânica Everard im Thurn George Samuel Jenman |
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Balata Guiana Britânica Everard im Thurn George Samuel Jenman |
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Balata or bullet tree of Guiana was known as one of the finest forest trees of British Guiana. This paper is based on reports from the 19th and 20th centuries (mainly from George Jenman and Everard im Thurn), publications, newspapers, and correspondence on British Guiana’s balata, a rubber-like material. These references were cross-referenced with objects related to balata that are now preserved at the collection of Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, as well as with contemporary reports from Guyanese Amerindian. By doing this, a more precise image of this less known rubber material from Guyana came forth, as well as the issues and histories behind it, namely the cross-cultural encounters, the objects significance and their context, and how the colony was managed. Despite the fact that balata was seen, during the last years of the 19th century, as an alternative commodity and a possible answer to the sugar crisis, not much was done to improve its trade. |
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Albuquerque, Sara. 2018. "Objects, Histories and Encounters: British Guiana Seen Through Balata", Fronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science 7, 1: 124 - 141. doi: 10.21664/2238 sma@uevora.pt 708 |
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