The other booty: the modern-colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledge
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Resumo: | This paper postulates the existence of processes of colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledge in the context of Spanish colonization in the sixteenth century. In the studies of the new historiography of science, there has been a tendency to value the contribution of knowledge of Asian, African and American peoples as unrecognized contributions to modern science. This work is necessary, but insufficient. In contrast, this article investigates the economic dimension of non-European knowledge that was used as part of the accumulation of capital in modern Europe. In particular, the case of American knowledge exploited by the Spanish in the framework of Iberian colonialism is presented. Given the peculiarities of the relationship between economy and knowledge, categories from a new theoretical-methodological framework, cognitive materialism, are proposed, which are applied to the understanding of this link. There is, in addition, a particularity generated by the colonial context, which requires the crossing with concepts arising from decolonial authors. Finally, conceptual precisions are suggested to i) delimit the exploitation of knowledge from other categories considered confusing and ii) describe the effects of scientific mediation in contact with non-European knowledge. Based on this theoretical framework, three sixteenth century sources are analyzed: the works of the physicians and botanists Francisco Hernández and Nicolás Monardes and the “Relaciones Geográficas” written by officials of the Crown. |
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The other booty: the modern-colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledgeEl otro botín: la explotación moderna-colonial de conocimientos indígenasKnowledgeExploitationColonialismConocimientoExplotaciónColonialismoThis paper postulates the existence of processes of colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledge in the context of Spanish colonization in the sixteenth century. In the studies of the new historiography of science, there has been a tendency to value the contribution of knowledge of Asian, African and American peoples as unrecognized contributions to modern science. This work is necessary, but insufficient. In contrast, this article investigates the economic dimension of non-European knowledge that was used as part of the accumulation of capital in modern Europe. In particular, the case of American knowledge exploited by the Spanish in the framework of Iberian colonialism is presented. Given the peculiarities of the relationship between economy and knowledge, categories from a new theoretical-methodological framework, cognitive materialism, are proposed, which are applied to the understanding of this link. There is, in addition, a particularity generated by the colonial context, which requires the crossing with concepts arising from decolonial authors. Finally, conceptual precisions are suggested to i) delimit the exploitation of knowledge from other categories considered confusing and ii) describe the effects of scientific mediation in contact with non-European knowledge. Based on this theoretical framework, three sixteenth century sources are analyzed: the works of the physicians and botanists Francisco Hernández and Nicolás Monardes and the “Relaciones Geográficas” written by officials of the Crown. En este trabajo se postula la existencia de procesos de explotación colonial de saberes indígenas en el contexto de la colonización española del siglo XVI. En los estudios de la nueva historiografía de la ciencia se ha tendido a valorizar el aporte de conocimientos de pueblos de Asia, África y América en tanto contribuciones no reconocidas a la ciencia moderna. Labor necesaria, pero insuficiente. En cambio, en este artículo se indaga sobre la dimensión económica del conocimiento no europeo que fue usufructuada como parte de la acumulación de capital en la Europa moderna. En particular, se presenta el caso de saberes americanos explotados por los españoles en el marco del colonialismo ibérico. Dadas las peculiaridades que tienen las relaciones entre economía y conocimiento, se proponen categorías provenientes de un marco teórico-metodológico novedoso, el materialismo cognitivo, el cual puntualmente se aplica a la comprensión de ese vínculo. Existe, además, una particularidad generada por el contexto colonial, para lo cual se requiere del cruce con conceptos surgidos de autores descoloniales. Finalmente, se sugieren precisiones conceptuales para i) delimitar la explotación de conocimientos de otras categorías consideradas confusas y ii) describir los efectos de la mediación científica en el contacto con saberes no europeos. En base a ese marco teórico, se analizan tres fuentes del siglo XVI: las obras de los médicos y botánicos Francisco Hernández y Nicolás Monardes y las “Relaciones Geográficas” elaboradas por funcionarios de la corona. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina2023-07-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/esbocos/article/view/9177510.5007/2175-7976.2023.e91775Esboços: histories in global contexts; Vol. 30 No. 53 (2023); 10-27Esboços: historias en contextos globales; Vol. 30 Núm. 53 (2023); 10-27Esboços: histórias em contextos globais; v. 30 n. 53 (2023); 10-272175-79761414-722Xreponame:Esboços (Online)instname:Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)instacron:UFSCspahttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/esbocos/article/view/91775/53515Copyright (c) 2023 Julian Carrera, Santiago Liaudathttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCarrera, JulianLiaudat, Santiago2023-07-12T17:35:51Zoai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/91775Revistahttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/esbocos/indexPUBhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/esbocos/oaiportaldeperiodicos.bu@contato.ufsc.br||esbocos@contato.ufsc.br||2175-79761414-722Xopendoar:2023-07-12T17:35:51Esboços (Online) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)false |
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The other booty: the modern-colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledge El otro botín: la explotación moderna-colonial de conocimientos indígenas |
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The other booty: the modern-colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledge |
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The other booty: the modern-colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledge Carrera, Julian Knowledge Exploitation Colonialism Conocimiento Explotación Colonialismo |
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The other booty: the modern-colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledge |
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The other booty: the modern-colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledge |
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The other booty: the modern-colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledge |
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The other booty: the modern-colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledge |
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The other booty: the modern-colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledge |
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Carrera, Julian |
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Carrera, Julian Liaudat, Santiago |
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Liaudat, Santiago |
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Carrera, Julian Liaudat, Santiago |
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Knowledge Exploitation Colonialism Conocimiento Explotación Colonialismo |
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Knowledge Exploitation Colonialism Conocimiento Explotación Colonialismo |
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This paper postulates the existence of processes of colonial exploitation of indigenous knowledge in the context of Spanish colonization in the sixteenth century. In the studies of the new historiography of science, there has been a tendency to value the contribution of knowledge of Asian, African and American peoples as unrecognized contributions to modern science. This work is necessary, but insufficient. In contrast, this article investigates the economic dimension of non-European knowledge that was used as part of the accumulation of capital in modern Europe. In particular, the case of American knowledge exploited by the Spanish in the framework of Iberian colonialism is presented. Given the peculiarities of the relationship between economy and knowledge, categories from a new theoretical-methodological framework, cognitive materialism, are proposed, which are applied to the understanding of this link. There is, in addition, a particularity generated by the colonial context, which requires the crossing with concepts arising from decolonial authors. Finally, conceptual precisions are suggested to i) delimit the exploitation of knowledge from other categories considered confusing and ii) describe the effects of scientific mediation in contact with non-European knowledge. Based on this theoretical framework, three sixteenth century sources are analyzed: the works of the physicians and botanists Francisco Hernández and Nicolás Monardes and the “Relaciones Geográficas” written by officials of the Crown. |
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