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A Junta de Educação Nacional e a investigação científica em Portugal no período...
Fitas, Augusto José dos Santos; Principe, João Paulo; Nunes, Maria de Fatima; Bustamante, Cecilia MarthaAbstract: The Laboratory of Colonial Agricultural and Technology, part of the High Institute of Agronomy (I.S.A.), Lisbon, was inserted into the “politics of scientific research and education” of the National Board of Education ( J.E.N.) 1929-1936. From the role played by its Director – Carlos de Mello Geraldes – we can have an archeology of ideas on the role of colonial agronomy research and scientific practic...
Espaço. Perspetivas Multidisciplinares sobre construção dos territórios
Nunes, Maria de FatimaAbordar espaços científicos no território urbano implica focar o olhar de cidadania (ou de passeante viajante) pelo património identificador de um espaço vivido por várias memórias, por diferentes gerações, numa clara ligação ao público entendimento da cultura científica, numa perspetiva vivencial e quantas vezes afetiva. Pretende-se neste texto entrar nos domínios dos espaços científicos e da construção de ide...
Cientistas em acção no Jornal O Século (1926-1940)
Vaz, Emilia; Fitas, Augsuto; Nunes, Maria de FatimaA Ciência foi relevante nos ideais republicanos e, por inerência, foi matéria de destaque no periódico O Século. Analisámos as notícias deste jornal de 1926 a 1940 e reconstruímos uma “imagem” dos cientistas onde estes foram representados como sábios, trabalhadores, integrados num grupo científico, respeitáveis, interessados na melhoria da sociedade e considerados “heróis”. Esta imagem relaciona-se com os ideai...
Doze ideias sobre temas e estratégias de Medicina e Saúde Pública. A Medicina C...
Nunes, Maria de FatimaAbstract – The period of scientific ideology of the end of the 19th century had a very vast cultural and ideological projection in the western world, and Portugal. Between different state regimes – Monarchy and Republic – it is important to analyze discourses of health and medicine and penetrate in the cultural and scientific formation of the physicians in Portugal, in order to obtain the answer to a new agenda...
Whitby Jet Jewels in the Victorian Age
Mendonça de Carvalho, Luís; Fernandes, Francisca Maria; Nunes, Maria de Fatima; Brigola, JoãoAbstract. During the middle nineteenth century, jet obtained from Whitby (England) was sought after due to its dark black color and hardness. This fossilized plant material was used in mourning jewelry, and Whitby hard jet was regarded among the best for carving and bead making. Jet fashion was connected with Queen Victoria, whose long mourning period lasted for almost forty years.
History and Cultivation of Parma Violets (Viola, Violaceae) in the United Kingd...
Mendonça de Carvalho, Luís; Fernandes, Francisca Maria; Nunes, Maria de Fatima; Brigola, JoãoAbstract. Scented cultivars of Parma violets were among the most important urban plants during the nineteenth century, with many references in literature, fashion, art and flower trade. Our research analyzed data related to Parma violets in France and in the United Kingdom and presents the cultivars introduced during the nineteenth century.