Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Publication Title
Varia Historia
Volume
33
Issue
63
First Page
745
Last Page
777
Abstract
The article analyzes work done in Brazil by Canadian ecologist Pierre Dansereau (1911-2011) under a scientific cooperation agreement between the Intellectual Cooperation Division of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Canadian Embassy, signed in 1944. Dansereau, a leading figure in twentieth-century ecology, came to Brazil in 1945 as director of the Quebec Province Biogeography Service. His proposed ecological research plan called for the organization of scientific expeditions, specialized staff training, and future international cooperation with such Brazilian institutions as the National Museum, the National Geography Council, and the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. His stay in Brazil affords an opportunity to analyze the interrelations between the geopolitics of Brazilian developmentalism, Quebec nationalism, Pan-Americanism as an intellectual movement, and the attempt to establish a francophone research network in biogeography, ecology, and plant sociology.
DOI
10.1590/0104-87752017000300008
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
de Sá, Dominichi Miranda; de Sá, Magali Romero; and Palmer, Steven. (2017). Ecologia, cooperação internacional e configuração biogeográfica do Brasil: Pierre Dansereau e o acordo científico Brasil-Canadá nos anos 1940. Varia Historia, 33 (63), 745-777.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/historypub/204