Article ID: CBB001202375

Early Research on Insect Pests in the Russian Empire: Bureaucracy, Academic Community and Local Knowledge in the 1830s–1840s (2014)

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Loskutova, Marina (Author)


Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Volume: 56
Pages: 229-253


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Part of a Special Issue: Contemporary Russian Scholarship on the History of Science in Russia.
Language: English

This paper examines the early history of agricultural entomology in the Russian empire in the decades before Russian universities and learned societies occupied centre stage in the intellectual life of the country. It aims to contribute to the ongoing discussions of historically contingent relations between ‘amateurs’ and ‘professionals’ in scientific research. It explores the social identities of those people who took part in the production and circulation of scientific knowledge, and argues that in this period Russian officialdom played a major role in these processes. The state officials' engagement with natural history originated out of a broader information gathering agenda, which was characteristic of the early- to mid-19th century. At the same time, the paper highlights the importance of provincial observers who were indispensable for providing field data for bureaucratic ‘inventorying’ of imperial resources. This dependency on local observers had far reaching implications, including the dissemination of the language and practices of natural history among wider audiences.

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Authors & Contributors
Orchiston, Wayne
Anja Timmermann
Jackson Pope
David Garrioch
Wale, Matthew
Auderset, Juri
Concepts
Amateurs
Professions and professionalization
Natural history
Observation
Agriculture
Science and society
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
Early modern
Places
Europe
Great Britain
England
Edinburgh
Washington (state, U.S.)
Central America
Institutions
Cornell University, Laboratory of Ornithology
Cornell Library of Natural Sounds
Wernerian Natural History Society
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Cornell University
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