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Going Public: The First Portuguese National Engineering Meeting and the Popularization of the Image of the Engineer as an Artisan of Progress (Portugal, 1931) (2012)

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Engineering Engineers Mass media Popularization Public understanding of science Congresses, conferences, and meetings 20th century, early 20th century, late 20th century Portugal

In this paper, we explore the use of the Portuguese generalist press as a tool to convey to the lay public the image of the engineer as the main artisan of progress and of the modern twentieth century society. In 1931, Portuguese engineers met for the first time in a national congress. Besides the obvious intention of asserting their professional identity, the first National Engineering Meeting, explicitly aimed at publicizing the work of Portuguese engineers as key players in the progress and wealth of the country, thus regaining their space as protagonists in the `new Portugal'. We argue that Portuguese engineers organized their first National Meeting as a way of lobbying the new Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship) government. They felt that they had lost power as decision-makers during the republican period (1910--1926) and they wanted to show the new leaders that they were the vital force in the building of a `new Portugal.' Their strategy was to show their professional success and potential, both in a formal and academic milieu (papers presented at the conference) and in an informal techno-dazzling atmosphere (the exhibition) directed toward the general public.

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Authors & Contributors
Carolino, Luís Miguel
Støen, Michael
Navalhas, Inês N.
Tzokas, Spyros
Simões, Ana I.
Silva, Alberto
Journals
HOST: Journal of History of Science and Technology
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Public Understanding of Science
Studium: Tijdschrift voor Wetenschaps- en Universiteitgeschiedenis
Spontaneous Generations
Science and Education
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Rowman & Littlefield
Routledge
Concepts
Public understanding of science
Mass media
Popularization
Journalism
Engineering
Science and society
People
Forbes, Robert James
Vasconcellos, Ernesto Julio de Carvalho
Ramos, Agosto, da Costa
Oom, Frederico Tomás
Lacerda, Hugo de
Einstein, Albert
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century, late
19th century
21st century
Early modern
Modern
Places
Portugal
Denmark
Barcelona (Spain)
United States
Netherlands
Greece
Institutions
Gradiva
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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