Article ID: CBB289461158

Largo Dislocare: Connecting Microhistories to Remap and Recenter Histories of Science (2018)

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Laveaga, Gabriela Soto (Author)


History and Technology
Volume: 34
Issue: 1
Pages: 21-30


Publication Date: 2018
Edition Details: Special Issue: Thinking with the World: Histories of Science and Technology from the ‘Out There’
Language: English

This brief essay uses Pandurang Khankhoje, an Indian scientist and political refugee in Mexico, as an example of the value of using a largo dislocare approach to write histories of science. Largo dislocare is an invitation to dislocate known histories not just geographically but also chronologically to better understand the motion of people, ideas and objects. By examining the largo (long) trajectory of science in spaces that do not conform to traditional history of science markers we acknowledge that our established chronologies are in need of expansion. For the where with which we begin these histories is as essential as when we begin them. In addition, this approach challenges us to consciously and constantly search for evidence to write about how those on the fringes of society – migrants, refugees, members of ostracized ethnic groups, etc. – in the so-called global margins produce science.

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Authors & Contributors
Charlton, Mike
Armada, Xosé-Lois
Petraglia, Michael
Lambert, Laura
Godfrey Baldacchino
Niiranen, Susanna
Concepts
Migration
Refugees
Transmission of ideas
Transmission of material objects
Transmission of texts
Mobility
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
18th century
Prehistory
Early modern
Places
Europe
Africa
Mediterranean Sea
Königsberg
Niger
South Asia
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
League of Nations
United Nations
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