Article ID: CBB745792547

The History of Geology Meets Disasters: A Brazilian Perspective (2020)

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Popular belief holds that Brazil is a “blessed country,” where hurricanes, severe earthquakes, volcanoes, and other intense natural disasters do not occur. A closer look, however, reveals many examples that contradict these assumptions. Brazil has been living under the impact of severe environmental, cultural, and political disasters for centuries. Paradigmatic examples in recent years were the fire that destroyed the building and most of the collections of the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro in September 2018 and the rupture of a dam associated with mining activities in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, in January 2019. Taking a longer view, this essay focuses on Brazilian volcanism and earthquakes since the sixteenth century, asking what these subjects can tell us about the histories of disasters and geological sciences, in Brazil and the world.

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Article Julia F. Irwin; Jenny Leigh Smith (2020) Introduction: On Disaster. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 98-103). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Arupjyoti Saikia
Ji-Bum Chung
Dong-Hyeon Im
Joanna Leslie Dyl
Giuseppe Barbini
Ji-Won Moon
Concepts
Disasters; catastrophes
Science and society
Earthquakes
Geology
Volcanoes and volcanology
Environmental history
Time Periods
Early modern
Modern
21st century
19th century
Ancient
20th century
Places
Japan
Italy
India
Brazil
San Francisco (California)
Cameroon (Country)
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