[PB76] A historiography of Brazilian theoretical and quantitative geography: the ''Rio Claro case'', from flourishing to fall

Cybergéo : European Journal of Geography (Paris/France)
[document n.837 (Série "Épistémologie, Histoire de la Géographie, Didactique") mis en ligne le 12 déc. 2017, 26p.]
NARRATIVA SOBRE O EPISÓDIO DE CONSTITUIÇÃO DE UM POLO REGIONAL DE ESTUDOS TEORÉTICO-QUANTITATIVOS EM RIO CLARO, INTERIOR DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO, NOS ANOS 1970. DESCREVEMOS ALGUNS LANCES PITORESCOS QUE CARACTERIZARAM OS NOVOS ALINHAMENTOS METODOLÓGICOS ALI CONSTITUÍDOS. APRESENTAMOS SEUS PERSONAGENS-CHAVE, OS EMPREENDIMENTOS LOCAIS QUE LEVARAM A CABO; BEM COMO OS OBSTÁCULOS QUE LOGO SURGIRAM, DIFICULTANDO UMA MAIOR LONGEVIDADE DOS FEITOS.

[extrato: "Oddly enough, the imaginary associated with the local Department of Geography persisted, despite subsequent actions performed by professors. In the 1980s, regardless of L. Gerardi and A. Christofoletti’s decisive performance (the last two remaining characters from the generation established a decade earlier), strictly quantitativist studies gradually decreased. However, given the equally gradual diffusion of the critical paradigm, the Department lingered in radical minds as a place still dominated by a style of science that should be fought." (20)]
Link: http://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/28824