GONÇALVES DIAS AND THE ETNOGRAPHIC AND NARRATIVE SECTION OF THE COMISSÃO CIENTÍFICA DE EXPLORAÇÃO (1859-1861)

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  • Eduardo Henrique Barbosa de Vasconcelos Universidade Estadual de Goías (UEG) Unidade Universitária de Quirinópolis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.26446

Keywords:

Nineteenth Century, Comissão Científica de Exploração, Gonçalves Dias, Ethnography, Ceará.

Abstract

Brazil should be known and studied by the Brazilians. This idea was the force that justified the constitution of the Comissão Científica de Exploração (CCE), founded by members of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute and supported by the Brazilian imperial government, in order to motivate research on the “young” country. Within this ambitious scientific and political project, ethnographic knowledge and practices were embraced in the deeds assigned to the scientist and poet Gonçalves Dias, chief of the section of ethnography and travel narrative, whom should have performed his activities in Ceará province throughout 3 years (1859-1961). To reflect on the deeds of the mentioned section during its execution is the goal of this paper.

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Author Biography

Eduardo Henrique Barbosa de Vasconcelos, Universidade Estadual de Goías (UEG) Unidade Universitária de Quirinópolis

Graduado em História pela Universidade Federal do Ceará - UFC. Mestre pelo Programa de Pós- Graduação em História das Ciências e da Saúde da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz/RJ Professor Efetivo do Curso de História da Universidade Estadual de Goiás - UEG

Published

2012-12-29

How to Cite

VASCONCELOS, Eduardo Henrique Barbosa de. GONÇALVES DIAS AND THE ETNOGRAPHIC AND NARRATIVE SECTION OF THE COMISSÃO CIENTÍFICA DE EXPLORAÇÃO (1859-1861). Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 6, n. 2, p. 219, 2012. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.26446. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/26446. Acesso em: 14 aug. 2025.

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