August, 22th, 2021
Oceans, science, and universities: scientific study of the sea during the First Portuguese Republic, by Ângela Salgueiro, a researcher at Instituto de História Contemporânea, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, explores the institutionalization process of marine biology in Portugal from the 1890s.
The article (HCSM, vol 28, n2, 2021) addresses different forms of institutionalization of marine biology in the country, such as the creation of marine experimental stations. According to the article, the State was a fundamental agent in the process, fostering research in universities and creating scientific research institutes and public aquariums.
To address the issue of the institutionalization of marine biology in Portugal, the article presents the case of the Foz Maritime Zoology Station. Located near the sea to facilitate the collection of maritime specimens, this was the first Portuguese marine station to be attached to a higher education institution, the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto.
The Marine Zoology Station of Foz, in Porto, Portugal. Source: Blog Porto de Agostinho Rebelo da Costa aos nossos dias
The sea in HCS-Manguinhos:
Argentina y el mar – Entrevista con Susana V. Garcia del Museo de la Plata, Argentina. El artículo, “La pesca comercial y el estudio de la fauna marítima en la Argentina”, es uno de los destaques de la última edición de HCS Manguinhos: Oeans and Seas.
The Beagle in Brazil – Gabriel Passetti analyses the writings of Robert FitzRoy about Brazil. The captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin’s expedition was against slavery and critical of Brazilian economic and social structures.
The Kraken myth – Article discusses the myth of the sea monster and researches on the animal that have inspired it.
Lady of the sea – In this interview to HCSM, the specialist in oceans Helen Rozwadowski talks about her professional trajectory and about the sea as a subject of history.
El início de la fotografía subacuática, 1890-1910 – Alejandro Martínez, de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, habla sobre la historia de la fotografía subacuática y su importancia en la ciencia.
Oceans and seas: history, science, policy (HCSM 2014, vol.21, n.3).
