Polanco Pérez, G and Martinez Fernandez, F orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-5353 (2021) Una colección en disputa. Las controversias entre el Museo de Etnología y Antropología y el Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, 1912-1929. Cuadernos de historia, 54. pp. 69-93. ISSN 0716-1832
Abstract
We analyze in this paper the controversy over the uses of the anthropological collections that existed in both the Museum of Ethnology and Anthropology and the National Museum of Natural History, in Santiago of Chile between 1912 to 1929. We argue that debates between these museums were mainly influenced by three aspects: the quantity of pieces gathered, the storage and the physical preservation of the objects, and their public and oficial recognition as a scientific agency by the political authorities. By placing the disputes over objects and collections we can see the eclectic nature of the anthropology at the time and for what such debates and disagreements signified to the definition of the anthropology as a science during early decades of twentieth century.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Anthropology; Museums; Natural History; Scientific controversies |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2021 14:16 |
Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2022 14:44 |
Published Version: | https://cuadernosdehistoria.uchile.cl/index.php/CD... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Universidad de Chile |
Identification Number: | 10.4067/S0719-12432021000100069 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:175955 |