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  1. Practical knowledge and empire in the early modern Iberian world. Towards an artisanal turn.Antonio Sánchez - 2019 - Centaurus 61 (3):268-281.
    Several fields of research associated with the history of the early modern Iberian world have experienced a significant boost in recent decades: Iberian science as it relates to the Atlantic world, the history of European colonial empires, and the study of knowledge production in Latin American cultures. This expansion has coincided with a renewed interest of historians of the early modern period in practical knowledge and artisanal cultures. This paper presents an updated historiographic review of both lines of research as (...)
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  • Charts for an empire. A global trading zone in early modern Portuguese nautical cartography.Antonio Sánchez - 2018 - Centaurus 60 (3):173-188.
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  • Artisanal culture in early modern Iberian and Atlantic worlds.Antonio Sánchez & Henrique Leitão - 2018 - Centaurus 60 (3):135-140.
    For several decades, historians have realized the limitations of analysing the historical past of science as a mere succession of theories. One of the most stimulating messages that the reinvention of the discipline has launched is that although there are obvious intellectual elements that promote the development and progress of science, there are also social, economic, and institutional aspects to consider. The history of science is no longer just a history of scientific ideas and theories, but also a history of (...)
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  • Instruments and artisanal practices in long distance oceanic voyages.Henrique Leitão - 2018 - Centaurus 60 (3):189-202.
    Scientific instruments are not neutral artefacts; the perception of their value is greatly determined not only by the objects themselves and the function they perform, but also by the context of their use. In the 16th and 17th centuries, scientific instruments – not only nautical ones – acquired a prominent place in European societies that greatly transcended the specific narrow professional circles that used them. This has already been noted as being an important feature in the development of science in (...)
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  • Corn, cochineal, and quina: The “Zilsel Thesis” in a colonial Iberian setting.William Eamon - 2018 - Centaurus 60 (3):141-158.
    Edgar Zilsel's famous thesis, which argues that modern experimental science was born from the union of artisans and intellectuals in the 16th century, received little support when Zilsel proposed it in the 1940s. In recent years, however, with the turn toward social and cultural history of science, the “Zilsel Thesis” has undergone something of a revival as historians rethink the relevance of artisanal knowledge for the history of early modern science. This essay looks at the Zilsel Thesis in a global (...)
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