Recuperar el legado histórico y etnográfico de Henri Pittier
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2018-10-01
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Cruz Meléndez, Carlos Eduardo
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
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Henri Pittier es un científico de origen suizo, quien realiza una extensa como dilatada investigación en la Costa Rica de finales del siglo XIX e inicios del siglo XX en campos como la botánica y la geografía. Pero también incursiona en áreas de la lingüística, la etnografía y la historia. En este ensayo se busca mostrar la importancia que, en particular para las ciencias sociales, tiene la recuperación y estudio de este legado. Para este propósito y a manera de ejemplos, se comenta la actualidad y pertinencia de tres ensayos o informes del investigador donde se abordan temas como la longevidad de los habitantes de la región nicoyana, las costumbres de los pueblos indígenas y su relación con el Estado, o el proceso de expansión de la sociedad nacional costarricense hacia la actualmente denominada
“Zona Sur”.
Henri Pittier is a scientist of Swiss origin, who performs an extensive and dilated research in Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century on fields like botany and geography. But it also ventures into areas of linguistics, ethnography and history. This essay seeks to show the importance that, in particular, for the social sciences, the recovery and study of this legacy has. For this purpose and as examples, I will comment on the relevance and pertinence of three essay or reports of the researcher where issues such as the longevity of the inhabitants of the region of Nicoya are addressed, the customs of indigenous peoples and their relationship with the State, or the process of the expansion of the Costa Rican national society towards the currently called “Zona Sur”.
Henri Pittier is a scientist of Swiss origin, who performs an extensive and dilated research in Costa Rica in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century on fields like botany and geography. But it also ventures into areas of linguistics, ethnography and history. This essay seeks to show the importance that, in particular, for the social sciences, the recovery and study of this legacy has. For this purpose and as examples, I will comment on the relevance and pertinence of three essay or reports of the researcher where issues such as the longevity of the inhabitants of the region of Nicoya are addressed, the customs of indigenous peoples and their relationship with the State, or the process of the expansion of the Costa Rican national society towards the currently called “Zona Sur”.
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COSTA RICA, HISTORIA, ETNOGRAFÍA, LINGÜÍSTICA, GEOGRAFÍA, HISTORY, ETHNOGRAPHY, LINGUISTICS, GEOGRAPHY