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SUMMARY:Questions and questionnaires: knowledge\, evidences and rituals of
  speaking in the early modern period - Samir Boumediene (Faculty of Histor
 y)
DTSTART:20151029T163000Z
DTEND:20151029T180000Z
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CONTACT:Marta Halina
DESCRIPTION:I will present my new project on the history of questions and 
 questionnaires from the 15th to 19th century. The works devoted to the sci
 entific construction of the world have underlined two key processes: measu
 rement and observation. In the continuity of these works I would like to s
 tudy a common\, though complicated\, practice: asking questions. Technique
 s such as having somebody talk\, preventing him or her from lying\, collec
 ting and cross-checking testimonies are essential to the history of scient
 ific expeditions but also to the history of justice and confession. How di
 d the ritual of avowal become a way to appropriate knowledge for scientist
 s? How did the use of questionnaires move from courthouses\, religious and
  civil administrations\, to scientific activities? I will focus my present
 ation on the 1570s\, when several questionnaires were sent to the Americas
  and when Francisco Hernández\, a physician to King Felipe II\, was sent 
 to Mexico in order to ask questions to Amerindians.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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