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SUMMARY:Hippocratic bodies: Castas and temperament in the New Spain - Carl
 os López Beltrán (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
DTSTART:20071015T120000Z
DTEND:20071015T131500Z
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CONTACT:Salim Al-Gailani
DESCRIPTION:Resisting the predominant European view that imputed inferior 
 physiological characteristics to inhabitants of the Americas\, between the
  17th and the early 19th centuries\, Creole (*criollo*) savants developed 
 an understanding of nature which emphasised not only the novelty and richn
 ess of the New World but its superiority and independence with respect to 
 the Old one. Their interests\, aims and resources\, which diverged from th
 ose of their European counterparts\, pushed criollo scientific enterprises
  into directions and results that opened an alternative space in the scien
 tific field\, and challenged the deeper strata of European theoretical con
 sensus.  Against this backdrop\, Carlos López Beltrán considers the emer
 gence of racial classification in the New Spain\, with particular attentio
 n to the tensions and conundrums generated by the proliferation of what ev
 entually came to be known as mestizaje\, or racial admixture\, in the regi
 on. The complex social and "biological" situation of the Sociedad de Casta
 s in Spanish America\, he argues\, exposes the tensions and ruptures in we
 stern discourses about the natural.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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