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IAS Visiting Fellows Professor Mariana Araujo Lamego and Professor André Reyes Novaes will deliver a seminar on their research.

In their upcoming presentation, they will delve into two compelling case studies that illuminate the mobility of geographical knowledge in Brazil. Their first case study examines how a Portuguese historian navigated geographical imaginations related to exploration and colonialism while curating a historical geographical exhibition in São Paulo in 1954. The second case study focuses on the circulation of academic travellers to the Rio de Janeiro 1956 International Geographical Conference. Their overarching goal is to unveil the intricate process behind the formation of Brazilian geographical knowledge. They argue that scientific knowledge is intricately shaped through a complex web of epistemic and cultural exchanges within a transnational scientific network embedded in power relations, asymmetries, partnerships, and collaborative endeavours.