The implantation of academic geography in Rio de Janeiro

Authors

  • Mônica Sampaio Machado

Keywords:

brazilian geography, academic geography in Rio de Janeiro, institutional history, university, Brazil

Abstract

This work is a contribution to the history and the memory of Brazilian Geography. The geography developed at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro since 1930, when it was created and known as Universidade do Distrito Federal, is the main concern of this study. We intend to describe the process of institutionalisation of academic geography developed in Rio de Janeiro, indicating the early group of scientific community of academic geographers and the linkages developed at that time between geography and history. A peculiar emphasis on external aspects will be given, specially those related to the university institutional policies implemented by first Getúlio Vargas’s government (1930-1945), which can be seen the fixation and expansion of Brazilian university structure.

Published

2007-05-13