Atlantic Grafts: Notes on Tropicality and Circulation of Plants in French Guiana at the Time of Bourbon Restoration (C. 1815 – C. 1830)
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https://doi.org/10.32991/2237-2717.2020v10i2.p109-134Keywords:
colonial history, environmental history of scientific practices, sociology of scientific knowledgeAbstract
This article addresses circulation of plants within French colonial space at the time of constitutional monarchy by using French Navy journals and written correspondence exchanged between colonial and metropolitan actors as historical sources. It is focused on letters regarding the debate on the practice of grafting in French Guiana coffee plantations. Its main conclusion is that horticultural techniques were continuously updated due to communication kept within the French Ministry of Marine and Colonies. Therefore, it shows to which extent the cultural appropriation of intertropical regions by European States took place through situated practices in specific ecologies, which have been outlined by a wide range of actors. These practices made the “tropics” increasingly complex as a conceptual space.
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