Theorizing the Global Hispanophone as a dynamic of (dis)entanglement: contributions from a history of science perspective
In this article, I propose an understanding of the Global Hispanophone as a dynamic of (dis)entanglement, taking as points of departure a global history of science perspective, as well as feminist and decolonial science and technology studies. Discussing conceptual thinking on issues
such as the circulation and noncirculation of knowledge and objects in colonial contexts, I develop a number of suggestions with regard to how scholars might study the entanglement (relationality) of different entities in cultural contact zones. I further explore how the hybridity resulting
from such entanglement is often rendered invisible by processes of what I call “disentanglement” (denial of relationality). I also suggest how Global Hispanophone studies might trace the ways in which entanglement is prevented from occurring in the first place. While this article
focuses on the (dis)entanglement of scientific knowledge, its premise is that this dynamic can also be explored in regard to other forms of knowledge beyond the field of science.
Keywords: Equatorial Guinea; circulation; entanglement; history of science; science and technology studies
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
Publication date: 03 April 2019
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