Images of the Iberian Peninsula in the 18th Century Travel Literatures
What portrait is made of Portugal and Spain and their populations in 18th century travel literature on the Iberian Peninsula? Is the gaze of these travelers neutral or does it carry ready-made ideas and prejudices? Do they really know the Iberian Peninsula or do they repeat old clichés? Do they actually make these journeys or do they write without traveling? And who are these travel writers and for what purpose do they write? Fernanda Campos takes us through several stories and makes some surprising revelations.
The interview was conducted by Isabel Araújo Branco.
With a PhD in History and a postgraduate degree in Documentary Sciences, Fernanda Campos was Deputy Director of the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (1992-2006) and coordinated national and international organizations linked to libraries, in the fields of bibliographic standardization, management and enhancement of heritage collections, development and application of new Information and Communication technologies and international cooperation. She has taught at the Universidade de Lisboa, ISCTE and the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. Her areas of interest and research are the History of Books, Reading and Libraries in the Ancien Régime.
With this episode, we conclude the second season of "CHAM Talks, a podcast for listening to science".
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Coordenation
Isabel Araújo Branco (CHAM)
Organization
CHAM / NOVA FCSH
