Discapacidad y género en la historia de la exploración geográfica: comprender a Isabella Bird Bishop como geógrafa discapacitada

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https://doi.org/10.5418/ra2025.v21i44.19850

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deficiência, eploração, gênero, viagem

Resumen

El estudio de la vida y los viajes de la exploradora victoriana Isabella Bird Bishop ofrece importantes conocimientos sobre la historia de las personas con discapacidad en la disciplina de la geografía. Bird Bishop es una figura importante en la historia de la disciplina de la geografía, ya que fue una de las primeras mujeres admitidas en la Royal Geographical Society en 1892. También padecía una enfermedad de la columna vertebral de larga duración que se entremezclaba con síntomas psicológicos. Al estudiar cómo su discapacidad (y la comprensión contemporánea de su cuerpo) dio forma a sus viajes, este artículo muestra cómo la discapacidad interactuó con la identidad racial y de género de Bird Bishop para determinar dónde y cómo viajaba y cómo escribía sobre sus experiencias. Al llamar la atención sobre el papel que desempeñó la discapacidad en la justificación de sus viajes y el efecto positivo que estos tuvieron en su salud, este artículo destaca sus experiencias generalmente positivas de los viajes geográficos como persona discapacitada.

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Edward Armston-Sheret, University of London

Sou membro do Instituto de Pesquisa Histórica. Também trabalho na Equipe de Pesquisa e Ensino Superior da Royal Geographical Society (com o IBG). Concluí meu doutorado na Royal Holloway, University of London, onde minha pesquisa examinou os exploradores vitorianos e eduardianos. Meu trabalho foi publicado nas principais revistas acadêmicas e na mídia nacional e internacional. Minha bolsa de estudos foi reconhecida por meio de subsídios e bolsas da Royal Historical Society, da The Royal Geographical Society e do Arts and Humanities Research Council. Além do meu trabalho acadêmico, tenho experiência no setor de museus e fui premiado com a British Society for the History of Science Engagement Fellowship no Polar Museum do Scott Polar Research Institute em Cambridge. Nessa função, pesquisei e fiz a curadoria de uma nova exposição sobre a contribuição dos exploradores polares para a compreensão das mudanças climáticas. Também realizei uma pesquisa de curadoria no London Transport Museum.

Guilherme dos Santos Claudino, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Docente do Departamento de Geografia da UNESP/FCTE. Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia (UNESP) de Presidente Prudente. Graduado (2015) e Doutor (2019) em Geografia pela UNESP de Presidente Prudente. Durante o doutorado foi pesquisador na Universidade de Barcelona (UB), junto ao Grupo de Pesquisa GeoCrítica, sob a orientação do geógrafo Horacio Capel. É coordenador do grupo de pesquisa em Planejamento Urbano e Ações Socioespaciais - PlurAS. É coordenador do Núcleo Negro para Pesquisa, Ensino e Extensão da UNESP/FCTE. Atualmente desenvolve pesquisas em História e Epistemologia do Pensamento Geográfico, com os seguintes temas: Teorias da Geografia, Mulheres na História da Geografia, Métodos, Geografia do Conhecimento, Ensino de Geografia, Produção e Relações Acadêmicas (orientadores e orientados) e Geografia Negras. Tem investigado o papel das Geógrafas na História do Pensamento Geográfico Brasileiro e Mundial, que já resultou na publicação do primeiro livro do gênero no Brasil.

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2025-05-18

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Armston-Sheret, E., & dos Santos Claudino, G. (2025). Discapacidad y género en la historia de la exploración geográfica: comprender a Isabella Bird Bishop como geógrafa discapacitada. Revista Da ANPEGE, 21(44). https://doi.org/10.5418/ra2025.v21i44.19850

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Vol. 21 Núm. 44 (2025): Dossiê Geografia Brasileira na UGI: temas e perspectivas

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