| Titre | Observation météorologique et sociétés savantes de province, ou la désignation du bon objet scientifique (1821-1878) | |
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| Auteur | Valentin Pelosse | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 118-119, 1990 Météo / Espaces péri-urbains | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | La météo. Pour une anthropologie du temps qu'il fait Savoirs, pouvoirs |
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| Page | 69-82 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Weather Observations and Learned Societies in the Provinces : Designating the Proper Scientific Object (1821-1878).
Setting up a dense network of weather observation stations (which would be placed under departmental meteorological services) was a long-term project in 19th-century France. The head scientific institution centralized at the Paris Observatory preferred relying on learned societies in the provinces. Society members had to be convinced of the need of keeping, in a useable form, technical, scientific observations of the weather. Only then would they accept to become the docile agents of a national network providing standardized data interpreted by the center. The case of Charente-Maritime Department is used to analyze the cognitive and social referents in this complex cultural process. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1990_num_118_1_4672 |
