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August 10, 2017
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Handwriting Chirography Testimony Scientific research Science research Science--Research Modern history World history, Modern Eyes Eyeball Visual system Dorsum Published material Methods of analysis Analysis and chemistry Analytical methods Chemical analysis Analysis methods Analysis and examination Field work Field study Field protocols Republic of Suriname Netherlands Guiana République du Suriname Guyane hollandaise Guyane néerlandaise Guyane hollandaise (XVIIe siècle - 1796;1816-1975)Cite this document
Esther Helena Arens, « Southern Perspectives? With Merian to Suriname and Back », Botanical Letters, ID : 10670/1.i0qatd
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As a historian of early modern history, I do research, but not field work. I converse with archivists and librarians as guides to the material, but not with eye witnesses or activists. In writing, I am also bound to certain academic genres and formats. If I experience the phenomenon someone has called "felt presence" in texts and objects, I can speculate, but the material is rarely eligible for re-construction and analysis in my publications. At the Merian conference 2017 in Amsterdam in June...