En la piel de un director: Los museos de historia natural entre la improvisación, los políticos y el mercado
; Sandoval, Oriette Otros responsables
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07/2025
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Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos
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Hablemos de Historia
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Este trabajo, partiendo de la transcripción parcial de algunas cartas que se encuentran en el Archivo Nacional de Chile, firmadas por Rudolph Amandus Philippi (1808-1904), el director prusiano del Museo Nacional y referidas a la recepción de animales naturalizados para dicha institución. Gracias a ellas planteamos que esos animales –o mejor dicho sus pieles montadas en distintos materiales- permiten rastrear las infraestructuras transnacionales que caracterizan el funcionamiento de los museos de historia natural. Los “animales” que llegan y no llegan muestran una historia determinada por la coyuntura, la oferta del mercado internacional y las rutas del comercio marítimo, factores que nos permiten entender la distribución de estos animales desde ciertos nodos y motorizada por compañías que trabajan a escala global, pero manejadas de manera privada y familiar.
This paper is based on the partial transcription of a number of letters that are held at the National Archives of Chile. These letters, signed by Rudolph Amandus Philippi (1808-1904), the Prussian Director of the National Museum, refer to the shipment of preserved animals for the aforementioned institution. Through these documents, we argue that these animals – or more precisely, their skins mounted on different supporting structures – enable us to trace the transnational infrastructures that shape the operation of natural history museums. The “animals” that arrived at the museum, as well as those that never made it there, they all tell stories shaped by circumstance, international market dynamics, and the maritime trade routes. These factors shed some light on the distribution of such specimens from certain nodes, a process driven by globally operating companies that are nonetheless managed as private, family-owned enterprises.
This paper is based on the partial transcription of a number of letters that are held at the National Archives of Chile. These letters, signed by Rudolph Amandus Philippi (1808-1904), the Prussian Director of the National Museum, refer to the shipment of preserved animals for the aforementioned institution. Through these documents, we argue that these animals – or more precisely, their skins mounted on different supporting structures – enable us to trace the transnational infrastructures that shape the operation of natural history museums. The “animals” that arrived at the museum, as well as those that never made it there, they all tell stories shaped by circumstance, international market dynamics, and the maritime trade routes. These factors shed some light on the distribution of such specimens from certain nodes, a process driven by globally operating companies that are nonetheless managed as private, family-owned enterprises.
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