Iva Gomes
Biographic Data
| ID | 135357 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Iva Gomes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Iva |
| FAMILY NAME | Gomes |
| SIGNATURE | GOMES I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Coimbra |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9210-9959 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Growing maize in the Iberian Peninsula: Farming practices and managing the dryland (19th and 20th centuries)
Meeting the water requirements for crops such as maize through irrigation can conflict with the increasing demand for efficient water management. This paper aims to contribute to the search for solutions to achieve a more rational water use for this crop in the Iberian Peninsula. It analyses written sources and unpublished oral testimonies to highlight the value of peasant and scientific knowledge in managing water resources through farming techn…
Fire management and community restraint: The rise of forestry science and the governance of commons
This paper examines the intersection of environmental history and the history of science, specifically the impact of forestry science and fire management on land use and community dynamics in rural Portuguese mountains. It further traces the evolution of fire management from an ancestral rural practice to a scientific concern and the subsequent integration of vernacular knowledge with scientific methods. In the early twentieth century, fire was a…
Chronique d'une calamité annoncée: Les paysages du feu dans le nord du Portugal (1950-1980)
Au Portugal, le feu, un élément central du paysage rural des communautés agropastorales du milieu du xxe siècle, a donné lieu à des grands incendies estivaux, actuellement considérés comme une calamité qui se produit fréquemment, provoquant des pertes écologiques, économiques et même humaines. Quelles sont les causes de ce changement ? À partir d'un corpus d'archives et d'entretiens réalisés dans le cadre de l'étude de cas des montagnes de Lapa e…
História e Ciências da Conservação: Caminhos que se Cruzam para um Futuro Sustentável
As fontes históricas escritas contêm dados que podem contribuir para a tomada de decisões sobre gestão e conservação da biodiversidade. Ao descreverem com crescente detalhe espécies variadas, manuscritos e livros permitem conhecer a composição e as dinâmicas de um determinado ecossistema. Apresentam-se algumas reflexões decorrentes da pesquisa que se tem vindo a desenvolver no projeto, em curso, “ReSEED – Rescuing seed’s heritage: engaging in a n…
Seeds of knowledge: Paving the way to integrated historical and conservation science research
Recognition of the importance of protecting agrobiodiversity is not a new phenomenon. Crossing different sciences is often pinpointed as a relevant contributor to its successful protection. This paper proposes an integrated research approach in history and conservation science by opening new paths for using written historical sources in biodiversity inventories. It discusses some conceptual and methodological challenges raised by historical resea…
Health workforce monitoring in Portugal: Does it support strategic planning and policy-making
The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issues
Calamities in agricultural production have emerged as a relevant research topic for global food security in the current context of adaptation to climate change. Historians have been participating in this research by examining crop losses in the past. However, they face challenging questions and methodological issues when evaluating the magnitude, intensity and social relevance of damages caused by adverse climate events and plant pests and diseas…
Iberians against locusts: Fighting cross-border bio-invaders (1898-1947)
Insects that are potentially harmful to agriculture have shaped agricultural practices and policy-making worldwide. For some species and geographies, historical research still needs to be done. This is not only crucial to understanding the past, but also the present and future of pest surges. An overview of Iberian history in relation to the Moroccan locust (Dociostaurus maroccanus) between 1898 and 1947 reveals a) the historical distribution of …
Instrumentos, objetos e coleções como fontes para a história do ensino das ciências
Um elevado número de escolas secundárias portuguesas possui coleções científicas, elementos centrais para a memória e identidade das instituições que as preservam, concorrendo para a compreensão das características que foram definindo a instrução pública de nível secundário em Portugal ao longo do tempo. Porém, esse património é ainda largamente desconhecido. O artigo chama a atenção para o debate historiográfico que envolve o uso de fontes mater…
Disasters, environmental changes and migration in historical perspective, an interview with Uwe Lübken
Evaluating and fostering transparency in local administrations. The methods used to evaluate the transparency of local administrations present notable differences that are influenced by national legislation and administrative characteristics. Consequently, it is difficult to formulate a valid international procedure to obtain a global picture. We have conducted a comparative analysis of the procedure developed by Transparency and Integrity in Por…
The natural history collection at the Lisbon Military College: Tracing the history of a teaching collection
In Portugal, natural history museums and collections associated with secondary schools are still relatively unknown, notwithstanding that such institutions hold important collections, almost intact since the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although vulnerable today, they held a remarkable importance to the teaching practices of life and earth sciences. Using the natural history collection of the Military College of Lisbon as a main…
The scientific heritage of Portuguese secondary schools: A historical approach
Portuguese schools hold important collections, most organised in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This scientific heritage, however, is still to be discovered. This article focuses on the creation, development, and role of natural history collections in Portuguese secondary schools, between the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, that is, before and after the introduction of laboratory-based te…
The Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa at 20 years: An impact assessment
Established in 1996, the Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa – Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries – set out an ambitious agenda to both protect and promote the Portuguese language worldwide and to pursue a range of multilateral initiatives of importance to its members. Rigorous, independent evaluation of the CPLP‘s role and impact has yet, however, to appear. This study moves some distance towards remedying this gap through evidenc…
Refining the genetic portrait of Portuguese Roma through X‐chromosomal markers
Due to differences in transmission between X‐chromosomal and autosomal DNA, the comparison of data derived from both markers allows deeper insight into the forces that shape the patterns of genetic diversity in populations. In this study, we applied this comparative approach to a sample of Portuguese Roma (Gypsies) by analyzing 43 X‐chromosomal markers and 53 autosomal markers. Portuguese individuals of non‐Gypsy ancestry were also studied. Compa…
Chronique d'une calamité annoncée: Les paysages du feu dans le nord du Portugal (1950-1980)
Au Portugal, le feu, un élément central du paysage rural des communautés agropastorales du milieu du xxe siècle, a donné lieu à des grands incendies estivaux, actuellement considérés comme une calamité qui se produit fréquemment, provoquant des pertes écologiques, économiques et même humaines. Quelles sont les causes de ce changement ? À partir d'un corpus d'archives et d'entretiens réalisés dans le cadre de l'étude de cas des montagnes de Lapa e…
Fire management and community restraint: The rise of forestry science and the governance of commons
This paper examines the intersection of environmental history and the history of science, specifically the impact of forestry science and fire management on land use and community dynamics in rural Portuguese mountains. It further traces the evolution of fire management from an ancestral rural practice to a scientific concern and the subsequent integration of vernacular knowledge with scientific methods. In the early twentieth century, fire was a…
História e Ciências da Conservação: Caminhos que se Cruzam para um Futuro Sustentável
As fontes históricas escritas contêm dados que podem contribuir para a tomada de decisões sobre gestão e conservação da biodiversidade. Ao descreverem com crescente detalhe espécies variadas, manuscritos e livros permitem conhecer a composição e as dinâmicas de um determinado ecossistema. Apresentam-se algumas reflexões decorrentes da pesquisa que se tem vindo a desenvolver no projeto, em curso, “ReSEED – Rescuing seed’s heritage: engaging in a n…
Seeds of knowledge: Paving the way to integrated historical and conservation science research
Recognition of the importance of protecting agrobiodiversity is not a new phenomenon. Crossing different sciences is often pinpointed as a relevant contributor to its successful protection. This paper proposes an integrated research approach in history and conservation science by opening new paths for using written historical sources in biodiversity inventories. It discusses some conceptual and methodological challenges raised by historical resea…
Iberians against locusts: Fighting cross-border bio-invaders (1898-1947)
Insects that are potentially harmful to agriculture have shaped agricultural practices and policy-making worldwide. For some species and geographies, historical research still needs to be done. This is not only crucial to understanding the past, but also the present and future of pest surges. An overview of Iberian history in relation to the Moroccan locust (Dociostaurus maroccanus) between 1898 and 1947 reveals a) the historical distribution of …
The scientific heritage of Portuguese secondary schools: A historical approach
Portuguese schools hold important collections, most organised in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This scientific heritage, however, is still to be discovered. This article focuses on the creation, development, and role of natural history collections in Portuguese secondary schools, between the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, that is, before and after the introduction of laboratory-based te…
The Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa at 20 years: An impact assessment
Established in 1996, the Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa – Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries – set out an ambitious agenda to both protect and promote the Portuguese language worldwide and to pursue a range of multilateral initiatives of importance to its members. Rigorous, independent evaluation of the CPLP‘s role and impact has yet, however, to appear. This study moves some distance towards remedying this gap through evidenc…
Refining the genetic portrait of Portuguese Roma through X‐chromosomal markers
Due to differences in transmission between X‐chromosomal and autosomal DNA, the comparison of data derived from both markers allows deeper insight into the forces that shape the patterns of genetic diversity in populations. In this study, we applied this comparative approach to a sample of Portuguese Roma (Gypsies) by analyzing 43 X‐chromosomal markers and 53 autosomal markers. Portuguese individuals of non‐Gypsy ancestry were also studied. Compa…
The natural history collection at the Lisbon Military College: Tracing the history of a teaching collection
In Portugal, natural history museums and collections associated with secondary schools are still relatively unknown, notwithstanding that such institutions hold important collections, almost intact since the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although vulnerable today, they held a remarkable importance to the teaching practices of life and earth sciences. Using the natural history collection of the Military College of Lisbon as a main…
The scientific heritage of Portuguese secondary schools: A historical approach
Portuguese schools hold important collections, most organised in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This scientific heritage, however, is still to be discovered. This article focuses on the creation, development, and role of natural history collections in Portuguese secondary schools, between the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, that is, before and after the introduction of laboratory-based te…
The Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa at 20 years: An impact assessment
Established in 1996, the Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa – Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries – set out an ambitious agenda to both protect and promote the Portuguese language worldwide and to pursue a range of multilateral initiatives of importance to its members. Rigorous, independent evaluation of the CPLP‘s role and impact has yet, however, to appear. This study moves some distance towards remedying this gap through evidenc…
Iberians against locusts: Fighting cross-border bio-invaders (1898-1947)
Insects that are potentially harmful to agriculture have shaped agricultural practices and policy-making worldwide. For some species and geographies, historical research still needs to be done. This is not only crucial to understanding the past, but also the present and future of pest surges. An overview of Iberian history in relation to the Moroccan locust (Dociostaurus maroccanus) between 1898 and 1947 reveals a) the historical distribution of …
Instrumentos, objetos e coleções como fontes para a história do ensino das ciências
Um elevado número de escolas secundárias portuguesas possui coleções científicas, elementos centrais para a memória e identidade das instituições que as preservam, concorrendo para a compreensão das características que foram definindo a instrução pública de nível secundário em Portugal ao longo do tempo. Porém, esse património é ainda largamente desconhecido. O artigo chama a atenção para o debate historiográfico que envolve o uso de fontes mater…
Disasters, environmental changes and migration in historical perspective, an interview with Uwe Lübken
Evaluating and fostering transparency in local administrations. The methods used to evaluate the transparency of local administrations present notable differences that are influenced by national legislation and administrative characteristics. Consequently, it is difficult to formulate a valid international procedure to obtain a global picture. We have conducted a comparative analysis of the procedure developed by Transparency and Integrity in Por…
Health workforce monitoring in Portugal: Does it support strategic planning and policy-making
The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issues
Calamities in agricultural production have emerged as a relevant research topic for global food security in the current context of adaptation to climate change. Historians have been participating in this research by examining crop losses in the past. However, they face challenging questions and methodological issues when evaluating the magnitude, intensity and social relevance of damages caused by adverse climate events and plant pests and diseas…
História e Ciências da Conservação: Caminhos que se Cruzam para um Futuro Sustentável
As fontes históricas escritas contêm dados que podem contribuir para a tomada de decisões sobre gestão e conservação da biodiversidade. Ao descreverem com crescente detalhe espécies variadas, manuscritos e livros permitem conhecer a composição e as dinâmicas de um determinado ecossistema. Apresentam-se algumas reflexões decorrentes da pesquisa que se tem vindo a desenvolver no projeto, em curso, “ReSEED – Rescuing seed’s heritage: engaging in a n…
Seeds of knowledge: Paving the way to integrated historical and conservation science research
Recognition of the importance of protecting agrobiodiversity is not a new phenomenon. Crossing different sciences is often pinpointed as a relevant contributor to its successful protection. This paper proposes an integrated research approach in history and conservation science by opening new paths for using written historical sources in biodiversity inventories. It discusses some conceptual and methodological challenges raised by historical resea…
Chronique d'une calamité annoncée: Les paysages du feu dans le nord du Portugal (1950-1980)
Au Portugal, le feu, un élément central du paysage rural des communautés agropastorales du milieu du xxe siècle, a donné lieu à des grands incendies estivaux, actuellement considérés comme une calamité qui se produit fréquemment, provoquant des pertes écologiques, économiques et même humaines. Quelles sont les causes de ce changement ? À partir d'un corpus d'archives et d'entretiens réalisés dans le cadre de l'étude de cas des montagnes de Lapa e…
Growing maize in the Iberian Peninsula: Farming practices and managing the dryland (19th and 20th centuries)
Meeting the water requirements for crops such as maize through irrigation can conflict with the increasing demand for efficient water management. This paper aims to contribute to the search for solutions to achieve a more rational water use for this crop in the Iberian Peninsula. It analyses written sources and unpublished oral testimonies to highlight the value of peasant and scientific knowledge in managing water resources through farming techn…
Fire management and community restraint: The rise of forestry science and the governance of commons
This paper examines the intersection of environmental history and the history of science, specifically the impact of forestry science and fire management on land use and community dynamics in rural Portuguese mountains. It further traces the evolution of fire management from an ancestral rural practice to a scientific concern and the subsequent integration of vernacular knowledge with scientific methods. In the early twentieth century, fire was a…
Geography (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Portuguese (5 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Biology (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)