Marlon Marcel Fiori
Biographic Data
| ID | 279499 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marlon Marcel Fiori |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marlon Marcel |
| FAMILY NAME | Fiori |
| SIGNATURE | FIORI M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Estadual de Maringá |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6507-0788 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The theater and economy of nature: Religion and the investigation of nature in seventeenth-century Dutch colonial Brazil
Historians tend to agree that the investigations by Piso and Marcgraf into nature in northeastern Brazil during the brief Dutch rule in that region were guided by a profound utilitarian approach. This article broadens this perspective by demonstrating how religious elements were heavily involved in their investigations of the natural world. We suggest that for both, like many of their contemporaries, the study of nature was also a way to contempl…
La colonia(es) de las hormigas: Colonizadores, insectos y la pelea por el Nuevo Mundo en el siglo XVI1
Este artículo analiza las descripciones de hormigas hechas por los colonizadores españoles y portugueses en el Nuevo Mundo en el siglo XVI. Utiliza como fuentes documentales memorias, cartas, relatos de viajen, tratados y crónicas escritas por los colonizadores y misioneros. A partir de estos informes, se analiza la fascinación de los colonizadores con la organización y extensa diversidad de hormigas, la aparición de la superpoblación de estos in…
Nunca se ha visto miel tan sabrosa… ni picaduras tan dolorosas: Abejas y avispas en la América portuguesa y española del siglo XVI
Este artículo es el resultado de la investigación y el análisis de las descripciones de abejas y avispas realizadas por cronistas, viajeros y misioneros en la América portuguesa y española. Se utilizaron como fuentes documentales las crónicas, cartas y tratados producidos durante el primer siglo de colonización europea. Al analizar los informes sobre tales clases de insectos, pudieron observarse los peligros que los ataques de avispas y abejas po…
Turtles, indians and settlers: Podocnemis expansa exploitation and the Portuguese settlement in eighteenth-century Amazonia
During the eighteenth century, Portuguese settlers in Amazonia captured thousands of turtles and crushed millions of their eggs. These turtles, especially the Giant South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa), gave these settlers two essential resources: meat and oil. Though there is a rich historiography on turtle hunting, important social and environmental dimensions of the practice in Amazonia during the colonial period have been overlook…
The theater and economy of nature: Religion and the investigation of nature in seventeenth-century Dutch colonial Brazil
Historians tend to agree that the investigations by Piso and Marcgraf into nature in northeastern Brazil during the brief Dutch rule in that region were guided by a profound utilitarian approach. This article broadens this perspective by demonstrating how religious elements were heavily involved in their investigations of the natural world. We suggest that for both, like many of their contemporaries, the study of nature was also a way to contempl…
Turtles, indians and settlers: Podocnemis expansa exploitation and the Portuguese settlement in eighteenth-century Amazonia
During the eighteenth century, Portuguese settlers in Amazonia captured thousands of turtles and crushed millions of their eggs. These turtles, especially the Giant South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa), gave these settlers two essential resources: meat and oil. Though there is a rich historiography on turtle hunting, important social and environmental dimensions of the practice in Amazonia during the colonial period have been overlook…
Nunca se ha visto miel tan sabrosa… ni picaduras tan dolorosas: Abejas y avispas en la América portuguesa y española del siglo XVI
Este artículo es el resultado de la investigación y el análisis de las descripciones de abejas y avispas realizadas por cronistas, viajeros y misioneros en la América portuguesa y española. Se utilizaron como fuentes documentales las crónicas, cartas y tratados producidos durante el primer siglo de colonización europea. Al analizar los informes sobre tales clases de insectos, pudieron observarse los peligros que los ataques de avispas y abejas po…
La colonia(es) de las hormigas: Colonizadores, insectos y la pelea por el Nuevo Mundo en el siglo XVI1
Este artículo analiza las descripciones de hormigas hechas por los colonizadores españoles y portugueses en el Nuevo Mundo en el siglo XVI. Utiliza como fuentes documentales memorias, cartas, relatos de viajen, tratados y crónicas escritas por los colonizadores y misioneros. A partir de estos informes, se analiza la fascinación de los colonizadores con la organización y extensa diversidad de hormigas, la aparición de la superpoblación de estos in…
The theater and economy of nature: Religion and the investigation of nature in seventeenth-century Dutch colonial Brazil
Historians tend to agree that the investigations by Piso and Marcgraf into nature in northeastern Brazil during the brief Dutch rule in that region were guided by a profound utilitarian approach. This article broadens this perspective by demonstrating how religious elements were heavily involved in their investigations of the natural world. We suggest that for both, like many of their contemporaries, the study of nature was also a way to contempl…
Art (3 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Amazon rainforest (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 works) · Ecology (1 works)