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- Title
Towards a New Sphere of Practices and Knowledge: The Militarization of Meteorology in Francoist Spain.
- Authors
Anduaga, Aitor
- Abstract
This paper analyzes the concept of militarization in both senses of the word, that of mobilization for war and that of social control exercised by military forces. During the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), the role and nature of meteorology was transformed by the rebel band on the basis of the mythification of a Service model that was supported by victory and that would be projected as a paradigm for the postwar years. The new Servicio Meteorológico Nacional reflected the social control exerted by the Franco regime and its aeronautical and military interests. The “amphibianism” – or quality of being both civil and military simultaneously – is one of the main features of this transformation. Interestingly, this dual (civil and military) condition of meteorologist appears to be intrinsic to the construction of a new “sphere of practices and knowledge” in Francoist Spain.
- Subjects
SPAIN; METEOROLOGY; MILITARISM; SOCIAL control; SCIENCE &; state; SPANISH Civil War, 1936-1939; SPANISH history, 1939-1975; CIVIL-military relations; MILITARY mobilization; AERONAUTICS
- Publication
Science in Context (0269-8897), 2013, Vol 26, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
0269-8897
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0269889712000282