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Technology in Latin America’s Past and Present: New Evidence from the Patent Records
- Source :
- Latin American Research Review, Vol 52, Iss 1, Pp 138-149 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2017.
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Abstract
- In spite of important recent work on the history of technology and the dynamics of technological change in Latin America, the literature in this field remains relatively undeveloped. In part, this is due to a relative scarcity of available sources for conducting research. This research note argues that national patent records are an important and untapped source for a wide range of studies on technology and technological change. The research note announces the creation of major new comprehensive databases of patent records in several Latin American countries, part of a larger, ongoing project to compile and make publically accessible patent records across the region. We also provide an introduction to the history of patents in Latin America, followed by a discussion of both the use (and misuse) of patents as historical evidence and recent advances in collecting and using patent evidence in Latin America. Resumen A pesar de valiosos trabajos sobre la historia de la tecnologia y las dinamicas del cambio tecnologico en America Latina, no se puede afirmar que exista una extensa historiografia sobre el asunto. En parte, esto se debe a la escasez relativa de fuentes de investigacion. Este articulo sostiene, precisamente, que los registros nacionales de patentes han sido muy poco explotados y pueden constituir una importante fuente para una amplia gama de estudios sobre la tecnologia y el cambio tecnologico. En concreto, se anuncia la creacion de nuevas y exhaustivas bases de datos historicas de patentes en varios paises de America Latina, como parte de un proyecto en curso, de mayor envergadura, que pretende compilar y hacer accesible al publico los registros de toda la region. Se aporta, en suma, una introduccion sobre la historia de las patentes en America Latina, seguida de un analisis de las ventajas e inconvenientes de su uso como evidencia historica, asi como de los ultimos avances en su recopilacion.
- Subjects :
- Cultural Studies
lcsh:Latin America. Spanish America
History
Latin Americans
Sociology and Political Science
Literature and Literary Theory
Relative scarcity
060106 history of social sciences
Geography, Planning and Development
Development
Historical evidence
lcsh:Social Sciences
Political science
0502 economics and business
0601 history and archaeology
050207 economics
Multidisciplinary
General Arts and Humanities
lcsh:F1201-3799
05 social sciences
06 humanities and the arts
lcsh:H
Anthropology
Political Science and International Relations
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Humanities
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15424278 and 00238791
- Volume :
- 52
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Latin American Research Review
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ed396beb5e384c00c86222ca7dd80579
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.25222/larr.46