IBN-BATTUTA, GEOGRAFIA DE VIAGENS, CARSTE E SUBTERRÂNEOS SAGRADOS /// \\\ IBN-BATTUTA, TRAVEL GEOGRAPHY, KARST AND THE SACRED UNDERGROUND
Abstract
O presente estudo procura abordar, com um novo olhar, as contribuições de Ibn Battuta ao desenvolvimento de alguns domínios da geografia, em especial o uso antrópico do carste, bem como o uso cultural das cavernas. Destaca-se que muito provavelmente, os geógrafos do Islã medieval, em suas vertentes sistemática e corográfica, foram uma espécie de ";;;ponte";;; que faltava na evolução do pensamento geográfico entre os gregos da Antiguidade e os precursores das grandes escolas clássicas europeias nos séculos XIX e XX. Assim sendo, o artigo apresenta uma abordagem alternativa da obra de Ibn-Battuta não só para o estudo da literatura de viagens, mas também, para a Carstologia.
Palavras-chave: Geografia de viagens, Ibn Battuta, Cavernas Sagradas, Carste.
Abstract
This study is intended to address, under a new approach, the contributions of Ibn-Battuta to the development of certain areas of geography, especially the anthropogenic use of karst as well as the cultural use of caves. Noteworthy to mention is that, most likely, the geographers from medieval Islam were a kind of missing ";;;bridge";;; in the evolution of geographical thought among the ancient Greeks and the precursors of the great European classical schools in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Thus, this article presents an alternative approach to the work of Ibn-Battuta not only for the study of travel literature but also to the study of karstology.
Keywords: Travel Geography, Ibn Battuta, Sacred Caves, Karst.
Résumé
L'étude cherche à entamer, avec un regard nouveau, les contributions d' Ibn Battuta au développement de certains domaines de la géographie, en particulier l'usage anthropique du karst , de même que l'usage culturel des cavernes. Il faut remarquer que, probablement, les géographes de l'Islam médiéval, dans leurs orientations systématique et chorographique, ont été le pont qui manquait dans l'évolution de la pensée géographique entre les Grecs de l´Antiquité et les précurseurs des grandes écoles classiques européennes des dix-neuvième et vingtième siècles. L'article présente une approche alternative de l'ouvre d' Ibn Battuta nou seuhement en ce qui concerne la littérature de voyage mais, aussi, la karstologie.
Mots-clés: Géographie du voyage, Ibn Battuta, grottes sacrées, karst.
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