The visibility of science in commemorative postal stamps

Authors

  • Diego Andres Salcedo
  • Isaltina Maria A. M. Gomes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30962/ec.263

Keywords:

cultura visual, divulgação científica, filatelia, selo postal comemorativo

Abstract

This essay discusses how science is made public through postal stamps images. Science is part of a being-in-the-world notion, both in what is said and what is seen. Images have been used as a discursive resources which inform, communicate and question individuals, change their world and also play an important role in constructing social reality. Commemorative postal stamps may well be a way of communicating scientific informations, used both to send messages to the general public and to educate new readers of the world. Based on visual culture studies, we have searched to identify in a single postal stamp the presence of science in textual and pictorial levels.

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Published

22-06-2009

How to Cite

Salcedo, D. A., & Gomes, I. M. A. M. (2009). The visibility of science in commemorative postal stamps. E-Compós, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.30962/ec.263

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