[Tropmed-l] ironic

[Alan Kay]

Dear Carlos,

At the XLIX Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Medecina Tropicale in
Campo Grande this year, I had a conversation about this with several people
(I can't remember whom). We came to the conclusion that Brasil is the only
tropical country that has a so long lasting Tropical Medicin Society, the
others (American, British, French) are countries with a colonial past
history. In fact, we thought that it should be named Colonial Medecin,
because it was so involved in the health of soldiers and colonialists
rather than in the people who were born and bred in these tropical
countries. In that respect, Brasil can be proud of its Sociedade Brasileira
de Medecina Tropicale that is the foremost Society in tropical countries
and promotes the health of the people that live there.

Cheers,

Alan


2013/12/2 Carlos Costa <chncosta at gmail.com>

> Dear Alan,
>
> I corrected the first text, that missed the word "tropical medicine", sent
> in a second email, which was the one supposed to go tropmed-l.
>
> Please read the best representation of my wondering:
>
> Don't you feel that it is quite strange, or ironic, that we, scientists
> from tropical countries, choose to publish our best researches *in
> Tropical Medicine*  in journals of countries that are not tropical?
> Aren't us accepting a new form of colonialism? Aren't us behaving as
> submissive peoples?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carlos.
>
>
> 2013/12/2 Alan Kay <alan.campbell.kay at gmail.com>
>
>> Dear colleague,
>>
>> As a subject of a colonised country (Scotland) as well as a subject of a
>> former (perhaps) colonial country (France), I have divided notions about
>> your post. First, I find it ironic that your post is in English rather than
>> in Portuguese (eu fale um pouco portugues mas eu compreendou bem). Secundo,
>> the idea is that our works be as outspread as possible. At the beginning of
>> the 20th century this could involve German (for chemistry and physics) or
>> French (for Physics or Biology) as well as English (look at the list of
>> Nobel Prize winners at this period). Since the Second World War, English,
>> because of the suppremicy of the United States in both scientific research
>> and the financing of this research, became the standard. One can regret it,
>> especially because Editors prefer a very neutral English rather than
>> someting that can be readable. I often have this problem. I want my papers
>> to be enjoyable to read, but this does not seem to be the point of view of
>> the Editors. So, to sum up, it is not the question of English or not, but
>> is the article interesting and agreable to read.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Alan KAY
>>
>>
>> 2013/11/14 Carlos Costa <chncosta at gmail.com>
>>
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>> Don't you feel that it is quite strange, or ironic, that we, scientists
>>> from tropical countries, choose to publish our best researches in journals
>>> of countries that are not tropical? Aren's us accepting a new form of
>>> colonialism? Aren't us behaving as submissive peoples?
>>>
>>> All my best,
>>>
>>> Carlos.
>>>
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> Carlos H. N. Costa, MD, DSc.
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> Universidade Federal do Piauí
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