Landscape analysis and indexing: Arquivo Fotográfico Ilustrativo dos Trabalhos Geográficos de Campo from the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics)

Abstract The purpose of this research is to discuss the analysis and indexing of rural life landscapes using Arquivo Fotográfico Ilustrativo dos Trabalhos Geográficos de Campo from the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística as reference. The photographs were taken by agrarian geographers from the former Conselho Nacional de Geografia between the years 1940 and 1960. This is an exploratory research that addresses the geographic information within information science, aimed at the organization and representation of recorded knowledge in the process of information transference. From studies on landscape in the Geography literature associated with studies in the fields of Archival Science, Library Science, Information Science and History, we sought to identify concepts and categories that supported the proposal of a pattern for analysis and indexing of landscape photography. The photographic sets selected for the experiment are related to the Northeast and Southern Brazilian regions, according to the first official division of the regions proposed by the Conselho Nacional de Geografia in 1941.

摘要 本研究旨在以巴西地理与统计研究所（Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística，简称IBGE）的《野外地理测绘工作图解摄影档案》（Arquivo Fotográfico Ilustrativo dos Trabalhos Geográficos de Campo）为参考依据，探讨乡村生活景观的分析与索引方法。这批照片由原巴西国家地理委员会（Conselho Nacional de Geografia，简称CNG）的农业地理学家于1940年至1960年间拍摄。本研究属于探索性研究，聚焦情报学领域内的地理信息，旨在实现信息传递过程中已记录知识的组织与表征。结合地理学文献中关于景观的研究，以及档案学、图书馆学、情报学与历史学领域的相关研究，本研究试图提炼能够支撑景观摄影分析与索引范式构建的概念与分类体系。本实验选取的摄影数据集依据巴西国家地理委员会1941年提出的首个官方区域划分方案，均与巴西东北部与南部地区相关。