HISTÓRIA DA GEOGRAFIA AGRÁRIA BRASILEIRA: Pierre Monbeig e Leo Waibel (history of brazilian agrarian geography: Pierre Monbeig and Leo Waibel)

Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir algumas contribuicoes herdadas dos geografos alemaes e franceses na geografia agraria brasileira. Entre essas contribuicoes, destacam-se as questoes metodologicas, teoricas e tecnicas de pesquisa. O periodo analisado comeca na decada de 1930, periodo que marcou o surgimento da geografia academica e cientifica no Brasil, o qual se centra nos estudos dos geografos Pierre Monbeig e Leo Waibel. Dessa forma, este artigo busca resgatar a memoria da geografia brasileira, em especial a geografia agraria. Palavras-chave : Metodologia, Pierre Monbeig, Leo Waibel, teorias, historia do pensamento geografico. Abstract This paper aims at discussing some contributions made by the German and French geographers to Brazilian agrarian geography. Among these contributions dominate the ones on methodological, theoretical and technical research issues. The analyzed period begins in the 1930s, a period which signed the emergence of the academic and scientific geography in Brazil. This essay focuses on the studies of the geographers Pierre Monbeig and Leo Waibel. Thus, this paper aims at recovering Brazilian’s geography memory, especially the agrarian geography.  Key words :Methodology, Pierre Monbeig, Leo Waibel, theories, history of geographical thinking. Resume Cet essai a pour objectif de discuter quelques contributions faites par les geographes allemands et francais a la geographie agraire bresilienne. Parmi ces contributions dominent les questions methodologiques, theoriques et techniques de la recherche. La periode analysee commence dans les annees1930, qui a marque l’emergence de la geographie academique. Ce travail focalise sur les etudes des geographes Pierre Monbeig et Leo Waibel. Cet essai propose donc d’aider a preserver la memoire geographique bresilienne, en particulier, la geographie agraire. Mots cle : Methodologie, Pierre Monbeig, Leo Waibel, theories, histoire de la pensee geographique. DOI : 10.4215/RM2011.1022.0006