Escola Politécnica de São Paulo: engenharias políticas no ensino superior paulista nos inícios republicanos

Abstract

The Polytechnic School, beginning of the institution merged into University of S. Paulo since 1934, was organized by the regional government of the State of S. Paulo in 1893. This study analyzes the meanings associated with this institution articulated to the prestige enjoyed by the mathematical sciences in the nineteenth century. It identifies in the foundation of the School and in the actions of the engineers the approximations between the liberal-political projects and the knowledge and practices of the engineering, perceived as scientific and of predominantly pragmatic profile. Considering the Polytechnic project and its means of knowledge diffusion - annals and periodicals - the imagined effects of the Polytechnic creation are discussed, also due to the sensitive potential of innovation and the currentness relevance associated with it.

Keywords:
Higher Education; Research Institutions; Government Policy; Polytechnic School of S.Paulo