Quem produz o conhecimento geológico do Haiti?

Abstract

Geology has always been present since the beginning of the Universe and thanks to it we can retrace the history of the creation of the world. Because it is the science that studies the structure, composition and history of the Earth, it is of the utmost importance for a country like Haiti, which is located in Central America between a set of geological faults and whose dynamics are subordinated to the movement of the Caribbean and North American plates. As a result, the country is vulnerable to natural disasters, such as the earthquake that struck in 2010 and left hundreds dead,affecting the environment, infrastructure and its economy. However, there are few institutions promoting geological research in the country, and the majority of scientific articles on the subject are produced and published by foreign universities and research institutions. This doesn't mean that there aren't universities and research institutions and researchers in Haiti who are concerned with geological issues. However, although there are some works produced by Haitian geologists, they are published in other languages. For this reason, it is necessary to map these institutions and those who produce geological knowledge in Haiti. To this end, research was carried out in the Google Scholar database, with a time frame for 2024, using the keywords “haiti” and “geology” to survey research related to the geological knowledge of Haiti. After reading the summaries of all 639 articles, only 35 remained. These 35 articles were tabulated in an Excel spreadsheet with the following columns:title of articles, authors, institutions, area of Geology, journal in which the article was published. After this first tabulation, a new spreadsheet was generated with the following columns: institutions to which the authors of the articles are linked, the country of these institutions and how many times these institutions appeared in the35 articles. The USA and France are the countries that produce the most knowledge about the geology of Haiti. This work presented an overview of geological researchon Haiti, mainly answering the question: who produces the geological knowledge of Haiti?