Microsoft Word - From the Editors From the Editors Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science 13 (December) 2022 1 Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science, 2022 (13): 1-2 ISSN 2526-2270 Belo Horizonte – MG / Brazil © The Authors 2022 – This is an open-access journal From the Editors On Obscurantism and Resistance: Producing Science in Denialism Time Mauro L. Condé1 – http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4156-2926 Marlon Salomon2 – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2446-2141 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License _____________________________________________________________________________________________ In its six years of existence, the journal Transversal has reached its 13th issue with the great satisfaction of publishing authors from different parts of the world with their works addressing the historiography of science, history of science, philosophy of science and science education. We are honored that Transversal can be the platform for widely disseminating the work of all these authors. We are a niche journal in this area, especially regarding the historiography of science, so our satisfaction is even greater for connecting this fragmented community in the four corners of the world. Relying on the uninterrupted work of these authors became even more important because the last few years have not been easy for a world that has had to face a pandemic with devastating impacts. In the eye of that hurricane, science and technology were our lifeboats. We were conducted to the correct epidemiological procedures, reception and care of doctors, nurses, and all health professionals until the prompt response of science and biotechnology with the production of vaccines. Those actions have enabled us to return to normality gradually. Unfortunately, in these same last few years, we have also experienced strong scientific denialism in different parts of the world, precisely at a time when we needed science the most. For Brazilians, the situation was even worse because, for some time, that denialism came from the president of our republic and his followers, which made it very difficult to confront the covid19 pandemic in Brazil. Fortunately, Brazil’s democracy has pointed to other possible paths. The rejection of the denialist president in the last election in November 2022 has demonstrated the direction Brazil wants to take. We chose to affirm science and technology, preserve the environment, care for the vulnerable, respect differences, and practice solidarity and all the other democratic and republican values that connect us to civilization. Indeed, it is highly challenging to produce science and technology – especially reflections on science’s historical and philosophical aspects –, in an environment where ignorance and obscurantism are placed as supreme values. The maintenance of Transversal 1 Mauro L. Condé is a Professor in the Department of History at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais). Address: Av. Antonio Carlos, 6627 – Belo Horizonte – MG. 31.270-901, Brazil. E-mail: mauroconde@ufmg.br 2 Marlon Salomon is a Full Professor in the Faculty of History at the Federal University of Goiás. Address: Av. Esperança, s/n, Campus Samambaia – Goiânia – GO, 74.690-900, Brazil. E-mail: marlonsalomon@ufg.br. From the Editors Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science 13 (December) 2022 2 during this nebulous period was also an act of resistance. Knowledge is a powerful weapon against obscurantism. Science must go on because life must go on! Traditionally, our issues are published around special dossiers, but from time to time, we present a regular issue as we do now. We thank the authors who wrote for this issue number 13 and hope that all our readers can continue to enjoy the articles, book reviews and interviews published here. Have an excellent read!