All mixed up in the terrain: The geographic knowledge of mamelucos applied by Jesuits in the cartographic production of Paraguayan Backlands (1746-1753)

Cartographic images made by Jesuits in the 18th century turned out to be transnational and locally mixed cognitive experiences, as these missionary agents of a global institution were forced to establish a collaborative relationship with the multicultural spaces where they settled and undertook thei...

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Autor: de Moura, Denise A. S.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2023
País:Perú
Recursos:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositório:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/28106
Acesso em linha:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/revistaira/article/view/28106
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Cartography
Maps
Ethnic groups
Multiculturalism
Intercultural communication
18th century
Cartografía
Mapas
Grupos étnicos
Multiculturalismo
Comunicación intercultural
Siglo XVIII
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Resumo:Cartographic images made by Jesuits in the 18th century turned out to be transnational and locally mixed cognitive experiences, as these missionary agents of a global institution were forced to establish a collaborative relationship with the multicultural spaces where they settled and undertook their activities. One of the cartographic genres developed by the missionaries, the Paraquariae Provinciae, combined information and geographical knowledge of the mamelucos, a mestizo social type of Amerindian with white Portuguese settler which has been widely acknowledged but poorly elucidated by the historiography making process. The present paper aims to address these issues by applying concepts and methods of critical cartography in order to compare maps built by the Jesuits.