A critical study: Spanish artifact influences in the Andes in the mid-20th century
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Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- Introduction to the problem of translation.
- Andean objects within an Andean system of reference.
- Attempts to explain Andean objects in a european system of reference.
- Historical memory.
- Role of Andean objects in a post conquest world.
- Memory within legal documents.
- Conclusion.
- Bibliography.
Abstract
The spanish encountered a culture very foreign to their own in the jagged peaks of the andes. At the time of the conquest the Andean Mountains were spattered with different languages. There was no alphabetic writing. What the pan-Andeans did have was objects, everyday objects such as tunics and keros, wooden drinking vessels, which communicated narratives and ideas through geometric designs called tocapu. And the pan-Andean people had writing in their own way, the quipu. A knotted string device of varying colors and materials was how the pan-Andean people had kept records for thousands of years. Pan-Andeans had developed a tactile culture revolving around practicality, the material and oral tradition. Yet after the conquest these unique societal characteristics faded away or were manipulated by the spanish. In this paper I will look closely at how the acculturation of the pan-Andeans took place and what tools were instrumental in this process.
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