Cartographic Ethnography: Missionary Maps of an Eighteenth-Century Spanish Imperial Frontier

The maps of a Spanish imperial frontier in the Philippines made in the eighteenth-century by the missionary Alejandro Cacho reflect an ethnographic approach that simultaneously reified and undermined Spanish notions of conquest and civilization. While Cacho celebrated mission towns and denigrated un...

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Main Author:	Dizon, Mark
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Published:	Archīum Ateneo 2021
Subjects:	ethnography cartography indigenous people empire Asia Philippines Luzon borderland mobility Augustinians conversion cities missions animals horses History
Online Access:	https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/55 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03085694.2021.1835315
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spelling	ph-ateneo-arc.history-faculty-pubs-10552021-11-04T07:58:00Z Cartographic Ethnography: Missionary Maps of an Eighteenth-Century Spanish Imperial Frontier Dizon, Mark The maps of a Spanish imperial frontier in the Philippines made in the eighteenth-century by the missionary Alejandro Cacho reflect an ethnographic approach that simultaneously reified and undermined Spanish notions of conquest and civilization. While Cacho celebrated mission towns and denigrated unsubjugated settlements, several elements of his maps subverted that message by recognizing the presence of animist communities and the different mobilities taking place at the frontier. The apparent conflict of messages is explained by the context in which the maps were made. 2021-03-30T07:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/55 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03085694.2021.1835315 History Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo ethnography cartography indigenous people empire Asia Philippines Luzon borderland mobility Augustinians conversion cities missions animals horses History
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description	The maps of a Spanish imperial frontier in the Philippines made in the eighteenth-century by the missionary Alejandro Cacho reflect an ethnographic approach that simultaneously reified and undermined Spanish notions of conquest and civilization. While Cacho celebrated mission towns and denigrated unsubjugated settlements, several elements of his maps subverted that message by recognizing the presence of animist communities and the different mobilities taking place at the frontier. The apparent conflict of messages is explained by the context in which the maps were made.
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title	Cartographic Ethnography: Missionary Maps of an Eighteenth-Century Spanish Imperial Frontier
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Cartographic Ethnography: Missionary Maps of an Eighteenth-Century Spanish Imperial Frontier

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