Maps, Power, and the Pacification of La Araucanía-Chile, 1850–1900
Maps, Power, and the Pacification of La Araucanía-Chile, 1850–1900
- Pablo Azócar FernándezPablo Azócar FernándezDepartment of Cartography, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana
- , and Zenobio Saldivia MaldonadoZenobio Saldivia MaldonadoDepartment of Humanities, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana
Summary
In the history of cartography and in critical cartography, there is a link between the role of maps and power relations, especially during the conquest and domination of territories by national states. Such cartographic products have frequently been used—for both their scientific and persuasive content—in different places, such as in Chile in the Araucanía region during the so-called pacification process, led by the Chilean state during the second half of the 19th century. From a cartographic perspective, the “epistemological and unintentional silences on the maps” can be observed for maps produced during this process. It implied that the “scientific discourse” and the “social and political discourse” of the cartographic images generated during this process of conquest and domination were relevant for the expansionist objectives of the Republic of Chile.
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- History of Latin America and the Oceanic World
