Current work on colonial Latin American architectural history has mined the archive to uncover the presence of often-overlooked architectural agents. They might be described in archival documents as "indio," or "mestizo" or "negro," or simply not named at all. This one-day conference brings together new scholarship that demonstrates ways of overcoming the limits of the archive, which is, by its nature, shaped by social power, imperial interests, and national histories. Join us to discuss other kinds of architectural histories that the existing archive might enable, as well as possible non-archival approaches to makers and their buildings.
Panelists: Juan Luis Burke, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; Francisco Mamani Fuentes, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Santiago, Chile; Virginia Flores-Sasso, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana; Michael Schreffler, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, and Maryluna Santos Giraldo, Tulane.
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PROGRAM
9:00 am - Introduction and welcome words by Barbara E. Mundy and Anthony Pereira
9:30 to 10:30 – Panel 1 (15-20 minute presentations of work)
9:30 Juan Luis Burke (University of Maryland), Architectural Guilds and the Boundaries of Caste in Eighteenth-Century New Spain
9:50 Francisco Mamani Fuentes (Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins), Policía de obra: el alarife entre tratadística y normativa constructiva
10:10 Maryluna Santos Giraldo (Tulane), Beyond the Myth of the Architect: Naming Building Hierarchies in New Spain
Discussion
10:30 - Coffee Break
10:45 to 11:45 - Panel 2 (15-20 minute presentations of work)
10:45 Virginia Flores Sasso (Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra), Stonemasons’ Marks in the Cathedral of Santo Domingo / Marcas de canteria en la Catedral de Santo Domingo
11:05 Michael Schreffler (Notre Dame), Ekphrasis and Architecture in Eighteenth-Century Mexico.
Discussion
—Invitation only—
12:00-2:00 - Working Lunch / Comments from Dr. Fernández-González (University of Lincoln)
Discussion of pre-circulated papers
2:30-4:30 - New Orleans Tour guided by Professor Robert Cangelosi, Jr. (Tulane)
This event is kindly supported by the Elizabeth Hill Boone Program for Scholarly Research, the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies, and the Newcomb Art Department.
