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b. Colonization: establishment, exploitation, maintenance, acquisition, and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a set of unequal relationships between the colonial power and the colony and often between the colonists and the indigenous population.a. Pizarro conquers the Inca (1528-1532)b. A non-European civilization?i. Disorderc. Competing depictionsi. Cruel and bloodthirsty “indios”?ii. Enslaving, murder, pillaging colonists?1. De Las Casas y Theodor de Bryi. Ordering impulse and systems of classificationb. Alexander Von Humboldti. Tripartite diagram of South America1. Coast, Andes, Amazon2. Racial discourse of “Mountain peoples”/serranosc. The Andes a homogenous mass?i. And its inhabitants also?d. The rise of natural history and “theories of nature”i. South America is “damp, slimy, muddy, moldy, vaporous, and cool. In such an environment only insects and reptiles can prosper”e. Environmental Determinismi. E.g. high altitude and ingenuitya. Ordering (and collecting) impulse and natural historyb. Collectingi. Objects, artifacts, plants, animals, and peopleii. Put all of the artifacts collected into museumsc. Typologyi. Classification according to common characteristicsii. Ordering and putting things in categoriesa. Camerasi. Daguerreotype camera and process invented (1839)ii. Reproduced with lithography of engravingiii. Images seen as “objective truth”b. Andre Disderi patents carte de visite (1854)i. 6x10cmii. “calling card”iii. Novelty, portability and pricei. Trading “Others” cards1. Not traded by the individual portrayed, but were “mute and anonymous” images of “types”2. “Comparability”ii. “Physiognomy” –the way your face is shaped and the look on your face portrays something about your inner characteristicsiii. Trading cards were put into books based on regions and how they look1. Allows the readers to sort the pictures by “binding racial groups”i. Physiognomy1. Idea that a person’s facial features or expression as indicative of characterii. Criminal Photography and “racial types”1. Quantification, comparability, equivalences, and differenceiii. This is the beginning of “race as a social construct”iv. “Diversity—indeed Bolivia itself-has been sacrificed… to acquired objects in need of order and display”v. Race is an idea, not a fact (but it’s a social idea)vi. Images were used to classify people as a whole instead of by individualsi. Grain from the Andes, exceptional nutritional profileii. Consumed only domestic until about 2002-2003iii. Sudden global demand, intensification of agricultureiv. Influx of development projects, “International Year of Quinoa”v. Climate change, glacial recessionC103 1nd Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I. Antioxidant and redox regulation of gene transcription Outline of Current Lecture II. The New WorldA. Amerigo VespucciIII. Columbian ExchangeIV. Andean ConquestV. Ordering the AndesVI. Age of CollectionVII. Enter the Cameraa. Symbolic Capital b. Circulating Types Othersc. Comparing Othersd. QuinoaCurrent LectureII. The New WorldB. Amerigo Vespucci= 1507 published map, America was named for hima. 3 G’s of colonialism=Gold, Glory, Godb. Colonization: establishment, exploitation, maintenance, acquisition, and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a set of unequal relationships between the colonial power and the colony and often between the colonists and the indigenous population.III. Columbian Exchangea.Contact with foreign places, objects, foods and peopleb.Understanding the exoticc.Ideas of essential correspondence between “local” natural objects and peopled.Circulations of representations of these exotic peopleIV. Andean ConquestThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.a. Pizarro conquers the Inca (1528-1532) b. A non-European civilization?i. Disorderc. Competing depictionsi. Cruel and bloodthirsty “indios”?ii. Enslaving, murder, pillaging colonists?1. De Las Casas y Theodor de BryV. Ordering the Andesa. Claude Levi-Straussi. Ordering impulse and systems of classificationb. Alexander Von Humboldti. Tripartite diagram of South America1. Coast, Andes, Amazon2. Racial discourse of “Mountain peoples”/serranosc. The Andes a homogenous mass?i. And its inhabitants also? d. The rise of natural history and “theories of nature”i. South America is “damp, slimy, muddy, moldy, vaporous, and cool. In suchan environment only insects and reptiles can prosper”e. Environmental Determinismi. E.g. high altitude and ingenuity VI. Age of Collectiona. Ordering (and collecting) impulse and natural historyb. Collectingi. Objects, artifacts, plants, animals, and peopleii. Put all of the artifacts collected into museums c. Typologyi. Classification according to common characteristics ii. Ordering and putting things in categoriesVII. Enter the Cameraa. Camerasi. Daguerreotype camera and process invented (1839)ii. Reproduced with lithography of engravingiii. Images seen as “objective truth”b. Andre Disderi patents carte de visite (1854)i. 6x10cmii. “calling card”iii. Novelty, portability and pricec. Symbolic Capital i. Photographing others=inherently radicalizing and objectifyingd. Circulating Types Othersi. Trading “Others” cards1. Not traded by the individual portrayed, but were “mute and anonymous” images of “types”2. “Comparability” ii. “Physiognomy” –the way your face is shaped and the look on your face portrays something about your inner characteristics iii. Trading cards were put into books based on regions and how they look1. Allows the readers to sort the pictures by “binding racial groups” e. Comparing Othersi. Physiognomy1. Idea that a person’s facial features or expression as indicative of characterii. Criminal Photography and “racial types”1. Quantification, comparability, equivalences, and difference iii. This is the beginning of “race as a social construct” iv. “Diversity—indeed Bolivia itself-has been sacrificed… to acquired objects in need of order and display”v. Race is an idea, not a fact (but it’s a social idea)vi. Images were used to classify people as a whole instead of by individuals f. Quinoai. Grain from the Andes, exceptional nutritional profileii. Consumed only domestic until about


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