{"id":1787470,"date":"2019-07-03T11:05:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T15:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787470"},"modified":"2019-08-22T08:38:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T12:38:22","slug":"mapping-memory-an-exhibition-of-16th-century-indigenous-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/07\/mapping-memory-an-exhibition-of-16th-century-indigenous-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Memory: An Exhibition of 16th-Century Indigenous Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unknown artist, Map of Teozacoalco (detail), ca. 1580, tempera on paper, 176\u00d7138 cm, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Libraries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mapping Memory: Space and History in 16th-century Mexico<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a new exhibition at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin,\u00a0presents “a selection of maps, known as Mapas de las Relaciones Geogr\u00e1ficas<\/em>, created by Indigenous artists around 1580. These unique documents show some of the visual strategies used by native communities for the endurance and perseverance of their cultures throughout the so-called colonial period and well beyond.” Opened 29 June; runs until 25 August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mapping Memory: Space and History in 16th-century Mexico, a new exhibition at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin,\u00a0presents “a selection of maps, known as Mapas de las Relaciones Geogr\u00e1ficas,… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[92,1349,50,1350,902,369],"class_list":["post-1787470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-1500s","tag-austin","tag-exhibitions","tag-indigeneous","tag-mexico","tag-texas","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787625,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/last-weekend-for-mapping-memory\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787470,"position":0},"title":"Last Weekend for ‘Mapping Memory’","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 August 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Mapping Memory, the exhibition of 16th-century indigenous maps at the University of Texas at Austin's Blanton Museum of Art that I told you about last month, wraps up this weekend. 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