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Gustavo Verdesio |
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Colonial Studies, Native American Studies, Pre-Contact Indigenous Societies, Material Culture, Popular Culture, Theory Interests and Current Work I am currently working on the territorial practices of indigenous cultures from 'prehistoric' time. The study of territorialities that are alternative to Western cartography and land exploitation may help us discuss our own representations of the land as well as our cognitive framework. It is also a way to recover from oblivion those indigenous practices erased from our Western imaginary and make them part of humankind's patrimony. This research agenda is, of course, in (sometimes critical) dialogue with some issues raised by Subaltern Studies. I am also working on the theoretical (as well as pedagogical) issues at stake in the relationship between colonial studies and cultural studies. Recent and Selected Publications La invención del Uruguay: la entrada del territorio y sus habitantes a la cultura occidental. Montevideo: Graffiti Trazas, 1996. Review Forgotten Conquests. Re-reading New World History from the Margins. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001. Review Co-Editor. Colonialism Past and Present: Reading and Writing about Colonial Latin American Texts Today. Albany: SUNY Press, 2002. Summary |