The Political Dimension of Space-Time Categories in the Jesuit Missions of Paraguay (17th and 18th Centuries)

WILDE, GUILLERMO

Pisa

Workshop; International workshop “Space and Conversion: Institutions, Urban Stages and Interiority (16th-20th Centuries)”; 2011

Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

This article is divided in three parts. The first describes space-time ordering in mission`s daily life according to Jesuits´ descriptions, focusing on how the urban organization of mission towns was efficiently oriented to discipline and social control. The second part analyzes evidence about indigenous reactions to impositions, emphasizing the way they appropriate some of them and contribute to the formation of mission space patterns. In its third part, the article explores visual-spatial emergences resulting from negotiations and adaptations between Jesuits and Indians.