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Paperback: 322 pages Publisher: Duke University Press (March 1994)

Presenting …. Writing Without Words: Alternative Literacies in Mesoamerica and the Andes by Elizabeth Hill Boone (Editor), Walter D. Mignolo (Editor). Paperback: 322 pages Publisher: Duke University Press (March 1994) Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches.

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Paperback: 322 pages Publisher: Duke University Press (March 1994)

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  1. Presenting … Writing Without Words: Alternative Literacies in Mesoamerica and the Andes by Elizabeth Hill Boone (Editor), Walter D. Mignolo (Editor) Paperback: 322 pages Publisher: Duke University Press (March 1994) Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches

  2. Where were the Incas, Miztecs, Mayas and Olmecs?

  3. This book deals with… • The concept of ‘writing without words’ • Literacy among the Pre-Columbian Maya • Aztec Pictorial histories • Reading of Codex Cospi (Reverse reading) • Mixtec writing : Embodied signs, Verbal art • Codices, Maps, Lienzos : As social contracts • Cartographic histories, Nahua identity • Colonial image of the Inca • Signs : “Book” in the new world • Object and Alphabet : Colonial period • Writing and Recorded knowledge in Colonial and Post-colonial situations

  4. The editors’ aim… “…to confront (the) common definition of “writing” and our notions of what constitute writing system, … We have to think more broadly about visual and tactile systems of recording ionformation, to reach a broader definition of writing.” - Elizabeth Boone “… to theorize coevolutionary histories of writing and, second to move toward a pluritopical interpretation of the history of writing in colonial situations when alphabetic literacy coalesced with non-Western writing systems.” - Walter Mignolo

  5. I see signs and symbols everywhere!!!

  6. “disappearance of writing”… ?

  7. Orality and Literacy Vedas Homer Plato West-African storytelling tradition East-Indian storytelling tradition To paint, make designs, write Mixtec term for “Books” TACU To hear, to listen

  8. Pictographic traditions So Chikkan : Chinese script on bamboo Egyptian hieroglyphic

  9. Table showing periods, cultures and city states of Mesoamerica

  10. Introduction Mesopotamia (Iraq) & Egypt Olmec & early Mayas Sumerians (Iraq) Elam (Iran) & Greece Aryans (Indus Valley) Aryans (Vedas) Chinese Syrians AD

  11. Aztec records without words PARTICIPANT who? EVENT what? LOCATION where? TIME when? From Codex Boturini

  12. from Codex Boturini PARTICIPANT who? EVENT what? LOCATION where? TIME when?

  13. from Codex Boturini (Karl says…) PARTICIPANT who? EVENT what? LOCATION where? TIME when? courtesy : http://www.thing.net/~grist/ld/bot/boturini.htm

  14. Other codices Codex Mexicanus Codex Selden : marriage scene Codex Xolotl • Cartographic History • Migration History • Year-count Annals • Political senario, etc. Inca writing : ?

  15. Quipu Each cluster of knots is a digit, and there are three types of knots: simple overhand knots; long knots made up of two or more turns; and figure-of-eight knots. A number is represented as a sequence of knot clusters in base 10. Powers of ten are shown by position along the string, and this position is aligned between successive strands. Digits in positions for 10 and higher powers are represented by clusters of simple knots (e.g. 40 is four simple knots in a row in the "tens" position). Digits in the "ones" position are represented by long knots (e.g. 4 is a knot with 4 turns). Because of the way the knots are tied, the digit 1 cannot be shown this way and is represented in this position by a figure-of-eight knot. Zero is represented by the absence of a knot in the appropriate position. Because the ones digit is shown in a distinctive way, it is clear where a number ends. One strand on a quipu can therefore contain several numbers. For example, if 4s represents four simple knots, 3L represents a long knot with three turns, E represents a figure-of-eight knot and X represents a space: The number 731 would be represented by 7s, 3s, E The number 804 would be represented by 8s, X, 4L The number 107 followed by the number 51 would be represented by 1s, X, 7L, 5s, E ancient Peruvian sailing reed boats

  16. Map of Cuauhtinchan showing the conquest of its rulers

  17. The Conquest The Conquest of Peru Francisco Pizarro's route of exploration during the conquest of Peru (1531-1533)

  18. Colonial Interventions Commissioned by the Spanish Viceroy of Peru? Spanish Missionary

  19. Amoxtli … vuh… Codice Borbonico Codice Tudela

  20. Glimpses of Mignolo’s topics… • Writing without Pens • Social Roles of Writing • Wisdom Signified with Signs • The Connection : Human Writing and writing of God • Book is not necessarily a book • Book : The Carrier of Knowledge • The White Man’s Burden

  21. Reference : • Boone, E. H. & Mignolo, W (Eds.), Writingwithoutwords: Alternative • literacies in Mesoamerica and the AndesDurham, NC: • Duke University Press, 1994 • Martí, Beatriz. “Maya Codices”, Maya Discovery, www.mayadiscovery.com/ing/history/codices.htm November, 2006. • “Quipu”, Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quipu End of Slide-show

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