Apoala Project

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For our project name, we considered typical acronyms as well as names of individuals from history. Instead, however, we have adopted a name that represents the integrated view of location, object, and time that is integral to the project. Apoala suggests a location (a valley in Mexico), an object (a "cartographic history" produced by Mixtec artists), and a time and perspective on time (before the Spanish conquest and an event-based view of time). The particular name "Apoala" comes from one panel of the Codex Zouche-Nuttall that represents the Apoala Valley in time and space (see the image below). This cartographic history, as these representations have come to be called, is one of the earliest known. As a representation form, Mixtec cartographic histories depict communities by showing both the common bounded territory and shared history. This was accomplished by combining different kinds of pictorial space into the plane of the representation. [those interested in learning more about Mixtec cartographic histories can find discussions in: Mundy, B.E. (1996). The Mapping of New Spain. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.pp. 107-118]

Copyright © 1998-2000 Pennsylvania State University


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	For our project name, we considered typical acronyms as well as names of individuals from history. Instead, however, we have adopted a name that represents the integrated view of location, object, and time that is integral to the project. Apoala suggests a location (a valley in Mexico), an object (a "cartographic history" produced by Mixtec artists), and a time and perspective on time (before the Spanish conquest and an event-based view of time). The particular name "Apoala" comes from one panel of the Codex Zouche-Nuttall that represents the Apoala Valley in time and space (see the image below). This cartographic history, as these representations have come to be called, is one of the earliest known. As a representation form, Mixtec cartographic histories depict communities by showing both the common bounded territory and shared history. This was accomplished by combining different kinds of pictorial space into the plane of the representation. [those interested in learning more about Mixtec cartographic histories can find discussions in: Mundy, B.E. (1996). The Mapping of New Spain. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.pp. 107-118]

Copyright © 1998-2000 Pennsylvania State University