Between encyclopedia and chorography: defining the agency of "cultural encyclopedias" from a transcultural perspective

During the early modern period, regional specified compendia - which combine information on local moral and natural history, towns and fortifications with historiography, antiquarianism, images series or maps - gain a new agency in the production of knowledge. Via literary and aesthetic practices, t...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Boroffka, Anna (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter Oldenbourg [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Cultures and Practices of Knowledge in History Wissenskulturen und ihre Praktiken ; 12
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748017
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748017
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748017
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748017
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748017
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748017
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748017
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748017
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748017
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748017
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748017
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748017
Zusammenfassung:During the early modern period, regional specified compendia - which combine information on local moral and natural history, towns and fortifications with historiography, antiquarianism, images series or maps - gain a new agency in the production of knowledge. Via literary and aesthetic practices, the compilations construct a display of regional specified knowledge. In some cases this display of regional knowledge is presented as a display of a local cultural identity and is linked to early modern practices of comparing and classifying civilizations. At the core of the publication are compendia on the Americas which research has described as chorographies, encyclopeadias or - more recently - 'cultural encyclopaedias'. Studies on Asian and European encyclopeadias, universal histories and chorographies help to contextualize the American examples in the broader field of an early modern and transcultural knowledge production, which inherits and modifies the ancient and medieval tradition
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 447 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9783110748017
9783110748130
DOI:10.1515/9783110748017

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