Luis Andres Valenzuela Olivares

Chile in the Imago Mundi Luis Andres Valenzuela Olivares

Domestication, a new concept that can be integrated as a method of social control, but that acts directly in the imaginary, is captured through the maps of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The way in which this process of disciplining acts is derived from the representation of the cartography of the orb as an evolution of the western society. Based specifically on the incorporation of America (New World) to the world image and, especially, to the case of Chile, for its primordial role to establish itself as the last place of the world and Garden of Eden, examples are given that develop this concept by means of unveiling, deciphering and hiding the information of the territory.