La creación del primer paisaje colonial español en las Américas, Santo Domingo, 1492-1548

This study reveals the violent and racially charged origins of Spanish imperial imagery in Santo Domingo, which became the blueprint for colonial landscapes across the Americas. It demonstrates how the destruction of indigenous worlds and the racialization of space were fundamental to the creation of this landscape, challenging its perceived naturalness. Through a meticulous analysis of primary sources from 1492 to 1548—including chronicles, travel itineraries, ordinances, and Crown letters—the research conceptualizes the landscape as both ideology and practice, uncovering the systemic violence, displacement, and resistance embedded in colonial urban development. By centering the Caribbean within European modernity, the study re-evaluates indigenous and African Maroon counter-imagery, highlighting ongoing patterns of destruction and racism in colonial landscapes.

Carrasquillo, R. E. (2019). A criação da primeira paisagem colonial espanhola nas Américas, Santo Domingo, 1492-1548. Antípoda. Revista de Antropología Y Arqueología, (36), 61–84. https://doi.org/10.7440/antipoda36.2019.04