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Yesterday we went to Lima’s city centre, a UNESCO world heritage site, designated as such in 1988 for “bear[ing] witness to the architecture and urban development of a Spanish colonial town of great political, economic and cultural importance in Latin … Continue reading → read full post >>

"The Lettered City" and Reflections on 'Permanence' read full post >>

Hello fellow Lima readers! I decided to focus on this one section of the Lima reader this week as it stood out to me as a representation of my basic level of understanding of the historical colonial/indigenous relationship. Please feel free to add any comments you have and let me know where I’ve gone wrong. […] read full post >>

reading reflections of the lettered city even though i'm confused + a cute anecdote read full post >>

In the North American context, we often think of cities as areas that grew organically from a starting point that was often based around a resource, trade route, or some kind of economic activity that initially spurred their development. It is hard to image that as described in César Pacheco Vélez described in their writings […] read full post >>

The Transformation of Lima after 1895 by José Gálvez  A Commentary For this commentary, I’d like to mention that my knowledge of the events in Lima leading to the 1895 ‘transformation’ is extremely bare. My opinions are mostly based on my first impressions of reading the text rather than any historical background knowledge. In this […] read full post >>

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After reading The Lettered City, an aspect that I’ve been mulling over in my head is the discussion of Neoplatonism specifically, and how this philosophy could be (and was) applied to the design of colonial cities. While I’m certainly no philosopher, I am a big Plato fan, so I did have an understanding of what Neoplatonism means. Still, I had never before made the connection or even considered it as a basis for urban design, but it makes sense. I find it fascinating in the role it played in shaping...read more read full post >>

If you’re going to respond to one of my blog posts, please don’t let it be this one thanks. This one is a mess. I’ve been thinking about the idea of maps as ideological frameworks, and of the interplay between reality and representation. “Thus, a sign contains two ideas – one of the thing represented, […] read full post >>

Rama Angle, The Lettered City (1984) read full post >>