Which project theme does guaman pomas new chronicle

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Case: Mary Louise Pratt's "Arts of the Contact Zone"

In this essay, Pratt introduces the concept of "contact zones," which explains what happens when two distinct cultures come into contact for the first time. According to Pratt, one example occurred when the Europeans invaded and conquered the Americas in the 16th century. European and indigenous cultures collided and clashed in asymmetrical power relations (Spanish culture had more power than indigenous cultures) (paragraph 7).
However, Pratt suggests that the indigenous peoples were not simply passive recipients of the conquest; rather, they responded to this contact by incorporating aspects of European culture to maintain some semblance of their own culture.

Pratt argues that there are several ways that Guaman-Poma's "Nueva Coronica" is an example of a contact zone:

Pratt describes this document as an "autoethnographic text" that combines the stereotypes that the dominant Spanish culture had of the Inca with the Inca's self-understanding, thus creating a merged or shared meaning between the cultures (paragraph 10)

Pratt describes how Guaman Poma used the narrative structure of the Spanish Chronicle and the Spanish language to convey his account of the history of the conquest (paragraph 11). She refers to this as "transculturation" (paragraph 13)

Pratt argues that Guaman Poma uses parody to critique the Spanish conquest (paragraph 11.)

Pratt also describes how Guaman Poma explicitly critiques the Spanish government of Peru (paragraph 12)
Guaman-Poma is an Inca of royal blood who adopts the literary format of the Spanish Chronicle and the Spanish language to tell the story of the conquest from his perspective, which was enormously destructive and unjust.
For a more extensive review of Pratt's essay, see Wikipedia.
Check out these drawings of ancient Inca life at the time of the conquest.
Contact zone - Wikipedia

Read the attached essay, review the summary of Pratt above, and then address the following question:

Which project theme does Guaman Poma's "New Chronicle" illustrate and why?

Reference no: EM133735592

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