The roaring silence of the Amazonian General Language in printed material from the 19th century: a design study

Pereira, Rômulo do Nascimento; Medeiros, Ligia Maria Sampaio de;

Resumo:

The paper presented herein is part of a greater, ongoing study that researches the beginning of the printing activity in the State of Amazonas. By observing further the complex relations that constitute the artifacts printed in the Amazon, we arrived at the Amazonian General Language [LGA]. Alive to this day, and modernly called Nheengatu (good language). Starting from its narrative, we aim to observe the use of graphics technology in a project for dominion and control over a vast territory in order to turn it more legible or less crude, certainly not for everyone. This way, we try to read the printed communication and the design, more extensively, backed up not only by material artifacts but by the history of a location marked by disputes and a world perspective set in the treatment of others.

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DOI: 10.5151/9788580393712-04

Referências bibliográficas
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Como citar:

PEREIRA, Rômulo do Nascimento; MEDEIROS, Ligia Maria Sampaio de; "The roaring silence of the Amazonian General Language in printed material from the 19th century: a design study", p. 71 -92. In: Selected Readings of the 8th Information Design International Conference - Information Design: Memories. São Paulo: Blucher, 2019.
ISBN: 9788580393712, DOI 10.5151/9788580393712-04