Open AccessImages of cultures of transport and infrastructure in South America, c. 1890-1930
Author(s) -
Hinnerk Onken
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
designis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2462-7259
pISSN - 1578-4223
DOI - 10.35659/designis.i34p29-42
Subject(s) - modernity , train , state (computer science) , epoch (astronomy) , geography , history , political science , archaeology , computer science , law , computer vision , stars , algorithm
This article offers a panoramic view on the visual (re-) presentations of traffic, transport, and infrastructure in South America in the late nineteenth and early twentiethcenturies. The motives are classified y interpreted considering the discourses and visual contexts of the epoch. In addition to images of trains and stations, which are for sure the most prominent, views of ports, aerial views and views of urban and state infrastructure are presented. These images showed South America’s modernity and proved that the continent was not underdeveloped and backward.