Representaciones gráficas del Estado en formación. La tierra y los indígenas en la cartografía territorial argentina durante el siglo XIX

Abstract: The frontier with indigenous territories constitutes a resource of land available for colonization and production. The land surveying provided effective control over these uncharted territories. In the second half of the nineteenth century, two central arguments intersect the State building: how to privatize public land was subdivided and what was done with the Indians who occupied it. In this paper, it will be drawn an overview on the evolution of registering process in the province of Buenos Aires (Argentina), favored by the development of specific state knowledge, articulated with...