Salt of the Santos: Toward a Religious History of Commodities

Name: Salt of the Santos: Toward a Religious History of Commodities
Start: 2017-04-26T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2017-04-26T01:00:00-05:00
Location: Salt of the Santos: Toward a Religious History of Commodities

Paul Ramirez, Newberry Consortium for American Indian Studies Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of History at Northwestern University

Apr 26, 2017

Towner Fellows' Lounge

In colonial Mexico saint images served as patrons of a variety of communities and associations, including confraternities, mines, towns and cities, villages, churches, and domestic spaces. What did this model of territorial patronage mean for communities of salt producers and consumers? Using colonial litigation records this talk explores one way to incorporate sacred beings into the study of property, work, and the natural world.