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All at a Glance*
Lucy R. Lippard
MAl'� u•t roMJ:£1:. BO'I f-t movement ,ind om1<.: agendas (rhc goldseekers· 1n:lJ)". the
srasi�. Mappi11g synchei.,ii>CS gencr:11 ovc-r mi,sionarics' maps, rhe former-;' map�, the
,·iew and specific do�eup - the combination mihrary maps), make each nt::w .lttcmpr a
(or concrad1c11on} rhat makes it one of the unique im.tge beariog liule re,t::mhlanct· to its
most fa,c111;-ui1)g human mvcm1ons and as counrcrpans. Trail� ,\re tl1t' ur•map�, drawn
,veH :-.uited 10 sociocultural ai., to ph )•l)ical full scale on rhe ground, urgiug us onv..-ar<ls,
mapping. Bue wha1 we :-ire variorn,ly loo�ing sugsesring rhar rhe visu,,li,.ed goal is within
for on these m:1p� rang�s ::1cross cultural reach. I low each group he.it H� way from
concern'.> and makes rnappmg a dangerous one place ro ano1 her dcpc;:ndcd on rheir
unclt;rrn,kmg. At, a temporal composite, rhe mode of 1rnvd, thc;:ar baggage.· and their
map blan<lly la)'t, om on :1 "inglc surface 1llOl Ive.:;. Tht:: nc;:wcomc.·r:. wenr from foot to
the rcsultt, of billions of years of :1criv1ry by hor,e to ,va.,;on to c,uriage- ro automobile.
naturc and humanity. Since ropogrnphies The we .,1pon�, MIStcnance and trade itenh
remain an one place far longer rh:1n culn11·es, 1hey C;urit::d bccamc increasingly pondernu,
the w;.1y.:; different group, uttliu or ignore ,Hone suppo:,edly more advanced culcure
fouud topogr�1phic) ,._ telling, Like the places do,n11l:1t�d another. (fIC.1., r.85)
ir da1mt, ro de,.crihc, rhc map, as a compos1le I ,;t:;md on top oi the rnllesr hill within 1he
of pla<.:t''i, hides .i� much a" ir reveals. Ra:.in - .. Cerro Pdon(' (we don't k,ww 1he
I spend a lor of rime wirh maJH, old Ont'� 1ano name- for it; Anglo newcomer:, c:1ll 1t
at the momcnr, uying to figure out how the »the \Xlave«; Hi�pano ol<l1in1cr:, �unply call tr
original long·rerm inhabirn.nts of tht:: Galistco »the cerro« as oppo:,,e<l to »l.1 loma«, anofhcr
Basin in Ne,v Mexico - the Tano (Tewa or word for hill describing the fir,c Sp:rnbh
Pueblo) Indians - rnighr have seeo 1t, :1.n<l settlement site nearby). Looking down at rhc
!)ow the t6rh-rc)th-cenrnry Sparii,;h nnd then cootours of the rolling gra,;,laflds, the rid�cs
rhc 19rh-.ust·ccnrnry Anglo,; 'inw, tr:n:c:rsed bordering the Basin, che volc.-i.r,u,; dykes and
and scrtled rhar la11d. The cultural differences, oth('r kacurcs, I tr}' 10 map rnentall)' rhc
combined with clung111g political and c.·con· easiest wat•• co gc1 frorn one of rhc rcn or
