Conquest

Conquest and Indigenous resistance

A collection on European arrival, Indigenous resistance and the transformation of island society.

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Canaries and the Americas

Stopovers, migrations, ports and cultural links between the islands and the American Atlantic.

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The Aboriginal world

Language, archaeology, foodways, names and memory of Indigenous Canarian societies.

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Volcanoes and landscape

A natural and historical reading of the volcanic Canarian territory.

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Language, place names and Amazigh memory

Words, names, whistles and signs preserving linguistic memory across the archipelago.

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Women in Canarian history

A collection for locating women’s voices in conquest, culture, memory and creation.

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Piracy, defense and fortifications

Corsair attacks, strategic ports and defensive responses in the Canarian Atlantic.

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Literature, memory and identity

Writers, island myths and cultural memory in the construction of Canarian identity.

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Cities, ports and territory

The urban formation of the Canaries through ports, island capitals, water and double insularity.

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Institutions, autonomy and island power

Cabildos, courts, provinces, parliament and autonomy in Canarian political organisation.

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Protected nature and biodiversity

Laurisilva, endemic flora, national parks and conservation of Canarian natural heritage.

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Popular culture, identity and humour

Gofio, speech, demonyms, popular figures and everyday forms of Canarian identity.

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