Seeing and Writing
The Art of Observation in the Early Jesuit Missions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12902807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Nelles (Carleton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 317-333 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Intellectual History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6977 • E-ISSN: 1749-6985 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17496977.2010.492612 |
| OpenAlex | W2027984091 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Like other early modern missionaries, the Jesuits made much of their status as eye‐witness observers, but the observational methods which missionaries employed in gaining knowledge of non‐European cultures have received little consideration. The Jesuit case affords a glimpse of the observational tools and cognitive practices deployed in the overseas missions. Prayer, reading and some kind of writing or annotation constituted the backbone of Jesuit devotional practice, and writing formed a routine component of Jesuit mission life. Notes played an essential role in bringing order to the onslaught of new experiences, alien customs, unfamiliar languages and unexpected circumstances routinely encountered
Art · Literature · Observational study · Political science · Prayer · Reading (process · Witness · Classics · Early Modern Women Writers · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |