Transcript Tenochtitlan: map? Or narration?

Tenochtitlan:
map? Or narration?
Source:
Doreen Massey (2005), For Space, pp. 1, 2, 3, 7
Imagining space…
imaginations embedded in myth and
emotion…
the place-moments
The Aztec world view:
“the place-moments” (“lugares momentos”)
…gods, time and space were inextricably linked
…to focus on the process of becoming
…time and space are NOT abstract, but are complexes of
space and time
The Codex Xolotl
A hybrid construction
Map + Story-telling
Events are linked by footsteps and dotted lines between
places…
They are different from Western maps, which emphasize
respresentation of space:
The Codex Xolotl is a representation of time and space
together.