Modern Western temporality is often characterized (quoting Walter Benjamin) as
“homogeneous, empty time.” This temporality is said (in the influential works of Johannes …

From 1777 to 1812, slave ships carried nearly 70,000 captives to the Río de la Plata;
however, the main slave routes leading to Buenos Aires and Montevideo did not depart from …

When early modern individuals commissioned portraits, they likely hoped for stable and long-
lasting commemoration. However, portraiture was highly mutable, susceptible of acquiring …

This article examines the use of coins by enslaved and indentured communities in
nineteenth-century British Guiana and the visual imagery of these practices. Both Afro …

When Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492, he brought local people aboard and"
spoke" with them—or so he claims. Many of the Europeans who followed in his wake …

Counterfeiting causes substantial negative impacts on intellectual property and opportunity
costs to businesses worldwide. Anticounterfeiting department executives who lack …