In tonight’s readings about Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 City planning and the city of Potos\u00ed, we see two different themes that have appeared in past readings and sources throughout this course, intertwined with concept of constructing unique spaces. The Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 City Planning reading in particular brought to light the design of the city itself and how that design allowed for different displays of power. Highlighting the \u201cspoke-and-wheel pattern\u201d of the city, accentuated the ruler’s central authority of the city. This more architectural look at societies and how they developed over time gives us a deeper look into these peoples’ societal organization and hierarchical nature. For example, the way the markets functioned as gendered spaces, showing us that women were active and in control of aspects of the economy in these societies.<\/p>\n

In his response on the Mangan reading on the city of Potos\u00ed, Matthew Liivoja <\/a>contrasts the types of space that Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 was to the space the Potos\u00ed allowed for, with Potos\u00ed being a valuable city for foreign powers. Potos\u00ed’s economic interaction with the Spanish is the embodiment of other themes throughout the course: imperial expansion and economic imperatives. The city of Potos\u00ed was a space that was \u201cdynamic\u201d as it drew indigenous migration as well as the attention of the Spaniards, who had wanted silver. This created multiple sectors within Potos\u00ed, with some speaking Spanish, and some sectors that were filled with non-Spanish Europeans who had migrated in the search for silver. Potos\u00ed was described as a \u201cbeehive of activity\u201d, and in the description of Yor\u00f9b\u00e1, we see a connection between the two cities in their dynamism and economic activity.<\/p>\n

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