The article, using extensive archival documentation, analyzes the construction of communication and commercial networks between the Austrian Hereditary Lands (in particular through Trieste), Cadiz and Latin America in the aftermath of the Treaty of Aranjuez (1752). To be constituted such networks needed a constant flow of information, which was not mere circulation of news, but a systematic activity of recoding: that is to say a continuous collection and an incessant re-adaptation of contents and functions based on contexts and agents involved. Through these processes, generated by a multi-agent negotiation, information was transformed into knowledge capable of stimulating institutional metamorphoses. The recodification of information, in particular in “nodal point” such as the Mediterranean and Atlantic port cities, thus became both a tool for the exercise of power and a leaven for political, economic and cultural innovation.

L’articolo, facendo ricorso ad ampia documentazione d’archivio, analizza la costruzione di reti comunicative e commerciali tra gli Stati ereditari austriaci (in particolare attraverso Trieste), Cadice e l’America Latina all’indomani del trattato di Aranjuez (1752). Per essere costituite tali reti necessitavano di un costante flusso di informazioni, che non era una semplice circolazione di notizie, ma piuttosto una sistematica attività di ricodificazione: vale a dire una continua raccolta e un incessante riadattamento dei contenuti e delle funzioni in base ai contesti e agli agenti coinvolti. Attraverso questi processi, generati da una negoziazione multi-agente, l’informazione veniva trasformata in conoscenze capaci di stimolare metamorfosi istituzionali. La ricodificazione dell’informazione, in particolare in luoghi nevralgici quali le città porto mediterranee e atlantiche, diventava così sia strumento per l’esercizio del potere sia lievito per l’innovazione politica, economica e culturale.

Ricodificare l’informazione tra Cadice, l’America Spagnola e Trieste all’indomani del trattato di Aranjuenz (1752)

Giulia Delogu
2020-01-01

Abstract

The article, using extensive archival documentation, analyzes the construction of communication and commercial networks between the Austrian Hereditary Lands (in particular through Trieste), Cadiz and Latin America in the aftermath of the Treaty of Aranjuez (1752). To be constituted such networks needed a constant flow of information, which was not mere circulation of news, but a systematic activity of recoding: that is to say a continuous collection and an incessant re-adaptation of contents and functions based on contexts and agents involved. Through these processes, generated by a multi-agent negotiation, information was transformed into knowledge capable of stimulating institutional metamorphoses. The recodification of information, in particular in “nodal point” such as the Mediterranean and Atlantic port cities, thus became both a tool for the exercise of power and a leaven for political, economic and cultural innovation.
2020
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