It's a juicy counter-narrative quote. But, even in this excerpt, Rosario Inés Granados didn't say that the conquest wasn't the worst thing to happen to indigeno

It's a juicy counter-narrative quote. But, even in this excerpt, Rosario Inés Granados didn't say that the conquest wasn't the worst thing to happen to indigenous peoples. Quite the contrary, she asks us to think differently about it, "She says the maps demonstrate that the indigenous groups that lived in Mexico were more than just fodder for genocide." With her exhibition, Dr. Granados is trying to focus our attention on agency: the clever, if not subversive, acts of hybridization that locals used to preserve their heritage while under the thumb of foreign invaders. Creating maps and other works of art that passed the sniff test of the Spaniards, yet, in a parallel narrative, spoke to a subjugated indigenous audience. "Maps show us not only what is where and how to get there, but also who we were — and perhaps, who we're going to be."