Francisco Mamani Fuentes

Francisco Mamani Fuentes is an art historian. He holds a PhD in Aesthetics, History, and Theories of the Arts, awarded through an international co-tutorship between Paris Sciences et Lettres University (École Normale Supérieure) and the University of Granada. He is an associate researcher at the SACRe-PSL Laboratory (EA 7410) and the French Institute for Andean Studies (UMIFRE 17 MEAE/CNRS USR 3337 Latin America). After completing his thesis, he was awarded fellowships from the Slicher van Bath de Jong Foundation, the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation, the Benson Library-University of Texas at Austin, the Centro Estudios Europa Hispánica-ARTES, and the World Wood Day-International Wood Culture Society.

His research primarily focuses on the history of construction in the Andes during the colonial period (16th-18th centuries), with particular interest in the agency of builders, construction techniques, and the materials used. Since 2015, he has concentrated on the study of timber framing, the relationship between ecology and art, the construction norms of churches, and the history of carpenters in the Viceroyalty of Peru.

The project

Title: The Built Heritage of Wood: Carpentry in Colonial Ecuador (16th-17th Centuries).

Hosting Institution: IFEA

Selected bibliography

• "Under the Gaze of Saint Joseph. The Ordinances of Carpenters: Seville (1527) and Lima," in Carvais, Robert; Marraud, Mathieu; Rideau-Kikuchi, Catherine; Rivière, François, and Sousa Melo, Arnaldo (eds.). The Space of Trades: Professional Areas and Regulations in Medieval and Modern Europe. Palermo: New Digital Frontiers, 2024, 105-126.
• "Construyendo sobre escombros: la desestabilización ecológica y la parasitación de la arquitectura en el Perú temprano colonial," in Martínez Nespral, Fernando (ed.). Architectural and Monumental Heritage in the Americas: Memories and Conflicts. Granada: EUGR, 2024, 25-36.
• "Colonial Carpenters: Construction, Race, and Agency in the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 16th and 17th Centuries," Arts 12, no. 5 (2023): 1-20.