Officials Posing Next to a Garbage Truck
Description
Government officials posing next to a garbage truck. They are standing behind a pile of garbage. In the background, the San Juan bay and its urban panorama can be seen.| Origin Name |
Folio 0026, Caja 145_R
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| Relation |
Archivo General de Puerto Rico > Colección Particular Felisa Rincón de Gautier (CP 85) > Serie Fotografías > Tema Obras Públicas > Caja 0145
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| Geographical Coverage |
San Juan
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| Date |
[1946-1968?]
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| Descriptive Notes |
Title assigned by the cataloguing team.
Back. Stamp: "Archivo General de Puerto Rico Colección Felisa Rincón de Gautier caja #145 foto #26"
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| Descripción decolonial |
The accumulation of trash is evidence of the marked marginalization of social classes and the serious ecological damage caused by capitalist consumerism. A group of government officials can be seen celebrating what appears to be the opening of a landfill on Isla Grande. We must remember that Isla Grande was a development project for a military installation using landfill to reclaim land from the sea. This part of the island of San Juan was Puerto Rico's first airport and a military base. We can also see Carlos E. Chardón on the left dressed in white surrounded by several government officials. There are two elements that intersect with each other: the capitalism of the tourist industry and the power of the United States military. The excessive pollution in these spaces on Isla Grande is a way of remembering that consumerism causes the accumulation of deposits that affect the environment, even more so in the epicenter of capital and political power.
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| Rights |
English Rights. (hyperlink)
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| Editor |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
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| Resource Format |
JPEG
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| Resource Type |
Image
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