House in Boca de Cangrejos
Description
Front view of a house in the coastal town of Carolina. There is a wooden house with a gabled zinc roof. It has double wooden windows and jalousie windows. There is a wooden double-door, and above it, there is a wooden transom. In front of the door, there is a concrete step and a wooden fence. Palm trees can be seen around the house.| Origin Name |
CAJ_0015_F0001_R
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| Relation |
Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Caja 1 -Fotografías
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| Geographical Coverage |
Carolina
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| Date |
1978 o 1979
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| Descriptive Notes |
The title, date and address were provided by the Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR). On the back of the image, there are handwritten notes that read: "Fig. 11, CAJ|0015|F0001." There are repeated photos among the files of this collection because they document different photographic formats created for the project. Examples: 35mm negatives, color, black and white, instant photography, photos that were clarified or with contrast.
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| Descripción decolonial |
The "House in Boca de Cangrejos" captures the multiple circuits of coloniality that animate our modern lives. A wooden house with zinc gabled roof, lattice windows, and crossbar-adorned door stands among verdant palms. Two women in 1970s attire, equipped for documentation, peer around and inside and echoes history's gaze. Here we see structures and norms rooted in foreign exploitation, gendered labor, and socio-racial hierarchies. It documents women's work on one hand, which often goes unseen, while it also records a project tied paradoxically to colonial exploitation and the preservation of local history, beckoning decolonial reflections.
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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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