Workers in Colonia Carolina - PRAHA

Workers in Colonia Carolina

Description

View of a rural street in the town of Carolina. The street is unpaved and to both sides, there are houses. The dwellings are wooden with gabled zinc roofs, double wooden windows, and simple wooden doors. Some houses are on stilts and have small wooden stairs. The area is surrounded by persons and vegetation.

Origin Name	CAJ_0023_F0001_R
Relation	Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Caja 1 -Fotografías
Geographical Coverage	Carolina
Date	1946
Descriptive Notes	The title, date, and address were provided by the Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR). In the file provided by the archive, the following is clarified: "Fotógrafo: Delano, Jack". On the back of the image, there are handwritten notes that read: "Near Carolina, Puerto Rico. July 1946. Street scene in a settlement of sugar company houses called a colonia, Fig.33, CAJ\|0023\|F0001". Some of the photos found in the archives of this collection are repeated because they document other formats created for the project. Examples: 35mm negatives, color, black and white, instant photos, photos that were brightened or with contrast.
Descripción decolonial	Street scene in Carolina in the 1940s. Wooden houses with zinc roofs along an unpaved road reify local identities, which defy even their colonial reality. Stilted homes signify resistance to elements and bureaucratic building standards, while a man seen selling wares in boxes labeled “Sunland” and “Lipton’s Continental Soup” reflects a subtle subversion of capitalist orders. Smiles exchanged between townspeople and a self-managed community gathered in the fostering shade of self-built wooden houses exemplify collective strength. Through familial gazes and vernacular architecture, the scene narrates a decolonial tale. Here, a generative pulse of self-determination beats despite the arresting, unseen presence of colonialism.
Historical Background	Puerto Rican Society: Afrodescence Heritage Puerto Rican Society: Women Puerto Rican Society: Childhood Puerto Rican Society: Agricultural Labourers Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1940-1970) Housing in Puerto Rico: Rural Housing Elites Power Relationships: Haciendas - Twentieth Century Puerto Rican Society: Rural Zone - Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Architectural Subject	Plank construction Houses Zinc People (agents) Straight stairs Awning windows Double windows Swinging doors (doors) Shrubs Rural areas Carts
Decolonial Subject	Afro Caribbean Afrodescendant (identity) Autonomous-organizing / Self-reliance Good Living (concept) Communitarism Conception of Carribbean Identity Conception of Puerto Rican Identity Conception of Progress Economic Growth / Economic Development Criollos Cyclical Farming Development (aparatus) Capitalist Development Local Economic Development Color-Race Duality Plantation Economy Criollo Elites Labor Exploitation Racial Identification Jíbaros Jornaleros Mode of Production Woman Mullato(a) Necropolitics Black Person Capitalista Order Afro-Boricua / Afro-Puerto Rican Population Work (waged) Tropical Vegetation
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image

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