Carpentry Work at a Vocational Unit of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
Description
Group of adult and young men working on carpentry in one of the vocational units of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA). They are in an interior space that is a carpentry room, tools for cutting and working wood are visible. There are tables, machinery, and some of them are assembling chairs and others are cutting and preparing wood. The building is made of concrete, has wooden doors, glass windows, ceiling lamps that end in glass, the floor is concrete, and there is a large blackboard at the back of one of the walls. There is also a small sign attached to the blackboard that says: " Safety is everybody's business".| Origin Name |
PRA 0097 F0003
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| Relation |
Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration > Cartapacio 19
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| Geographical Coverage |
Municipio desconocido | Unknown Municipality
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| Date |
1937
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| Descriptive Notes |
Title assigned by the cataloguing team. The general description contains information provided by the Architectural and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR).
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| Descripción decolonial |
In the image, adult and young men engage in carpentry at a Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) vocational unit, illustrating the coloniality of gender and colonial-capitalist influences on integral human development. The setting promotes traditional male roles in skilled labor and craftsmanship, reinforcing gendered divisions of work. Tools and machinery underscore practical training for industrial skills, aligning with economic objectives of Puerto Rico's reconstruction (after two major hurricanes and the height of the Great Depression). The concrete building with modern amenities reflects colonial-capitalist ideals of efficiency and progress. The sign emphasizing safety parallels paternalistic oversight, ensuring productivity. This vocational training, while offering practical skills, perpetuates gender norms and economic structures that prioritize industrial labor, thus embedding colonialist and capitalist ideologies into Puerto Rico's developmental strategies.
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| Rights |
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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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