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Recreational Facilities of a Community Center

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Description

Group of women and girls participating in the playground and recreational area at a community center. There are slides, monkey bars, benches, a fountain, and a star-shaped jardinière. In addition, electric wiring, street lighting, a fence dividing the area from other parts of the field, a large piece of land with grass, a set of mountains, houses in the distance, other buildings, and a United States flag on its flagpole can be seen. The community center building is small, it's made of concrete and has double wooden windows, it is visible that there are curtains on the windows. The soil conservation work in one of the nearby mountain is noticeable.
Origin Name
PRA 0102 F0001
Relation
Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration > Cartapacio 20
Geographical Coverage
Municipio desconocido | Unknown Municipality
Date
1937
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).
Descripción decolonial
The image of women and girls at a community center playground reflects the coloniality of gender within modern institutions as well as the ongoing condition of colonialism on the rural landscape of Puerto Rico. The structured recreational space, complete with slides and monkey bars, exists within landscape marked by a concrete building that embodies American influence, evidenced by the U.S. flag. The separation by fences and the visible soil conservation work underscore colonial control over land and resources. This setting reinforces gender roles through recreational segregation while highlighting the enduring impact of colonial power structures on community design and land resource management.
Historical Background
Architectural Subject
  • Buildings (structures)
  • Community centers
  • Women (female humans)
  • Girls
  • Electric wiring
  • Flagpoles
  • Mountains (landforms)
  • Trees (woody plants)
  • Shrubs
  • Earth (soil)
  • Fences (site elements)
  • Jardinières (containers)
  • Slides (recreation equipment)
  • Fountains
  • Playgrounds
  • Benches (furniture)
  • Flags
  • Concrete
  • Wood
  • Flat roofs
  • Walls
  • Floors (surface elements)
  • Windows
  • Curtains (window hangings)
  • Stars (motifs)
  • Men (male humans)
Decolonial Subject
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Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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