Corn Mill Cooperative Building in Isabela
Description
Building that houses the Corn Mill Cooperative of the town of Isabela. The building is made of concrete, has awning windows that open outward with glass and wooden doors with glass windows. The building has a wood and zinc roof and a tower on which there is a sign that reads: " Corn Bin and Mill". In the surroundings there are two more signs but only part of one of them reads: "please do not enter". There are two automobiles and a person behind one of them, there is also a wood, concrete, and metal fence, and trees, shrubs, and parts of the land in the back are visible. This building was built by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) with allocated funds by the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) to process corn that was planted in the irrigation area of the northwest coast.| Origin Name |
PRA 0106 F0001
|
| Relation |
Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration > Cartapacio 21
|
| Geographical Coverage |
Isabela
|
| Date |
1938
|
| 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 Corn Mill Cooperative in Isabela exemplifies the tension between local community empowerment and top-down government initiatives. Constructed by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and funded by the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA), the cooperative aimed to bolster local agriculture and reduce dependency on imported corn. This initiative represents a decolonial approach by empowering the local community to produce and process their own food, thereby enhancing local economic development and self-sufficiency. However, the implementation by FERA and PRRA, both U.S. colonial-era institutions (but largely operated by Puerto Ricans), reflects the coloniality within modernity, where the overarching control and resource allocation remained in the hands of the colonial administration and government elites. Despite the empowering intent, the cooperative’s existence and operation were ultimately governed by top-down directives, underscoring the complex interplay between local empowerment and external control in the context of Puerto Rico’s colonial status.
|
| Historical Background | |
| Architectural Subject |
|
| Decolonial Subject | |
| Rights |
The PRAHA does not own the rights to this resource. The user must contact the repository or archive that holds the physical document to determine the restrictions that may apply under the Copyright and Intellectual Property Law or by agreements agreed with donors.
|
| Editor |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
|
| Resource Format |
JPEG
|
| Resource Type |
Image
|