ARCHIVO / Archive

This is our archive where we explore, contextualize and critique monuments found on our map. Just click on the post to read our team’s analysis. Available in Spanish and English (scroll down within the post for English). All pictures, unless stated otherwise, are our own.

Este es nuestro archivo donde exploramos, contextualizamos y criticamos los monumentos que se encuentran en nuestro mapa. Haga clic en la publicación para leer el análisis de nuestro equipo. Disponible en español e inglés. Todas las imágenes, a menos que se indique lo contrario, son nuestras.

Remember to cite our work. Predatory scholarship is deeply imperialistic.

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Presentation : Intersectional issues in digital mapping: The (De)colonial Memory Project and colonial monuments in Puerto Rico, by Rafael V. Capó García @ the Global digital humanities symposium

Amongst the most biased aspects of history is the concept of memory. What do we remember? How do we remember? When do we forget? Should we forget? Remembering where we’ve come from, and complicating the past, is essential in continuing our journey through this world but the politics of commemoration often sidetracks our identity and attempts to impose a monolith in place of our ontological plurality. How can we (re)appropriate the ability to remember and forget when this authority has always been in the hands of those in power? Decoloniality inspects and reassesses our politics of commemoration. (de)colonizing our past, present and future requires that we reflect on what we think we know about our roots and heritage, and requires critical analysis of where our ideas of identity and personhood originate.

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Puerto Rico, Conquistadores, Cristóbal Colón, España, Aguada, Luis Heriberto Vega. Colón, descubrimiento, Taínos, eurocentrismo, (De)colonial, (De)colonial Memory Project, colonialism, colonialismo, memoria histórica, violencia colonial, historia local de Aguada, cristianizacion, blanquitud, catolicismo, eurocentrism, discovery, historic memory, historical thinking concepts, Colonial Monuments, colonial violence, christianization, whiteness, catholicism Guest User Puerto Rico, Conquistadores, Cristóbal Colón, España, Aguada, Luis Heriberto Vega. Colón, descubrimiento, Taínos, eurocentrismo, (De)colonial, (De)colonial Memory Project, colonialism, colonialismo, memoria histórica, violencia colonial, historia local de Aguada, cristianizacion, blanquitud, catolicismo, eurocentrism, discovery, historic memory, historical thinking concepts, Colonial Monuments, colonial violence, christianization, whiteness, catholicism Guest User

Estatua de Cristóbal Colón / Statue of Christopher Columbus - Aguada, Puerto Rico

Esta estatua fue erigida como parte del quinto centenario del “descubrimiento” de Puerto Rico en 1993. Según la placa, la plaza originalmente tenía tres bustos dedicaos a Eugenio González, Cayetano Coll y Toste, y Salvador Brau, intelectuales quienes “defendieron la tesis de descubrimiento en estas playas” de Aguada.

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