Critical walking (work)shops of Old San juan and its heritage sites

(de)tour is a (de)colonial exploration of Old San Juan designed for Puerto Rican youth, adults and tourists. Unlike most tours that focus on history and architecture, this pedagogical (re)route unmasks and demystifies heritage sites through a nuanced (de)colonial, (anti)racist, and (dia)logical perspective that promotes critical views of history, identity, and the tourism industry. Instead of focusing solely on the political aspects of colonialism in Puerto Rico, we seek to navigate and interrupt the coloniality of the city and its hierarchies of race, class, gender, sexuality, spirituality, and citizenship, that emanate from colonial legacies of Eurocentrism. (de)tour challenges popular (meta)narratives and romanticized (counter)narratives to appreciate and respect the opacity and complexity of the Caribbean and its peoples.