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

(De)tour is a public history research project that interrogates colonial legacies embedded in Puerto Rican heritage through nuanced (de)colonial, (anti)racist, and (dia)logical perspectives. (de)tour promotes critical appreciations of history, identity, and tourism. Instead of focusing solely on the political aspects of colonialism in Puerto Rico, we navigate and interrupt the coloniality of the city and the hierarchies of race, class, gender, sexuality, spirituality, species, and citizenship that emanate from its urban landscape. Read More.

San Juan (Extra</span>)muros:
Puerto Rican bomba music, Urban horticulture, Afro-descendance and ancestry, Gender roles, Militarization (Spanish and American), Spanish-American War (1898), Bourbon reforms, Indigenous history, Working-class women’s history, Free, enslaved, and maroon black men and women, Heritage sites and National Park Service, Historical and contemporary displacement, Cartography and maps Guest User Puerto Rican bomba music, Urban horticulture, Afro-descendance and ancestry, Gender roles, Militarization (Spanish and American), Spanish-American War (1898), Bourbon reforms, Indigenous history, Working-class women’s history, Free, enslaved, and maroon black men and women, Heritage sites and National Park Service, Historical and contemporary displacement, Cartography and maps Guest User

San Juan (Extra)muros:

San Juan Extramuros: Cartographies of gender and (dis)placement along the walls of the city

This detour explores the legacies of displacement, militarization, and tourism in the defunct community of Ballajá in Old San Juan. We accompany visitors throughout the area to discuss the ways colonialism have shaped the history of this barrio, connecting past and present, and unearthing the story of a community that faced the brunt of Empire.

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