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 (De</span>)colonial:
Democracy and the right to protest, Visitor economy (Tourism), The summer protests of 2019, The toppling of Juan Ponce de León’s statue, Short-term rentals (Airbnb) and displacement, Law 60 (Law 22) and tax havens, Royal Decree of Graces of 1815, The abolition of slavery and reparations, Anti-racism, Eurocentrism, The Catholic Church and evangelization, “Mestizaje” in Puerto Rico: Indigenism, Afro-descendants, and Hispanophilia, Juan Ponce de León, Guanina, Alonso Manso, Ramón Power, José Campeche, Miguel Enríquez, among others., English attack of 1797, The encomienda system and African slavery, Conquest and colonization Guest User Democracy and the right to protest, Visitor economy (Tourism), The summer protests of 2019, The toppling of Juan Ponce de León’s statue, Short-term rentals (Airbnb) and displacement, Law 60 (Law 22) and tax havens, Royal Decree of Graces of 1815, The abolition of slavery and reparations, Anti-racism, Eurocentrism, The Catholic Church and evangelization, “Mestizaje” in Puerto Rico: Indigenism, Afro-descendants, and Hispanophilia, Juan Ponce de León, Guanina, Alonso Manso, Ramón Power, José Campeche, Miguel Enríquez, among others., English attack of 1797, The encomienda system and African slavery, Conquest and colonization Guest User

San Juan (De)colonial:

Interrogating monuments, heritage, and nation-building myths in the colonial city

This detour explores the colonial history of Puerto Rico, past and present. It traverses the city's most visited spaces and provides critical interventions of its monuments and sites of heritage. The prupose is to interrupt colonial narratives through a decolonial and antiracist lens.

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