On Temporalities of Crisis and Puerto Rican Resistance

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14591/aniki.v8n1.758

Keywords:

colonialism, puerto rico, natural disaster, temporality, surveillance, protest

Abstract

A review of the exhibition Temporal: Puerto Rican Resistance, curated by Dalina Aimée Perdomo Álvarez, on display at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago from July 7 to September 19, 2020. The review considers issues of U.S. colonialism, natural disaster, political repression, popular protest, and the temporality of crisis.

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Published

2021-01-23