6 Search Results for "Central America"
The Haitian Revolution
Jailson de Souza e Silva and Richemond Dacilien
| Haiti |
The insurrection of the enslaved of Saint-Domingue, and local army’s subsequent victory against that of Napoleon, considered the most powerful in the world at the time, culminated in the independence of the country which then became Haiti in 1804. An in-depth understanding of this revolution and its axial aspects enables us to answer two fundamental […]
Writing for constructing freedom
Marcia Trejo and Lucia Espinoza
| Mexico |
Prison lockdowns triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic were widespread and affected families of inmates and aid groups across Mexico. As many workshops were suspended, people deprived of liberty were forced to live in double confinement, further isolated from their families. Our goal as a collective is to use feminist identity writing and art as a […]
Experiences in Identitary Writing with Women Living Through Violence
| México |
Prison lockdowns triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic were widespread and affected families of inmates and aid groups across Mexico. As many workshops were suspended, people deprived of liberty were forced to live in double confinement, further isolated from their families. Our goal as a collective is to use feminist identity writing and art as a […]
The trans anti-carceral experience of the Cuerpos en Prisión, Mentes en Acción collective
Laura Katalina Zamora | Abay Alejandro Hérnández | Jennifer Suárez | Katalina Ángel | Estefanía Méndez
| Colombia |
There is always a story behind every criminal conduct by someone from the LGBTQ community. Women and trans men, lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, genderfluid people, impoverished and racialized people—we have populated the prisons of Colombia and across the world. When we declare that we were incarcerated for questioning the norms of the regime of compulsory […]
The Migrant Museum - MuMi
Deyanira Clériga Morales
Pável Valenzuela Arámburo
Aldo Jorge Ledón Pereyra
| Mexico |
In the fight is where we find one another. In Portuguese, "Na luta é que a gente se encontra," because despite our physical distances, [diverse] languages, and cultural differences, our historical roots are always there, letting us find ourselves among the people that work to build in the middle of a hostile world. This is […]
Decolonizing money in puerto rico
Frances Negrón-Muntane
| Puerto Rico |
Since 2006, Puerto Rico has been enduring a debt crisis that reached over 127 billion and resulted in increased poverty rates, mass migration, and cuts to essential public services. In response, the scholar and artist Frances Negrón-Muntaner collaborated with artist Sarabel Santos Negrón to launch the community currency project Valor y Cambio (Value and Change). The […]