L.B.

Leticia Berdecia is an art director and cultural producer based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She acquired a BA in Sociology from the University of Puerto Rico, where she published and collaborated at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Investigations. Her main research interests focus on race, identity, and archival methodologies in the Caribbean, specifically in power politics. Her interests in such areas led her to the foundation of Archivos del Caribe, an art and history organization dedicated to preserving the region's collective memory. She’s an MA candidate at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona in the Comparative Studies of Art, Literature, and Thought program.

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L.B.

Leticia Berdecia is an art director and cultural producer based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She acquired a BA in Sociology from the University of Puerto Rico, where she published and collaborated at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Investigations. Her main research interests focus on race, identity, and archival methodologies in the Caribbean, specifically in power politics. Her interests in such areas led her to the foundation of Archivos del Caribe, an art and history organization dedicated to preserving the collective memory of the region. She’s an MA candidate at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona in the Comparative Studies of Art, Literature, and Thought program.

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Nuestro Archivo: Un hogar para la Memoria
art and history exhibition

Nuestro Archivo gathers a collection of historical photopgraphs and architectural surveys done on Cayey, Puerto Rico. With the intention of building communtity engagement initiatives that opposes the traditional archival methodologies naratives, this proyect is both: a methodological experiment and the reaffirmation on the power of the people. The proyect was develop mostly over the period of seven months but continues to expands over an unlimited time while seeking opportunities to grasp on new models of archival procedures.

This work was possible thanks to Monumen Lab studio, the Mellon Foundation and the Historical House for Puerto Rican music.

presented by Archivos del Caribe
under the RE:GENERATION grant spring and summer of 2022

Adriana Vázquez Acevedo photo for Nuestro Archivo project, Archivos del Caribe. Cayey, Puerto Rico, 2022

📧: leticia@archivosdelcaribe.org