Pedagogies of Progress: On the DIVEDCO Film Project: The Photographs of Louise Rosskam in NYC

Thursday, June 28, 2012

The Photographs of Louise Rosskam in NYC

If in NYC, do not miss! Picturing Puerto Rico under the American Flag: The Photographs of Louise Rosskam, 1937-1948

Guest-curated by Laura Katzman Currently on view at Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery May 11 – July 21, 2012 http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/eastharlem-artgallery/current-exhibitions

Pedagogies of Progress: The films of the Puerto Rican Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO)

The Puerto Rican Division of Community Education (División de Educación de la Comunidad, or DIVEDCO), was a government agency created in the mid 40s with the purpose of integrating the community—especially the rural population of the island—into the vertiginous industrialization and urbanization processes in Puerto Rico. Officially founded in 1949, it brought together a stunning group of visual artists, writers, and composers, producing films about health issues, hygiene, grassroots action, literacy campaigns, education and democracy. The films featured nonprofessional actors from rural areas. They constitute a vital archive of the dramatic social change experienced in the island in the 50s and its quickly fading, rural way of life.

http://spanish.as.nyu.edu/docs/IO/10726/...

http://spanish.as.nyu.edu/docs/IO/10726/...

Pedagogies of Progress: On the DIVEDCO Film Project

Thursday, June 28, 2012

The Photographs of Louise Rosskam in NYC

Pedagogies of Progress: The films of the Puerto Rican Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO)

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