Public Project
Siempre estuvimos aquí / We were always here
2019 - en proceso
Siempre estuvimos aquí es un proyecto fotográfico que investiga visualmente y con la relatoria oral la Afrodescendencia en México.
En la narrativa oficial del origen identitario del mexicano, persiste un discurso histórico del mestizaje que ha sido un instrumento narrativo de la política racista de blanqueamiento del estado. Sin embargo en la época contemporánea existen diferentes esfuerzos colectivos que han luchado por visibilizar el cambio de narrativa sobre todos los aportes que lxs afromexicanos hicieron para la construcción del estado nación que conocemos hoy, así, como reclamar derechos de esta población.
De esta forma, el proyecto participa del desentrañamiento de la invisibilidad y de la reconstrucción de la historia afromexicana. Siempre estuvimos aquí, es un esfuerzo de amplificación del legado de los ancestrxs y su descendencia.
Capítulo I
Es un capítulo de investigación, educativo y fotográfico sobre la memoria familiar de lxs afromexicanxs en Veracruz y Oaxaca en México. En colaboración con los colectivos afromexicanos: Ri-sueños, Ña a Tundá, Huella Negra y Afro Tamiahua.
Es una narración documental visual sobre las mujeres protagonistas de la lucha afromexicana contemporanéa de la Costa Chica de Oaxaca.Capítulo III
Lugar Memoria
Epílogo
Francisco Morales García.
Ongoing
Siempre estuvimos aquí (We were always here) is a photographic project that visually investigates Afrodescendence in Mexico in conjunction with oral histories.
In the official narrative of the Mexican identity origin, a historical discourse of mestizaje persists, which has been a narrative instrument of the racist policy of whitening of the state. However, in contemporary times there are different collective efforts that have struggled to make visible the change of narrative about all the contributions that Afro-Mexicans made for the construction of the nation-state we know today, as well as to claim the rights of this population.
In this way, the project participates in the unraveling of invisibility and the reconstruction of Afro-Mexican history. We were always here to amplify the legacy of our ancestors and their descendants.
Chapter I
Afro-Mexican Album
It is a research, educational, and photographic chapter on the family memory of Afro-Mexicanxs in Veracruz and Oaxaca in Mexico. In collaboration with the Afro-Mexican collectives: Ri-sueños, Ña a Tundá, Huella Negra and Afro Tamiahua.
Chapter II
Thanks to these women we are here—Afro-Mexican Women in Resistance.
It is a visual documentary narration about the women protagonists of the contemporary Afro-Mexican struggle of the Costa Chica of Oaxaca.
Chapter III
Land of memory.
Epilogue
Blood Summons
It is a narrative of feelings, questions, and photographs about forced migrations, misogyny, racism, state violence, their relationship, and the construction of the artist's memory, taking her Afro-descent as a starting point.
Siempre estuvimos aquí (We were always here) is a photographic project that visually investigates Afrodescendence in Mexico in conjunction with oral histories.
In the official narrative of the Mexican identity origin, a historical discourse of mestizaje persists, which has been a narrative instrument of the racist policy of whitening of the state. However, in contemporary times there are different collective efforts that have struggled to make visible the change of narrative about all the contributions that Afro-Mexicans made for the construction of the nation-state we know today, as well as to claim the rights of this population.
In this way, the project participates in the unraveling of invisibility and the reconstruction of Afro-Mexican history. We were always here to amplify the legacy of our ancestors and their descendants.
Chapter I
Afro-Mexican Album
It is a research, educational, and photographic chapter on the family memory of Afro-Mexicanxs in Veracruz and Oaxaca in Mexico. In collaboration with the Afro-Mexican collectives: Ri-sueños, Ña a Tundá, Huella Negra and Afro Tamiahua.
Chapter II
Thanks to these women we are here—Afro-Mexican Women in Resistance.
It is a visual documentary narration about the women protagonists of the contemporary Afro-Mexican struggle of the Costa Chica of Oaxaca.
Chapter III
Land of memory.
Epilogue
Blood Summons
It is a narrative of feelings, questions, and photographs about forced migrations, misogyny, racism, state violence, their relationship, and the construction of the artist's memory, taking her Afro-descent as a starting point.
Exhibitions Views
Visibility & Resistance, a new collection of contemporary Afro-Mexican photography at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City.
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