Category P1 Writings

(Colón)ización – Artist Statement

Colonización. Colonization. As a young Puerto Rican woman, it’s a concept that permeates every aspect of my life. It’s visible in the landscape of the city where I grew up, where colonial Spanish fortresses serve as a background for everyday…

Post-Fenian Workers

Or, Radical Reminders from a 19th Century Broadside Ballad  Figure 1: Notre Dame’s Copy of “The Fenian Men” – Title Harp Illustration Within Hesburgh Libraries’s Special Collections, a page of 19th century Irish song rests in 21st century American quiescence.…