Memoria afrodescendiente y derecho al patrimonio urbano: prácticas patrimoniales decoloniales en Cárdenas, Cuba

María A. Gutiérrez Bascón; Alberto Abreu Arcia

doi:10.16993/iberoamericana.634

Memoria afrodescendiente y derecho al patrimonio urbano: prácticas patrimoniales decoloniales en Cárdenas, Cuba

Iberoamericana – Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Volume 54 (2025): Issue 1

By: María A. Gutiérrez Bascón and Alberto Abreu Arcia

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/iberoamericana.634 | Journal eISSN: 2002-4509

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Language: Spanish

Page range: 34 - 48

Submitted on: Oct 14, 2023

Accepted on: Mar 22, 2024

Published on: Apr 23, 2025

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

prácticas patrimoniales decoloniales,

memoria afrodescendiente,

colonialidad urbana,

derecho al patrimonio urbano,

derecho a la ciudad

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