Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This video is from Unit Five of the Diasporican Educational Program.

This unit, Reconfiguring Puerto Rico’s Cultural and Geographical Borders, studies the notions of borders, borderlands, and belonging to understand Puerto Ricans’ experiences of displacement as an alternative and resilient form of community-building outside the Puerto Rican archipelago.


What does the Diasporican Educational Program offer? A self-guided course teaching the social history of the Puerto Rican Diaspora throughout time across borders, language, identity, histories, and more.

Want to learn more? Head to diasporicaned.org and start learning today!
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