The patio, referring to the space outside the roofed houses but inside the fence wrapping around a property and often holding a handful of homes, is loosely defined in rural Dominican daily life. In the borderlands of the Dominican Republic, the patio serves as both a space for cultivating care between family and friends and a safe haven from the state. Spaces of resistance, as this photo essay illustrates, are not always ones of combat or conflict. Rather, care and resistance take shape through the quotidian, mundane, and mostly uneventful acts of repair, boredom, or conversation between family, friends, and neighbors. This photo essay is an engagement with the small acts of care that fortify social life at the rural margins of the state.

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护理和天井实践

天井指的是屋顶房屋外但在围墙内的空间，周围环绕着一处房产，通常拥有几间房屋，在多米尼加农村的日常生活中被松散地定义。在多米尼加共和国的边境地区，庭院既是家人和朋友之间培养关怀的空间，也是国家的避风港。正如这张照片文章所展示的，抵抗的空间并不总是战斗或冲突的空间。相反，关心和抗拒是通过日常的、平凡的、大多是平淡无奇的修复、无聊或家人、朋友和邻居之间的交谈而形成的。这篇照片文章是对加强该州农村边缘社会生活的小护理行为的参与。