EMSI LA2026 "Platica: Erasing and Restoring Memory at El Pueblo de Los Ángeles"

An interactive conversation on muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros’ América Tropical(1932) as an introduction to Latinx cultural identities, citizenship, and censorship, drawing connections between the 1930s and today. Panelists include Edgar Garcia (Loeb Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design), Summer Ibarra (Graduate Student, UCLA), and Stevie Ruiz (Professor of Chicana/o Studies, Cal State University Northridge), moderated by Laura Dominguez (LA2026 Postdoctoral Fellow, EMSI). LA2026 is presented by the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. It brings together members of the public …