Share the Mic: "The Folklore of the Freeway"

The Fowler Museum at UCLA explores global arts and cultures with an emphasis on Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas—past and present. The Fowler enhances understanding and appreciation of the diverse peoples, cultures, and religions of the world through dynamic exhibitions, publications, and public programs, informed by interdisciplinary approaches and the perspectives of the cultures represented. Also featured is the work of international contemporary artists presented within the complex frameworks of politics, culture and social action. The Fowler provides exciting, informative and thought-provoking exhibitions and events for the UCLA community and the people of greater Los Angeles and beyond.

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Join UCLA professor Eric Avila to learn about borders in LA in the 1960s and 1970s, and the influence of diverse communities on urban policy

Link to join: <a href="https://ucla.zoom.us/j/91351445680 " target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://ucla.zoom.us/j/91351445680</a> The “Borders and Boundaries” section of <a href="https://fowler.ucla.edu/exhibitions/the-map-and-the-territory-100-years-of-collecting-at-ucla/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Map and the Territory</a> exhibition explores how borders affect relationships among individuals, communities, and places. Some boundaries are systemic and require decades of struggle to overcome. UCLA professor Eric Avila’s book, The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the Modern City, maps the creative strategies devised by urban communities in the 1960s and 1970s to document and protest the damage wrought by highways, which cut through and destroyed many communities of color. Join the Fowler and Avila to learn about this history; the impact of redlining on LA’s Boyle Heights; the work of the Latinx artists who critique and satirize highway construction as a racist and sexist enterprise; and the influence of diverse communities on urban policy. Eric Avila, Professor of History and Chicana/o Studies at UCLA, also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Urban Planning. He is a 20th-century U.S. urban historian whose research and teaching emphasize race and ethnicity, cultural expression, and the built environment. Avila earned his BA, MA, and PhD degrees in History from UC Berkeley and is the author of three books: Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight: Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles (California, 2004), The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the Modernist City (Minnesota, 2014), and American Cultural History: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2018). Share the Mic: The Fowler believes in the civic duty of museums to give forum to multiple points of view. This series features thought leaders—artists, activists, and allies—who are guiding us along the arc of justice.Image: Judith F. Baca © 1976, “Division of the Barrios and Chavez Ravine,” detail from the 1950s section of the Great Wall of Los Angeles, painted summer 1983. Image courtesy of the SPARC Archives <a href="http://sparcinla.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SPARCinLA.org</a>

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