On Tuesday Burn week in Black Rock City from 9-11am Que Viva Camp will be hosting a presentation of Project Radical Inclusion and serving breakfast to attendees.
Postcolonial Nations; a textual analysis
Post-colonial discourse attributes the inability to peacefully govern themselves in many nations, as the result of basing the economic and political structure on the model left behind by the colonizer, which justifies colonization and slavery, that of capitalism.
Hair Freedom
As an artist who expresses myself through my hair, I identified strongly with the artistic hair practices of the different peoples of Africa, so I based my research on the culture of hair.
Favianna Rodriguez
“I am an artist, agitator, and techie working for social change.”
A Turning Point in the Shifting Concept of Culture
My view of culture has changed in the past few years, primarily as a result of my continuing education. I would say that my own shifting view of culture is indicative of not only the nebulous definition of the concept of ‘culture,’ as described in Raymond Williams discussion, but of the changing nature of the cultural process itself.
On How Students Feel About Immigration, Diversity and Education
In choosing my subjects, persons “different than myself” as we were assigned, I felt I could not simply go by ‘Race’ or skin tone. Because of the way I was raised I am very comfortable speaking to other races, especially in speaking with African Americans for example, I feel part of my own identity reflected back.
Arts Activism Is…
A group slideshow assignment for UCLA World Arts and Cultures.
Graduation Speech at LACC Commencement Ceremony
This Changes Everything
My analysis of Spielberg's 'Lincoln'
Is the representation of African Americans in the film accurate and relevant, and what else, if anything, could have been added or changed to give more voice to African Americans in the film?
My Occupy Story
On November 30, 2011 I was arrested for failure to disperse from the park at City Hall in Los Angeles with the Occupy Wall Street movement. I used to stay out of politics, but a shift in consciousness made it impossible to continue ignoring the state of the planet and the need to reclaim our planet for the peoplet. This is my story.