Dr. Maurice Magaña presents: Hip Hop Culture and its Visual Impact in Mexico

Oct. 18, 2018

Presentation VideoCentering on the visual aspects of music culture, Maurice Rafael Magaña will discuss the role of urban youth culture in shaping collective identity, particularly where migration, cross-culture pollination and public artwork are involved. In highlighting the perhaps surprising exchange between the Los Angeles hip hop scene and youth activists in Oaxaca, Mexico, he will illustrate not only the communicative power of art in public spaces, but also the ways in which youth culture, art, and migration can intersect to shape collective identities and community histories of struggle.Maurice Rafael Magaña is an assistant professor of Mexican American Studies at the University of...