Hip Hop Culture and its Visual Impact in Mexico

Hip Hop Culture and its Visual Impact in Mexico

Part of the 2018 SBS Downtown Lecture Series: Soundscapes

Centering 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.

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