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Incomplete Latinx Stories of Diseño Gráfico Borderlands/ La Frontera*

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Incomplete Latinx Stories of Diseño Grafico centers the work and histories of art and design in Latin America. From a Latinx diasporic perspective, we look at the pluralistic work that comes out of the diverse cosmologies, perspectives, and points of view from the continent—inspired in part by Gloria Anzaldua’s seminal Borderlands/ La Frontera. It is the second in a series of BIPOC Centered design history courses facilitated by Ramon Tejada and Polymode.

Each class below is an available to purchase individually, or at a discounted rate when the course pass is purchased.
Presencia de America Latina (Presence of Latin America, 1964–65), by Jorge Gonzalez Camarena mural at the University of Concepcion, Chile. Photo used under Creative Commons
Presencia de America Latina (Presence of Latin America, 1964–65), by Jorge Gonzalez Camarena mural at the University of Concepcion, Chile. Photo used under Creative Commons

Arte y Diseño Latinx: Comunicación Cotidiana

with Ramon Tejada Carlos Avila

Comunicacion Cotidiana is a hybrid conversation that analyses the distinct ways in which people in Latin America use imagery, typography, and local materials to communicate with distinctive nuances that reflect keen awareness of audience, location, and language. In our Charla/Chat, we...

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Coatlicue (Digital Recreation), Author Unknown, Public Domain

Some Theoretical Considerations in Reading Latin American Design History

with Ahmed Ansari

A talk in two parts focusing on certain conceptual and theoretical considerations in response to reading design histories of Latin America. Through the lenses of Latin American philosophers, critical theorists, and writers, we will make observations on local art, design,...

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Mural, in situ in Los Angeles, La Virgen de Guadalupe, photo by Roberto Rodriguez.

Pecha Kucha: Latinx Diaspora in America

with MJ Balvanera Pilar Castillo Roberto Rodriguez Shannon Doronio (Chavez)

In a Pecha Kucha format we examine four distinct perspectives on design by Latinx designers with roots in Latin America and Los Angeles. The talks include: Pilar Castillo — Plantation to Paradise, Designing the Caribbean: explores the role of design and advertising...

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Covers of Libros para el Pueblo produced by the Division of Community Education, Puerto Rico, c. 1949-1960s

Diseñando Identidad: Community Education, Design, and Politics in Puerto Rico

with Laura Rossi García Jason Alejandro

In the mid-twentieth century, Puerto Rico’s first elected governor, Luis Muñoz Marín, developed a radical educational program that leveraged design, film, and art to provide basic education for predominantly rural Puerto Rican communities. DIVEDCO (the Division of Community Education), a...

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A Redenção de Cam (1895) by Modesto Brocos. Public Domain.

On Queerness & Race in Brazilian Art & Design

with Anna Parisi Juan Pablo Rahal

Free

Brazil, the largest country in Latin America, is “full of potential and imagination.” It is a land brimming with regional customs and traditions and multiple histories and encounters both clash and coalesce. This pair of lectures dig through layers of...

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Illustration by José R. Menéndez

Caribbean Contrast: Puerto Rican and Cuban carteles and their representation of distinct political relationships with the United States

with José R. Menéndez

Cuba and Puerto Rico are the two wings of a bird, they receive flowers and bullets over the same heart. —Lola Rodriguez de Tió The poster—an important medium for social, political, cultural, and economic communication—was adopted in the twentieth century...

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Image by Jessica Arana + Gaby Hernández

Latinx Identities and Self-Reflection in Traditional Design Learning Spaces

with Gaby Hernandez

This lecture refers to otherness in traditional design and art canons and looks at the invisibility of Latin American/Latinx identities, cosmovisions, and voices in design education, with a focus on the female experience. Erasure of non-white, non-male, non-western identities and cultures in...

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In/dependence: An Incomplete Survey of Cuban Design

with Ana Llorente Elaine Lopez

Cuban graphic design is complex; its breadth and depth links to politics, geography, nationalism, inventiveness, economics, and much more. This complexity, in addition to 60+ years of a communist dictatorship that continues to trigger a Cuban diaspora expanding the globe,...

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José Sabogal, Cover Design for Amauta No. 26 Archivo José Carlos Mariátegui

On Typography and Language in Peru

with Juan Villanueva

This class will be an overview of the rich visual culture of Peru through the lens of typography and language. We’ll look at visual and written communication from pre-columbian times until the early 21st century, and explore the aesthetics of...

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Paccha Duchichela, original descendant of the Kingdom of Quito, who had to marry Huayna Cápac, ruler of the lands of Tahuantinsuyo. This image is part of an in progress project.

Otros Susurros Desde los Andes

with Vanessa Zúñiga Tinizaray

A typographic-dingbat journey, titled Abya Yala: Visual Chronicles, through the little-known stories of the original cultures that inhabited the Andes. Vanessa Zúñiga develops her design from the semiotic and morphological analysis of the archaeological pieces’ visual signs. Then she translates...

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Credit

  • Curriculum Design
    Ramon Tejada, Silas Munro
  • Instructional Design
    Ramon Tejada, Brian Johnson, Silas Munro and Tanvi Sharma
  • Course Marketing And Operations
    Audrey Davies, Brian Johnson, Silas Munro, Randa Hadi, Edgar Casarin, and Tanvi Sharma
  • Production
    Audrey Davies, Randa Hadi, Michelle Lamb, Silas Munro, Tanvi Sharma, and Edgar Casarin
  • Teaching Assistant
    Randa Hadi and Edgar Casarin

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