SMC Mendoza and Kims Readings Discussion – Description
From Mendoza: Who are the Tongvaa-Gabrielino and why are they central to any conversation about the LA River?
Use both Mendoza and Kim Chapter 1: How is land use (public space, environmental resources) about who gets to use the land? Provide at least one example from the text(s) showing the relationship between space and demographic politics.
From Kim Chapter 1: How is the LA River Revitalization project about more than the river itself?
From Kim Chapter 1: What is “urban sustainability?” What are its goals? What are some problems with “urban sustainability discourse”?
From Kim Chapter 1: How has scholarly discourse on environmental Justice shifted over the last fifty years?
From Kim Chapter 1: What does the author mean by “material and discursive/symbolic” analysis?
From Mendoza: Why is it difficult for Los Angeles settlers to recognize the Tongvaa’s relationship to and responsibility for the LA River?
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty2U3pg4jI0
Mendoza reading: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9nn7v9z8#article_…
Kim reading: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/46p657nv
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