Sabato Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles): Art, Migration, and the Watts Towers Common Ground Initiative

Sabato Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles): Art, Migration, and the Watts Towers Common Ground Initiative
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Luisa del Giudice, a Visiting Scholar at the Elphinstone Institute 3-9 May 2016, is a fellow of the American Folklore Society, and is internationally known for her work on Italian, Italian-American, and Italian-Canadian Folklife, Ethnology; and Oral History. This public seminar, promoted jointly with History of Art, on the multiple resonances of the Watts Towers, a U.S. National Historic Landmark built by a visionary Italian immigrant labourer over a span of three decades (1921-1954). The talk will explore the importance of the buildings within local cartographies and global migrations, contested social and urban spaces, and the relationship between art and economic development.

Speaker
Dr Luisa del Giudice
Hosted by
The Elphinstone Institute
Venue
King's College Chapel
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