Art of San Diego/Tijuana Border
The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States has ignited a fire in the hearts and minds of many people. However, that fire was already burning in many ways prior to his election and for a litany of reasons. Indeed, the conditions and dynamics when it comes to the Mexico border as it is exists in the broader San Diego and Tijuana areas have been ramped up for quite some time. One manifestation of this dynamic is the art that emerges and is displayed and sold on both sides of the border in the greater San Diego area. The economic impacts and outcomes are important to explore given the proposed tariffs and boycotts that are rattling around or are proposed. What shall follow in this report is an annotated bibliography review of ten sources. For each source, there will be three points of analysis. Those points, in order, will be the argument of each source, an assessment of each source and how the source fits (or does not fit) into the broader project. While art is often dismissed and otherwise diminished by some people, to suggest it is not a factor in the San Diego/Tijuana scene and paradigm...
"Helping Children Cross Cultural Boundaries In The
Borderlands: Arts Program At Freese Elementary In San Diego Creates Cultural
Bridges." Journal For Learning Through The Arts 6.1 (2010): ERIC. Web. 31 Jan. 2017.
• The argument of this source is that there are multicultural art programs in the elementary schools of San Diego and this is done as a means to "build bridges" between different cultures and perspectives in the San Diego area. The economic impact of this may not be distinct or obvious but this manner of delveopment is necessarily and absolutely going to affect what the students spend their
money on and the level of
multiculturalism that they embrace and partake in • When it comes to assessing the argument of this article, the argument is most certainly a strong one. There are many nationalistic and, at times, xenophobic arguments and screeds that arise when it comes to USA/Mexico relations. On the other hand, there are school-run programs like this that buck that trend and pattern and instead focus on how people and cultures and work and mesh together in positive ways
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