PROMPT 1:
Once you have spent time learning about The Great Wall of Los Angeles by reading the Andrea LePage article (PDF document attached below) and by interacting with the “Great Wall of Los Angeles Walking Tour Guide” (https://digitalmurallab.com/dml/great-wall-methodology/?fbclid=IwAR2qH11V6SjUBbpVgvJHZrsIJRf4IJkXpEgviJzXr6QL7C0iEF1uP-rgxv8https://digitalmurallab.com/dml/great-wall-methodology/?fbclid=IwAR2qH11V6SjUBbpVgvJHZrsIJRf4IJkXpEgviJzXr6QL7C0iEF1uP-rgxv8https://digitalmurallab.com/dml/great-wall-methodology/?fbclid=IwAR2qH11V6SjUBbpVgvJHZrsIJRf4IJkXpEgviJzXr6QL7C0iEF1uP-rgxv8https://digitalmurallab.com/dml/great-wall-methodology/?fbclid=IwAR2qH11V6SjUBbpVgvJHZrsIJRf4IJkXpEgviJzXr6QL7C0iEF1uP-rgxv8https://digitalmurallab.com/dml/great-wall-methodology/?fbclid=IwAR2qH11V6SjUBbpVgvJHZrsIJRf4IJkXpEgviJzXr6QL7C0iEF1uP-rgxv8https://digitalmurallab.com/dml/great-wall-methodology/?fbclid=IwAR2qH11V6SjUBbpVgvJHZrsIJRf4IJkXpEgviJzXr6QL7C0iEF1uP-rgxv8)
– the second page is linked here: https://sparcinla.org/the-great-wall-part-2/?fbclid=IwAR1PUClq3bWGY6AGOOhxXeKTXRTp0ZxCvyOwlNHKw_hNJjSDOenEPuh10BUhttps://sparcinla.org/the-great-wall-part-2/?fbclid=IwAR1PUClq3bWGY6AGOOhxXeKTXRTp0ZxCvyOwlNHKw_hNJjSDOenEPuh10BUhttps://sparcinla.org/the-great-wall-part-2/?fbclid=IwAR1PUClq3bWGY6AGOOhxXeKTXRTp0ZxCvyOwlNHKw_hNJjSDOenEPuh10BUhttps://sparcinla.org/the-great-wall-part-2/?fbclid=IwAR1PUClq3bWGY6AGOOhxXeKTXRTp0ZxCvyOwlNHKw_hNJjSDOenEPuh10BUhttps://sparcinla.org/the-great-wall-part-2/?fbclid=IwAR1PUClq3bWGY6AGOOhxXeKTXRTp0ZxCvyOwlNHKw_hNJjSDOenEPuh10BUhttps://sparcinla.org/the-great-wall-part-2/?fbclid=IwAR1PUClq3bWGY6AGOOhxXeKTXRTp0ZxCvyOwlNHKw_hNJjSDOenEPuh10BU
, choose ONE SECTION of the mural to discuss in your post and answer the questions listed below.
Note: Please choose a section that is different from Chinese Built the Railroad and Chinese Massacre of 1871 (1976), which LePage uses as an example to illustrate her argument on page 3 of the article.
Question:
1. What is the title of the section you chose?
2. What is going on in this section of the mural? Explain the history that this section of the mural is depicting. (1-2 sentences)
3. Why is the history depicted in this section of the mural important? (1-2 sentences)
4. How did the artists choose to depict this history? Describe the imagery chosen and the way it is painted to tell a story. You might describe the scale of figures and objects, any sense of movement in the composition of the mural, the way the colors add to the narrative, or other visual cues that help tell the story. (2-3 sentences)
5. Explain how this story fit with Andrea LePage’s argument in the article, quoted here: “In this article, I assert that the presence of unacknowledged individuals and untold stories visible on the Great Wall of Los Angeles destabilizes the authority of mainstream histories (pg. 3).” What does LePage mean by this quote? Explain how the section you chose “destabilizes the authority of mainstream histories.” Hint: You will be better prepared to answer this question if you read the entire article by LePage, which explains this concept using multiple examples. (at least 2-3 sentences).
PROMPT 2:
After you watch and listen to Whose Story Do We Tell? by Mike Sonksen (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtAEDVe7X6Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtAEDVe7X6Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtAEDVe7X6Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtAEDVe7X6Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtAEDVe7X6Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtAEDVe7X6Y)
Question:
1. Describe at least one thing you recognized from the poem that connected to what you read about on the SPARC website or in the LePage article. (1-2 sentences)
2. Describe your response to the poem. Did you respond to it differently than simply reading a historical account of the stories depicted in the mural? (1-2 sentences)Describe at least one thing you recognized from the poem that connected to what you read about on the SPARC website or in the LePage article. (1-2 sentences)