Pick a neighborhood(s) that you are familiar with. Be sure to read Rodriguez & Tuschling, 2021 article, so that you may view these pieces with a critical lens. I want you to really critique what you are seeing in place it in direct context with what you know about the neighborhood and seeing the mural what do you make up the message and why? Be sure to substantiate any claims you make for example, if you happen to select a mural in Dorchester that depicts the African-American community's experience, I would expect you to cite a statistic on how much that community is comprised of African-American people of different Black diaspora. Keep in mind that this is only one example. 

 

The second part of the assignment requires you to visit a neighborhood that is either gentrifying has gentrified or is affluent and select two [2] murals to analyze many of the murals in gentrified neighborhoods have been white, washed and replaced with images that are more aesthetically, pleasing, and culturally relevant to the demographic that is moving in along with displacing low-income mostly people of color gentrification also literally erases their narratives and history by means of art. What I would like you to consider when looking at these murals is if they serve any other purpose than being aesthetically pleasing or "Instagrammable". Do they capture the same essence as the other community murals you viewed? What messages are these murals sending about the neighborhood and the environment? Again, as you write, make sure to substantiate your claims and address the murals relevance for that gentrified and/or affluent community.

  

The Write Up: 

 

• Appendix of photos of ALL murals
  • Be sure to title each mural [a total of 4] in the Appendix (for example, Mural A, Mural B, Mural C, Mural D) so that in your write up, you can easily reference it and so that I can look at the appendix and follow along with you.
  • Feel free to include photos of anything else that you though might be interesting
• Be sure to use and cite Rodriguez & Tuschling's (2021) https:/ortheastern.instructure.com/files/20634324/download?download_frd=1&verifier=HCMGJgXOuZcQMDcaO8ecSfPEDYmVAt67w0MIoj6u

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