Superdiversity California Style: New Approaches to Race, Civil Rights, Governance and Cultural Production

Thursday, February 28, 2013, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
& Friday, March 1, 2013, 9:00 a.m. – 6:10 p.m.
UCLA Faculty Center, California Room

Los Angeles has come to epitomize the global phenomenon of dramatically increased ethnic, racial, linguistic, and religious diversity.  With intensified immigration from all parts of the world, new racial complexities, and the steady growth of Latino and Asian American populations, the entire state of California has become “majority-minority” as districts around the nation follow suit.  The resulting intercultural mélange has obscured some traditional boundaries, while encouraging new forms of production and being.  This new reality raises fundamental questions about the pursuit of equality, social justice, racialization, and the various ways that global pressures interact with and shape our responses to emerging geo-political dynamics. At the same time, ethnic and cultural fusions have launched an explosion of bold new musical, artistic, and even culinary forms.  What these changes mean for Los Angeles specifically and the United States remains under-examined and poorly understood.  Structured in the form of a one-day conference, with a preconference roundtable on the preceding evening, Superdiversity California Style seeks to initiate a conversation about the foregoing developments and identify the kind of research that is necessary to both understand and manage the changing face of our society.

Please RSVP at: http://iacinauguralconference2013.eventbrite.com

For additional information, please contact UCLA Institute of American Cultures: 
Phone: (310) 825-6815 . Email:iaccoordinator@conet.ucla.edu 
All-day parking ($11) and short-term parking (payable at pay stations) are available in Lots 2, 3 and 4 (enter the campus at Hilgard and Westholme avenues).

Participants: 
Stephan Aron . Eric R. Avila . Asli Bali . Andrea Benjamin . Elise C. Boddie . Devon Carbado . Duane Champagne . Mishuana R. Goeman . Laura E. Gomez . Cheryl Harris . Bill Ong Hing . Darnell M. Hunt . Jerry Kang . Kauanui J. KÄ“haulani . Robin D.G. Kelley . Scott Kurashige . Taeku Lee . Chon Noriega . Michael Omi . Jemina Pierre . Karthick Ramakrishnan . Angela R. Riley . Addie C. Rolnick . Mark Sawyer . Brenda Stevenson . Rene Tajima-Pena . Rebecca Tsosie . M. Belinda Tucker . Abel Valenzuela, Jr. . Allison Varzally . David K. Yoo