September 18th Class Notes

HOUSEKEEPING

1. Posts are due SATURDAYS BY 5PM
2. Reminders / Due Dates

• Select a community and venue, due September 18 (TODAY)
• A reporting plan, October 9.
• Moodboards, due beginning November 13
• Final papers — DUE DECEMBER 15 by 5:00 pm

3. Other issues / concerns

Next Week — Week 4 — September 25 — FANTASIES OF LOS ANGELES

1. Assignment Due This Week: [Email links to posts to Professor by 5pm on Saturday, September 23 at Gary.Dauphin@lmu.edu]

• Reading / watch blog posts — FOCUS ON REYNER OR KTOWN
• Tracking log post

2. Reading Due This Week:

• watch: Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles (1972) — https://vimeo.com/22488225
• watch: Episodes 1–2 of K-Town Season 1 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rhDjxDLyjk
• Reft, “From Better Luck Tomorrow to K-Town: Asian Americans and Los Angeles in 21st Century Media,” KCET.org. May 2, 2013 — https://www.kcet.org/history-society/from-better-luck-tomorrow-to-k-town-asian-americans-and-los-angeles-in-21st-century

This week

1. Lecture — https://www.evernote.com/l/ABRYrcn6mF9GdJFAyVxncdpDAcedqccu4G8
2. Review venue / reading / watch blog posts — LINKS, LINKS, LINKS

• Kirstyn — https://medium.com/@kporte10/venue-choice-af2997e359f1
• Chris — https://medium.com/@chrisrodriguez_47422/breakbeatsandrhymes-f8e69204b177
• Mia — https://medium.com/@mcarrer3/korea-daily-los-angeles-fb21ba85771f
• Abby — https://medium.com/@abbydurkan/neighborhood-and-venue-88803443300
• Edward — https://medium.com/@edwardsntgo/la-opini%C3%B3n-6a1e5c536f57
• Stephany — https://medium.com/@sguerra4/my-venue-e187b9d398
• Tallie — https://medium.com/@talliespencer/los-angeles-sentinel-bf0e7cc4e0aa
• Eva — https://medium.com/@OnTheSpotEva/rafu-shimpo-news-e3cc14a32ab2
• Jonathan — https://medium.com/@jonathansantos.lmu/venue-fa353c4ce211
• Kimberly — https://medium.com/@kimberlymartinezreyes/impacto-usa-venue-33a1e6f8e000

3. Introduction to demographic report — Required parameters

• Population (census) over last 30 years
• Racial breakdown
• Age and sex breakdown
• Families and households
• Real estate — housing number and types
• Median income vs county
• Business / economic environment
• Wildcard 1
• Wildcard 2
• Wildcard 3
• Indicate sourcing
• Example: http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/census/factsheets/spa21.pdf
• Example: https://htaindex.cnt.org/fact-sheets/

4. Introduction to issue report — Required parameters

• Minimum of 5 issues
• Name the issue
• Describe the issue in 1 short paragraph
• Describe how you venue has covered / not covered (include links if covered)
• Wildcard 1
• Indicate sourcing

NO PRESSURE: Saturday, September 23, 3–6 p.m. http://cfa.lmu.edu/labandgallery/exhibitions/