By: Christopher Barahona --- NVTIVE/ NON NVTIVE is a photo essay telling the narrative of water and its relationship to Los Angeles, understanding that water is central to the establishment of LA as a city. The essay also has undertones of personal reflection on what it means...
By: Shirley Ramirez --- With each module, Fellows dig into readings, exercises, site visits, and conversations around a theme. Module 3's theme = Los Angeles: The City in Context + History. For Module 3, each Fellow was asked to use photography to create a visual essay about...
By: Omar Vargas --- "We often miss aspects of Los Angeles from our cars or when passing by neighborhoods that make up the city's diverse history. Through walking, I began to see LA through different perspectives, as a daily commuter and a city native. Through my experience,...
During January, Urban Futures Lab Fellows left the friendly confines of the office and project sites to tour three different neighborhoods in Los Angeles, learning about each's hidden history from local experts. Fellows headed to Chinatown, Downtown, and Union Station with Taylor Fitz-Gibbon of UCLA REMAP on a tour called "Planned Forgetting."...
FELLOWS EXPLORE AND CRITICALLY ANALYZE LA’S SOCIOPOLITICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY Investigating LA’s Sociopolitical History Module 3 of the Urban Futures Lab challenged Fellows to dig beneath the surface of everyday life in Los Angeles. To do neighborhood-based work, it is essential that Fellows have a deeper...
See how ELARA students got hand-on training from photographers Elon Shoenholz and Rafael Cardenas by checking out our album on Facebook!...
Greetings from East LA students explored their own neighborhood on Friday, January 27, 2017 through the eyes of a Los Angeles County planner. Carmen Sainz from the LA County Department of Regional Planning generously led the tour. With a helping hand from the Urban Futures Lab...
Temple Street is an iconic crossroad in Hi Fi. It also has a darker side. It's a designated member of LA's High Injury Network: the High Injury Network (HIN) spotlights streets with a high concentration of traffic collisions that result in severe injuries and deaths,...
On December 13, 2016, the Urban Future Lab Fellows hosted their fifth Supper Club with guests Grace Cruz and Roland Navarro to cap the module on Educational, Life and Career Pathways. Over bowls of steaming sweet potato chili, Grace and Roland shared their perspectives on building...
By: Andy Alvarez --- With each module, Fellows dig into readings, exercises, conversations, and reflections around a theme. November/December's theme = Educational, Life and Career Pathways. When I was in Kindergarten, my teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I said a...