Cause and Effect of The San Diego/Tijuana Border

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1 Cause and Effect of The San Diego/Tijuana Border Description: The border between San Diego and Tijuana demonstrates how decisions made without considering the landscape have far-reaching consequences. Participants will explore the development of the border from a geographical line to a solidified barrier. Discuss conceptual ideas regarding the region. Review local case studies as methods on how Tijuana and San Diego deal with the current issues related to the physical Border Fence. These examples illustrate processes in dealing with federal, state agencies attempting to solve the problems caused by the border. Learning Objectives: Learn the history of the border between Tijuana and San Diego. From an abstract line to its current state. Review three theoretical reflections regarding the concept of the trans-border metropolis and hybrid regions. Learn about the process, social, political and environmental issues caused by the current border condition. Reviewing case studies to see how both sides have dealt with a layered wall system. Speaker Bios: Rene Peralta Landscape+Urbanism Director Woodbury University Rene Peralta is a native of Tijuana, Mexico and educated at the New School of Architecture in San Diego and the Architectural Association in London. He has taught architecture and urban design at Universidad Iberoamericana, UCLA, and Washington University. He is director of the Landscape+Urbanism program at Woodbury University in San Diego. Rene has been researching social and cultural forms of the urban border between Tijuana and San Diego. Projects range from online reports to publishing books, including co-author of Here is Tijuana. He has participated in museum exhibitions and runs an architecture design practice in Tijuana. Oscar Romo Watershed Coordinator Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve Oscar Romo, Ph.D., is watershed coordinator at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve and lecturer at UCSD s Urban Studies and Planning Program. Romo is a delegate to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development; participates as co-chair of the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission Citizens Forum, U.S. EPA Border 2012 Water Task Force and Tijuana River Recovery Team Bi-national Task Force. In Mexico, Romo is advisor to the Baja California State Assembly, Baja California Task Force; City of Tijuana Urban Planning and Ecology Sub-Committee; and projects coordinator for Los Laureles Watershed Council. Jose Parral Woodbury University San Diego Jose Parral, FAAR was educated at UC Berkeley and the AA School of Architecture in London. He is currently Assistant Professor at Woodbury University in San Diego and a partner at josetasi. He has been associated with various landscape architecture firms within California. In 2006, he was the recipient of the Kate L. Brewster Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture, American Academy in Rome re-evaluating temporal relationships of crowds in public spaces. He

2 collaborated with artist Thomas Glassford on a permanent installation along the US-Mexico Border for Insite Outline: Jose Parral I. Introduction: Understanding the origins of the border fence a Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo b. The regional natural boundaries c. The regional man made boundaries d. The history of the international demarcation Rene Peralta Border Theory II. Border as Postmodern Laboratory Nestor Garcia Canclini a. Hybrids -Process combining discrete social structures to create new ones. b. De-territorialization: the loss of innate relationships between culture, geography and social territories c. Re-territorialization: territorial relocations of new and old symbolic productions III. Post Border Ideologies and The Portable Border La Frontera Portatil Michael Dear a. From post-industrial to post-modern to post-border b. Hybridization at the city-region scale c. Typologies of the Post Modern XXI City 1. World City, 2.Ciber City, 3.Dual City, 4. Hybrid City, 5. Sustainable City IV. Trans Border Fallacy Tito Alegria a. Border Cities and the differentiating problems and praxis in planning. b. How goods and services participate in two systems of relative value. c. International limitations; Mobility. V. Neo-liberal Traps and the Problems of Hibridity Heriberto Yepez a. Border as space of contradictions and paradoxical effects b. The Hybridity discourse and the Hegelian ideal of synthesis c. Tijuana / San Diego built by the contradictory version of relations VI. Border Breach: From Temporary Paradise to Geo-Dystopia Rene Peralta a. Border space as shared geographies b. Environmental Symbiosis vs. Territorial Parasitism c. Grafting Ecologies, Academia and Social Activism Oscar Romo The environmental and urban impacts of the Border Fence VII The rational of erecting a border fence a. Policies and politics b. Justification c. Technical issues VIII Does a fence make us more secure? a. Some statistics b. Regional environmental impacts c. Regional urban impacts d. The border fence footprint

3 IX Remaining challenges a. Hydrology b. Species conservation c. Public access d. Maintenance X Mitigation a. The local approach b. The bi-national approach c. Other possible solutions Jose Parral Case Studies XI. Case Study 1: La Esquina/ Jardines Playas de Tijuana a. Cultural and historical significance of the area b. Insite as an institution proposing art as a cultural advocate c. Collaboration with artist from concept to construction d. Dealing with agencies on both side of the border e. Construction of the project f. Afterwards g. Conclusion and reflection XII. Case Study 2: Los Laureles Canyon in Tijuana, Mexico a. Geographical significance of the area b. Issues related to water on both side of the border. c. Processes in mitigating with waste, water and sensitive ecologies. d. Current status of Los Laureles Canyon

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