A Conversation with Roco Pachukote of Maldita Vecindad (Fall 2024)

Barrios del México de Afuera ¡Ya llegó su pachucote! A few months ago, I had the true honor and pleasure to talk de conversar con Roco Pachukote, co-founder of Maldita Vecindad about his very first encounters with Chicano culture growing up in Mexico City. Roco talked about the perennial and continuous relation, exchange, and even complicities between @malditavecindad, chicanismo, Chicano artists, and the barrios in Greater Mexico: Los Ángeles, San Francisco, Chicago y más. Plus, we discussed how Roco and Maldita have also contributed to the new Pachuco aesthetics aquí y allá. . Check it out! By the way, the following audio versión is all in Spanish, but you can view the English subtitles on video on YouTube.🧑🏽‍💻: Gracias infinitas to the amazing Lili Montero (aka and always and forever Lili in the Pit) @intentionallycurious for editing and really, post-producing these videos. 📽️: Muchas gracias a @visionaryrebel2 por la excelente grabación y coordinación de la entrevista. 🏛️: Much gratitude to @laplazala for letting us film in the marvelous galleries.

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This podcast examines the perennial quest of Latin Americans and Latinx peoples to create more just and equitable societies. The series focuses on the political project of Latin American rock en español, a musical genre that challenged the hegemony of English rock and began in the 1970s.During the 1970s, a number of Latin American countries were faced with dictatorships and military coups that led to the “dirty wars” in which citizens were traumatized, tortured, and murdered. This project will be examining the lyrics for main themes of social justice that circulated during the dirty wars of Mexico, Chile, and Argentina in particular.We will also feature intergenerational conversations to examine the legacies of this music in our present moment and how Rock en Español was employed by LA Latinas and Latinos to fight against anti-immigrant rhetoric and politics in 1990s California.This project is supported in part by the University of California Office of the President MRPI funding M21PR3286.