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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing History
  • Biographical Note
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Collection Arrangement
  • Separated Materials
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Pepe Rojo papers
    Date (inclusive): 2000-2016
    Collection Number: MS 292
    Creator: Rojo, Pepe, 1968-
    Extent: 0.21 linear feet (1 box)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: The collection consists of materials from speculative author Pepe Rojo, mostly related to his work on "You can see the future from here," which was a series of science fiction based interventions carried out at the San Ysidro Border Crossing in Mexico in 2011.
    Languages: The collection is in English and Spanish.

    Access

    The collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], [date if possible]. Pepe Rojo papers (MS 292). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    Provenance unknown.

    Processing History

    Processed by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian, 2024.

    Biographical Note

    Pepe Rojo is a Mexican science fiction and cyberpunk author also known for directing and participating in works of art interference in the California borderzone.

    Collection Scope and Contents

    The collection consists of materials from speculative author Pepe Rojo, mostly related to his work on "You can see the future from here," which was a series of science fiction based interventions carried out at the San Ysidro Border Crossing in Mexico in 2011. Items in the collection include bookmarks, mini-fictions, postcards, and other items passed out during the interventions, as well as fliers and publications from various other events.

    Collection Arrangement

    The collection is arranged topically.

    Separated Materials

    9 minibúks donated with the collection have been separated for cataloging in Special Collections, searchable by title online as "Pepe Rojo papers".

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Art interventions
    Cyberpunk fiction
    Mexican-American Border Region -- History
    Science fiction -- Authorship

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Ephemera
    Publications