Cultural Diffusion in Mexico

La educación artística no son manualidades This video is an incredible option to see if you want to understand how the arts in education are  distorted, how the arts are an incorrect idea that and today is still alive.  Reference:  Redes Asociadas , Publicado el 14/03/2016. Presentación del libro de María Acaso en el Museo Thyssen (2009). 

El vacío de la educación artística en México En México hay un vacío de educación artística en los niveles educativos y nada se hace por incentivar una política educativa que supere la situación, manifestó la investigadora María Esther Aguirre Lora, durante la presentación de su libro "Repensar las artes. Culturas, Educación y Cruce de Itinerarios". Referencia: El vacío de la educación artística en México. Noticias Trecevisión Publicado 05/05/2012. Recuperado de: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIvjPBqXOoQ

Festival internacional de arte acción: Mujeres en ruta.  Este Festival traza como una de sus principales características la participación activa de mujeres Latinoamericanas dedicadas al arte de performance, su investigación y proceso. El Festival contará con la participación de 27 mujeres dedicadas a la investigación, gestión y desarrollo de la performance a través de diferentes medios de intervención como Acciones en vivo, Muestra de videos, Ponencias, así como el Taller “Archiva: Archivos, Género y Performance” que impartirá la artista Mónica Mayer. Reference: Estación corregidora. Publicado el 27/08/2015. Festival Internacional de Arte Acción: Mujeres en Ruta. Querétaro-México. Recuperado de: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xgvTrixGn8

Mexico’s street art explosion - Aztec meets urban - BBC Trending This is a video in where we can see how street art is in Mexico and the thoughts and opinions of the artists. Reference: BBC Trending. (2015, May 14). Mexico’s street art explosion - Aztec meets urban - BBC Trending. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/JesBDolwEgY

La cultura y la cuestión social Mario Luis Fuentes dialoga con la Dra. Silvia Molina, Presidenta del Seminario de Cultura Mexicana y con la Dra. Ma. Teresa Uriarte Castañeda, Coordinadora de Difusión Cultural de la UNAM acerca del incumplimiento de los derechos culturales, así como de darle visibilidad a la relevancia que tiene el nexo entre la cultura y la cuestión social. Referencia: Canal Once (15/10/2013). México Social - La cultura y la cuestión social.

Don't you love our snow-haired president elect? Since we are two days away from AMLO taking the whole POWA' lml , and because this is a website related to the cultural diffusion in Mexico, I think it would be fair to share this quite controversial interview. Some people hate him, some people love him... Meh. Judge yourselves. Noticieros Televisa 2018 nov. 19 AMLO tercer grado- programa completo de la entrevista del 19 de noviembre de 2018 retroceder from https ://youtu.be/v07EvwyOQVE

You know what? Posting anything related to the national independence is pretty much cheating. But we are very desperate to have as much entries as we can, so I will just share another BM video. Bully magnets 2015 sep 6 La independencia de México - 5° aniversario bully magnets, available in  https://youtu.be/feNrrP8Q_us  

Well, PRI has come to an end once again. Let's take this chance to remember one of the most infamous reigns in our country's history, and one that made a lot of people think: "Hey... That's not how politics should work": el Maximato, presented by Bully Magnets. Bully Magnets 2012 sep 24  El maximato (primera parte) - Dante Salazar - Bully Magnets https://youtu.be/7-Dl0mFNGvs

Enjoy the incomparable Alex Mercado with the oh, so godly! Antonio Sánchez, who you may know as that one dude that composed (improvised, in this case) the soundtrack for the Oscar-winning film Birdman . ·          Alex Mercado (2015, enero 13), Symbiosis - Alex Mercado Trio feat. Scott Colley & Antonio Sánchez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upT5BjpVSUI

Hasta el viento tiene miedo Here's a scene from  Hasta el viento tiene miedo . You can find the full movie on Youtube, but I don't want to take any copyright-related risks by sharing it. This film was directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada: pioneer of the horror genre and one of Quentin Tarantino's influences. ·          MasComunicacionBlog (2013, julio 3) Hasta el Viento Tiene Miedo (Trailer 1968) HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_s-yWwbWT8

El llano en llamas I present to you "¡Diles que no me maten!" as written by Juan Rulfo, in the voice of Juan Rulfo. This is a short story from his famous book El llano en llamas . ·          loscarmar (2012, marzo 4) Diles que no me maten. COMPLETO de Juan Rulfo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgD_gH_ExhY&t=211s

Carlos Monsiváis  Wasn't he an adorable teddy bear? A very political, balding teddy bear. This is an interview made by spanish TV show Charlando con Cervantes.

Eddie Guerrero Here's Eddie Guerrero winning the WWE championship. He was not really mexican, but shhhhhhh. He was a turning point in the history of Lucha Libre, which, at the end of the day, is one of the most representative aspects of mexican culture.

Frida Kahlo another point of view  I love Antonio, and I think it can be important to look at this woman from a more critical point of view (which is quite ironic, considering the purpose of this blog). In this video, he talks about the life of Frida Kahlo and how she became a myth from the country's point of view. ·          Antonio García Villarán (2017, diciembre 21) LA OTRA CARA DE FRIDA KAHLA. CRÍTICA DE ARTE A SU OBRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyk1NY_7cZI

El Santo Here's another video about El Santo because you cannot get enough of Mexico's biggest icon. ·          WhatCulture Wrestling (2017, julio 12) Adam’s Pipebomb: El Santo – The Mexican Superman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqx9eoEvuoo

Jorge Luis Borges  and Octavio Paz  Because you cannot get any cooler than this. As you would expect fromo these two guys, they talk about stuff that blows your mind and the roll poetry plays in contemporary society. ·          Sergio Flemante (2014, abril 8) Octavio Paz y Jorge Luis Borges sobre La Poesía en Nuestro Tiempo 1/2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shw0TYaNEL4

Videos  You have to see this incredible video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNkZQ3bZmBo El gobernador Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas y su esposa Christelle Castañón de Moreno inauguraron la Expo Manos Creativas 2018, que expone a 126 expositores champechanos y de otras entidades expondrán sus productos durante el 21 al 23 del presente, en el Centro de Convenciones y Exposiciones “Campeche siglo XXI”.  Milenio (2018). Inauguran Expo Manos Creativas 2018 en Campeche.

Videos  Blogger is too weak to let me insert a long video, so here it is.  It talks about the still-to-be-aproved Article 13 proposed by the United Nations. The video was made by Michael from Become The Knight and, since he uses a lot of material protected by copyright, his concerns are quite big while also reasonable. Be sure to check it out!

Culture and Mexico You can visit the next links to have more information about culture and Mexico: First video Second video  The first article is about how culture affects to the way websites are created and the second one about how Walmart has adappted to the Mexican market.