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The Smart Set: Fifty-Thousand and Counting: The Aleph as metaphor in contemporary Mexico. - April 4, 2012
"And yet in the end what Borges does is worse than invalidate his friend’s testimony. He simply ignores it. He walks out into the street and lets himself succumb to the tides of forgetting. In Mexico we know of the corruption, the political criminality, and the surging numbers of the dead. The problem is not awareness, but what we do with the awareness. We can read and guffaw about the violence in our own homes, and nothing will continue to change. Especially if our minds are, as Borges describes, “porous for forgetting,” knowledge is not an end in itself. Careful record keeping and the murder meter will not enact change; we need to enact it ourselves."
metaphor  aleph  borges  activism  action  awareness  memory  violence  mexico  johnwashington  2012  from delicious
7 weeks ago by robertogreco
Rebecca Solnit on Hope on Vimeo
"Despair is a black leather jacket in which everyone looks good, while hope is a frilly pink dress few dare to wear. Rebecca Solnit thinks this virtue needs to be redefined.

Here she takes to our pulpit to deliver a sermon that looks at the remarkable social changes of the past half century, the stories the mainstream media neglects and the big surprises that keep on landing.

She explores why disaster makes us behave better and why it's braver to hope than to hide behind despair's confidence and cynicism's safety.

History is not an army. It's more like a crab scuttling sideways. And we need to be brave enough to hope change is possible in order to have a chance of making it happen."
mainstreammedia  davidgraeber  venezuela  indigeneity  indigenousrights  indigenous  us  mexico  ecuador  anti-globalization  latinamerica  bolivia  evamorales  lula  cynicism  uncertainty  struggle  paulofreire  barackobama  georgewbush  humanrights  insurgency  hosnimubarak  egypt  yemen  china  saudiarabia  bahrain  change  protest  tunisia  optimism  future  environment  contrarians  peterkro  peterkropotkin  worldbank  imf  globaljustice  history  freemarkets  freetrade  media  globalization  publicdiscourse  neoliberalism  easttimor  syria  control  power  children  brasil  argentina  postcapitalism  passion  learning  education  giftgiving  gifteconomy  gifts  politics  policy  generosity  kindness  sustainability  life  labor  work  schooloflife  social  society  capitalism  economics  hope  2011  anti-authoritarians  antiauthority  anarchy  anarchism  rebeccasolnit  from delicious
february 2012 by robertogreco
An Education, Over the Border and Under the Radar - Slide Show - NYTimes.com
"Dozens of students — all American citizens living in Tijuana — cross the border daily to attend a public high school 11 miles away in Chula Vista, Calif., where they were born and where they still claim to live. These teenagers stand for hours in a human chain of 16,000 at the world’s busiest international land border."
chulavista  bordercrossing  photography  slideshow  sandiego  tijuana  schools  border  mexico  us  education  2012 
january 2012 by robertogreco
Mixtapes - Domus
[via http://danielperlin.net/?p=243 quoted here]

"I have been curating a series of mixtapes called Sound of the City for Domus Magazine. First online, it is now part of the print version as well.

The series is based on a simple principle. Pick a city. Pair a writer, designer or artist from that city with a dj or band from that city. Make a mixtape. All legal, all local, the task of meta curating is mine, and the fun parts come after you stick people together who might not normally hang out or work with each other. Cities featured so far have been Melbourne’s Architecture in Helsinki, New York’s dj /rupture and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Buenos Aires’ Leandro Erlich and ZZK records, Mexico City’s Daniel Hernandez with some help from Toy Selectah and DJ N-RON."
danielperlin  df  mexicodf  mexico  nyc  harlem  buenosaires  beijing  telaviv  lasvegas  moscow  johannesburg  london  milan  melbourne  cities  mixtapes  domus 
january 2012 by robertogreco
Es Un Monstruo Grande Y Pisa Fuerte: 12 Latin American Protest Songs : NPR
"Esta semana en Alt.Latino les presentamos a varios artistas que denuncian la injusticia social. Es un show dedicado al arte de la canción contestataria. Tenemos íconos como Mercedes Sosa de Argentina, Chico Buarque de Brasil, Violeta Parra de Chile, y Ruben Blades de Panamá. Y también enfocamos en los trabajos de artistas mucho más jóvenes, que continúan la tradición: la cantautora mexicana Ceci Bastida, el dúo boricua Calle 13, y el rapero peruano Immortal Technique. Cantan sobre temas tan variados como el horror de la guerra, la necesidad de un sistema de educación más justo, la violencia en México, y el estatus político de Puerto Rico."
mercedessosa  argentina  perú  panamá  calle13  puertorico  chicobuarque  brasil  spain  españa  mexico  chile  violetaparra  deportee  manuchao  songs  protest  latinamerica  music  from delicious
december 2011 by robertogreco
WikiLane – How Citizens Built their own Bicycle Network | This Big City
"To promote that campaign and pressure legislators into action, several cycling and pedestrian organizations decided to paint their own bike lane in front of Congress on October 20th. This was our way of showing how little money and time is required to create quality infrastructure. We wanted to show that governments just need the will to promote non-motorized transport. However, that bike lane was efficiently erased just two days after it was painted, and no city official claimed responsibility."
cyclelanes  bikes  biking  2011  mexico  mexicodf  df 
november 2011 by robertogreco
Free Access to Mexico’s Soumaya Museum Comes at a Cost | This Big City
"This way of ‘making a city’ is the modern version of a gated community and segregation. As Mike Davis, in his article Fortress LA, points out: segregation is an indirect agreement between the high class & the planning norms—explicit or not. Of course, his case of study is LA where the divisions are different, but his point that gated communities are zones w/ a very low grade of permeability remains true.<br />
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It is important to note that socio-spatial segregation is the constitution of the territory based on the common feature of the society that occupied it. Also, that segregation can be positive when it is not related to urban problems, & negative when it is related to specific social problems. But let’s go back to the Soumaya, where I will place a paradox. Home to the second most important collection of Rodin’s work, w/ free entrance, facilities and services for different groups, can the Soumaya be considered a way to balance segregation, because everyone can access to it?"
soumayamuseum  mexico  mexicodf  carlosslim  losangeles  mikedavis  segregation  urbanvillages  gatedcommunities  permeability  socio-spacialsegregation  society  from delicious
september 2011 by robertogreco
Journey to the transnational narcopolitical city - Op-Ed - Domus
"Model of "Texanomic" success or a shadowy narcotics-fueled node? Either way El Paso is the model of the 21st-century transnational pivot point"<br />
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"I can just see myself peering at the big empty skies, probably finding nothing, wondering: Does Joel Kotkin, or anyone, for that matter, understand this city better than the drone does? As a spectre of a violent and militaristic narcourbanism, this desert apparition can be endlessly admired, traversed, measured, and quantified. One gets more and more absorbed by its ever-multiplying abstractions, while whatever it is that the cartel bosses and the politicians do simply continues, unabated."
elpaso  texas  ciudadjuarez  javierarbona  2011  cities  economics  drugs  narcotraficantes  narco  borders  mexico  us  neoliberalism  fraud  crime  moneylaundering  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
Border Control Coloring Book [.pdf]
via: http://twitter.com/demilit/status/99921345625866240
borders  us  mexico  borderpatrol  coloringbooks  education  children  immigration  lawenforcement  smuggling  filetype:pdf  media:document  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
Richard Mosse | Photography
Rediscovered, especially the "Infra" series, via: http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/8422224142/richard-mosse-vintage-violence-north-kivu
architecture  art  photography  richardmosse  video  documentary  classideas  color  africa  borders  us  mexico  nomads  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
BorDocs '11
"…un espacio pionero en México en el campo de la educación y exhibición especializada en formas emergentes del cine y video agrupadas generalmente bajo el término documental.<br />
…El Foro es…un sitio de encuentro entre jóvenes cineastas, productores, académicos y especialistas en la no ficción. Bordocs es también una oportunidad para degustar de los más destacado documentales y conocer las tendencias en el área.<br />
El documental ha retomado su papel protagónico como una vía multifacética y vanguardista para contar historias, abordar temas de denuncia social o para emitir discursos reflexivos, personales a partir de formas interactivas o hibridas. En los últimos años el documental goza de un auge internacional y se ha convertido en el núcleo donde convergen múltiples disciplinas artísticas y educativas. Bordocs Foro Documental aporta en la frontera Tijuana-San Diego un granito de arena y propone un lugar común para la formación y el disfrute del este cine que nos mira."
togo  tijuana  2011  adrianatrujillo  joséinerzia  itzelmartínezdelcañizo  documentary  classideas  film  bordocs  nonfiction  education  toshare  billnichols  danielaalatorre  everardogonzález  joséluisfigueroalewis  robertocanales  danielrosas  claudiorocha  joepmaríacatalà  jenniferfox  sergiodelatorre  anapaolarodríguezespaña  borders  mexico  sandiego  from delicious
august 2011 by robertogreco
Latin American Pamphlets
"Harvard's Widener Library is the repository of many scarce and unique Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries. One of the few institutions to have consistently collected Latin American pamphlets, Harvard has benefited from collections formed by Luis Montt (Chile), Nicolás Acosta (Bolivia), Manuel Segundo Sánchez (Venezuela), José Augusto Escoto (Cuba), Blas Garay (Paraguay), Charles Sumner, John B. Stetson and others. Chile, Cuba, Bolivia and Mexico are the countries most heavily represented in this collection.<br />
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These pamphlets are valuable primary resources for students and researchers working on Latin American history. They document the emergence of the Latin American colonies as independent states, and illuminate many aspects of their populations' social and cultural life. Many pamphlets are devoted to boundary disputes, territorial expansion, the description of unexplored territories and the relationship between Church and State…"
history  latinamerica  chile  pamphlets  cuba  bolivia  mexico  paraguay  venezuela  primarysources  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
For Mexicans Looking North, a New Calculus Favors Home - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
"Economic, demographic and social changes in Mexico are suppressing illegal immigration as much as the poor economy or legal crackdowns in the United States."
us  mexico  immigration  migration  economics  2011  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
Haunt the Border
"Border Haunt is an attempt to bring two different databases associated with the U.S.-Mexico border into contact with one another for the duration of one day. It is an invitation to join a temporary network of people from across the world and participate in an aesthetic and political experiment, in what I’m calling a border database collision.<br />
The first of the two databases involved in the collision acts as an archive of migrants that have died while attempting undocumented crossings of the U.S.-Mexico border territory. These deaths are caused by the extreme environmental conditions of the desert, the anonymous violence of vigilantes, abusive law enforcement officers, and other causes. There are over 2000 entries in this database."<br />
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[via: http://bang.calit2.net/2011/07/border-haunt-a-database-collision/ ]
art  hacking  javascript  borders  mexico  us  database  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
"To Hell with Good Intentions" by Ivan Illich
"Next to money and guns, the third largest North American export is the U.S. idealist, who turns up in every theater of the world: the teacher, the volunteer, the missionary, the community organizer, the economic developer, and the vacationing do-gooders. Ideally, these people define their role as service. Actually, they frequently wind up alleviating the damage done by money and weapons, or "seducing" the "underdeveloped" to the benefits of the world of affluence and achievement. Perhaps this is the moment to instead bring home to the people of the U.S. the knowledge that the way of life they have chosen simply is not alive enough to be shared."

"I am here to entreat you to use your money, your status and your education to travel in Latin America. Come to look, come to climb our mountains, to enjoy our flowers. Come to study. But do not come to help."

[via: http://twitter.com/johnthackara/status/88500793115815936 ]
education  culture  politics  travel  activism  ivanillich  1968  humanitariandesign  designimperialism  mexico  do-gooders  goodintentions  middleclass  us  latinamerica  poverty  hypocrisy  blindness  self-importance  deschooling  from delicious
july 2011 by robertogreco
Emiliano Salinas: A civil response to violence | Video on TED.com
"In this passionate talk from TEDxSanMigueldeAllende that's already caused a sensation in Mexico, Emiliano Salinas, son of former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari, confronts the current climate of violence in Mexico -- or rather, how Mexican society responds to it. He calls on ordinary citizens to move from denial and fear to peaceful, community-based action. This is the first talk posted on TED.com that was delivered in a language other than English. (It has English subtitles by default.)"
emilianosalinas  carlossalinasdegotari  mexico  us  change  community  community-basedaction  activism  victimization  victimhood  civics  violence  2010  society  latinamerica  participatory  citizenship  denial  apathy  normailzation  fear  from delicious
june 2011 by robertogreco
CDI - Center for Digital Inclusion
"Our mission is to transform lives and strengthen low-income communities by empowering people with information and communication technology. We use technology as a medium to fight poverty, stimulate entrepreneurship and create a new generation of changemakers"

"Founded in 1995, pioneer of the digital inclusion movement in Latin America, CDI (Center for Digital Inclusion) is one of the leading social enterprises in the world with a unique socio-educational approach. CDI Founder and Ashoka Fellow Rodrigo Baggio and our work at CDI have been recognized with more than 60 international awards. Today, we are a network of 816 self-managed and self-sustaining CDI Community Centers throughout Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay – monitored and coordinated by our 32 regional offices."
education  design  technology  social  community  latinamerica  brasil  argentina  bolivia  chile  colombia  ecuador  mexico  paraguay  perú  uruguay  digitalinclusion  cdi  poverty  activism  digitaldivide  learning  grassroots  computers  software  ngo  from delicious
june 2011 by robertogreco
Open Learning Exchange
"Open Learning Exchange (OLE) is committed to universal access to basic education by 2015.<br />
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Over one billion school-aged children in more than one hundred countries lack access to even the most essential learning opportunities. Enabling them to acquire at least a basic education is not charity – it is a universal right. Every child is entitled to an opportunity to develop an intellectually and economically strong life consistent with their abilities. This ultimately benefits all of us.<br />
And it is now possible as never before. The global reach of the Internet, low-cost laptops and other information technologies, combined with a greater awareness of the importance of universal basic education, make it possible for this to be achieved by the UN Millennium Goal of 2015.<br />
Basic education enables one to:<br />
» Read local newspapers, magazines and books» Complete job applications and obtain employment» Write letters to friends and employers…<br />
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[list continues]"
education  learning  open  openlearning  openlearningexchange  economics  sharing  online  web  internet  olpc  community  access  rwanda  ghana  nepal  mexico  dominicanrepublic  from delicious
june 2011 by robertogreco
Tacos at El Greco | Dig in Mexico
"El Greco seemed a bit confused to us at first. Their signature plate is “pan arabe” with “doneraky”. That translates to the taco filling, al pastor in pita bread, and no offense to pita, but why bother when you can have tortillas with your taco? Still, we learned a valuable lesson: don’t judge a doneraky stand by it’s eccentric bread options. Al pastor was adopted by lebanese immigrants and their shwarma, it’s layered pork roasting slowly on a spit and then thinly sliced off- in this case onto our homemade corn tortillas, accompanied by a layer of cheese, onions and cilantro. This combo of cheese and al pastor is often referred to as a “gringa”, which makes us like it even more.<br />
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So how does one find a good taco stand among the hundreds of taco stands in Mexico? Ask your bartender (that’s what we did). El Greco sits on a busy corner in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, making it a perfect spot for post, pre, or in between drinks."
food  mexico  mexicodf  df  restaurants  from delicious
june 2011 by robertogreco
Print - Walking the Border - Esquire
"There is only one way to understand the 1,933-mile line that divides our country from Mexico. Start at the beach and walk east until you hit the Gulf."
mexico  immigration  us  borders  sandiego  california  arizona  newmexico  walking  lukedittrich  maps  geography  migration  texas  photography  2011  from delicious
may 2011 by robertogreco
Guernica / The Straight Dope — Bill Moyers interviews David Simon, April 2011
"David Simon would be happy to find out that The Wire was hyperbolic and ridiculous, and that the “American Century” is still to come. But he's not betting on it. An excerpt from Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues, forthcoming from The New Press."<br />
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"I am very cynical about institutions and their willingness to address themselves to reform. I am not cynical when it comes to individuals and people. And I think the reason The Wire is watchable, even tolerable, to viewers is that it has great affection for individuals. It’s not misanthropic in any way. It has great affection for those people, particularly when they stand up on their hind legs and say, “I will not lie anymore. I am actually going to fight for what I perceive to be some shard of truth.”"
davidsimon  billmoyers  toread  interviews  thewire  tv  television  politics  drugs  cities  baltimore  2011  government  policy  society  economics  journalism  statistics  progress  crime  lawenforcement  criminology  urban  urbanism  laissezfaire  markets  marketfundamentalism  decriminalization  underclass  class  race  incarceration  institutions  cynicism  reform  change  individualism  people  human  humancondition  humans  democracy  control  corruption  mexico  us  ideology  from delicious
april 2011 by robertogreco
Drugs and the Border — The Story from APM
"Bryan Gonzalez is a former New Mexico border patrol agent. He often spoke with the migrants he caught trying to cross the border, and often heard stories of people trying to escape the violence surrounding the drug trade. He began to learn more about the issues of drugs, and when he began to voice his thoughts on the subject, he was fired. Bryan joins Dick Gordon to talk about his experiences on the border. He's still not sure why he lost his job."
borders  drugs  us  mexico  migration  2011  from delicious
april 2011 by robertogreco
How a big US bank [Wachovia, now part of the giant Wells Fargo] laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs | World news | The Observer
"As the violence spread, billions of dollars of cartel cash began to seep into the global financial system. But a special investigation by the Observer reveals how the increasingly frantic warnings of one London whistleblower were ignored"
mexico  finance  banking  wellsfargo  wachovia  corruption  drugs  crime  2011  us  from delicious
april 2011 by robertogreco
Architect envisions border wall as good neighbor
"The U.S.-Mexico border wall may be here to stay, but a University of California, Berkeley, assistant professor of architecture has some provocative ideas about how  to redesign the barrier to slow illegal immigration and at the same time transform it in an economically, environmentally and socially beneficial way, to benefit both countries.<br />
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Ronald Rael envisions a wall dotted with multi-purpose installations with a life-saving water collection site, a treatment plant for toxic wastewater from the New River, a swing, a volleyball court, a solar farm and even a confessional."
borders  sandiego  mexico  us  ronaldrael  architecture  design  2011  from delicious
march 2011 by robertogreco
Gaia University
"Gaia University is a unique un-institution for higher learning. We offer access to accredited degrees and diplomas arising from your work in personal and planetary transformation. Through action learning you pursue a pathway of your own design - in the location of your choice - while supported by a global network of skilled advisors and mentors. Come join our vibrant international community and learn and unlearn with us through an integral blend of residential intensives, online exchange, digital documentation and hands-on project work."
sustainability  permaculture  education  activism  agriculture  unschooling  deschooling  gaiauniversity  via:steelemaley  the2837university  agitpropproject  lcproject  highered  highereducation  learning  mexico  chile  porland  oregon  international  puertorico  tennessee  germany  austria  california  from delicious
february 2011 by robertogreco
RAD AND HUNGRY | WHO WHAT WHY
"The Something Mighty Collection by RAD AND HUNGRY is a monthly series of travel-inspired, locally sourced, stylie goods for those who love office supplies as much as creators Sam Alston and Hen Chung.<br />
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“Every time we traveled together, we synched up in a path of mad consumption that would gather momentum during the trip,” says Hen Chung. “One of each postcard at the museum. One of each patterned scarf, and one for my mom. And one for your mom. Two of each beer. Order everything on the menu, we’ll split it. Good thing these pencils come in packs of twelve…"
pencils  paper  officesupplies  glvo  notebooks  stationery  mexico  france  gifts  local  travel  from delicious
february 2011 by robertogreco
Border Field State Park Undergoes Redesign | KPBS.org
"A much-awaited redesign of the park, anticipating its reopening, will be unveiled at a public hearing in Imperial Beach today. The event will feature a design by San Diego Architect Jim Brown and a different plan offered by the Border Patrol.<br />
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Brown's plan centers on a common area between the two countries, incorporating a bi-national garden and public seating where people from both sides of the border can mingle. However, a wall at the border would remain, with security provided by the Border Patrol.<br />
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The public unveiling will is this afternoon at 5:30, at the Marina Vista Community Center in Imperial Beach."
jimbrown  architecture  borders  us  mexico  tijuana  borderfieldstatepark  sandiego  design  imperialbeach  firendshippark  from delicious
february 2011 by robertogreco
Ancient Maya Temples Were Giant Loudspeakers?
"Centuries before the first speakers and subwoofers, ancient Americans—intentionally or not—may have been turning buildings into giant sound amplifiers and distorters to enthrall or disorient audiences, archaeologists say." [via (with sounds): http://www.negrophonic.com/2010/ancient-mayan-subwoofers/ via: http://twitter.com/demilit/status/18348445865611264]
architecture  history  sound  mexico  archaeology  maya  ancient  subwoofers  palenque  wasmaya  pyramids  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
FRONTLINE/World Mexico . Crimes at the Border | PBS
Related: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2009/07/guatemala_a_tal.html
mexico  immigration  crime  drugs  documentary  classideas  sandiego  us  tijuana  migration  borders  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
somamexico.org
"SOMA es un espacio para el arte contemporáneo que busca establecerse como contrapunto a la dinámica existente de escuelas, museos y galerías.

SOMA surge de la iniciativa de un conjunto de artistas que, aprovechando las experiencias de La Panadería, Temistocles 44 y otros espacios de artistas, han unido sus esfuerzos dando como resultado una plataforma única en el ámbito cultural.

SOMA consta de tres partes:

. Un sistema de residencias para artistas nacionales e internacionales.

. Un programa para la profesionalización de artistas.

. Un foro para conferencias, discusiones y eventos semanales

SOMA es una organización sin fines de lucro."
mexico  df  education  art  unschooling  deschooling  alternative  lcproject  mexicodf  soma  conferences  events  nonprofit  culture  contemporary  non-institutional  non-institutionalartschools  schools  machineproject  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
Qué es alias | alias
"El propósito de Alias es la difusión de la obra y el pensamiento de autores particularmente significativos para el arte contemporáneo. Creaciones que, por razones y circunstancias difíciles de enumerar en este espacio, no han sido traducidas, impresas y difundidas en habla hispana; o bien, cuyas ediciones anteriores están descontinuadas o nunca han sido distribuidas en México.<br />
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Alias es una editorial independiente sin fines de lucro económico."
art  mexico  mexicodf  publishing  books  damiánortega  contemporary  alias  df  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
Frieze Magazine | Archive | Mexico City Report
"From new museums to project spaces and pop-up music events, nothing stands still in one of the largest cities in the Americas "

"Mexico City doesn’t feel alive so much as impossibly animated, scary in a way that you want to interact with rather than shy away from. D.F. is as much its bricks and mortar infrastructure and fantastically variegated architecture as the myriad ways people have of negotiating it. A hole-in-the-wall becomes a bar becomes an experimental music store, for a few hours once a month, or a penthouse gets repurposed as an ephemeral gallery."
mexico  mexicodf  art  glvo  museums  galleries  events  df  alias  damiánortega  soma  contemporary  music  popup  pop-ups  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
Granta 113: The Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists | Magazine | Granta Magazine
"From Borges to Bolaño, Spanish has given us some of most beloved writers of 20th & 21st centuries. But as reach of Spanish-language culture extends far beyond Spain & Latin America, & as US tilts towards majority Hispanic population, it is time to ask who is next…22 literary stars of future.<br />
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Andrés Barba –Spain, 1975<br />
Oliverio Coelho –Argentina, 1977<br />
Andrés Ressia Colino –Uruguay, 1977<br />
Federico Falco –Argentina, 1977<br />
Pablo Gutiérrez –Spain, 1978<br />
Rodrigo Hasbún –Bolivia, 1981<br />
Sònia Hernández –Spain, 1976<br />
Carlos Labbé –Chile, 1977<br />
Javier Montes –Spain, 1976<br />
Elvira Navarro –Spain, 1978<br />
Matías Néspolo –Argentina, 1975<br />
Andrés Neuman –Argentina, 1977<br />
Alberto Olmos –Spain, 1975<br />
Pola Oloixarac –Argentina, 1977<br />
Antonio Ortuño –Mexico, 1976<br />
Patricio Pron –Argentina, 1975<br />
Lucía Puenzo –Argentina, 1976<br />
Santiago Roncagliolo –Peru, 1975<br />
Andrés Felipe Solano –Colombia, 1977<br />
Samanta Schweblin –Argentina, 1978<br />
Carlos Yushimito –Peru, 1977<br />
Alejandro Zambra –Chile, 1975"
literature  chile  argentina  spain  españa  español  bolivia  mexico  colombia  perú  uruguay  spanish  literatura  novelists  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
the san diego border observer
"documenting san deigo-tijuana urban life"
tijuana  blogs  sandiego  mexico  borders  jillholslin  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
marcellodicintio's Tijuana Bookmarks on Delicious
tijuana  mexico  sandiego  borders  marcellodicintio  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
KIOSK - Interesting things from interesting places
"ARCHIVE: JAPAN, SWEDEN, MEXICO, GERMANY, FINLAND, 8 for 2008 + 1, HONG KONG<br />
AMERICA 1, 9 for 2009, AMERICA 2, Provence, Portugal, Groundhog Day, Iceland, America 3"
art  culture  design  accessories  gifts  shopping  japan  sweden  mexico  germany  finland  iceland  us  international  global  provence  france  hongkong  from delicious
december 2010 by robertogreco
Secrets of the Happiest Places on Earth - NatGeo News Watch
"San Luis Obispo has the best emotional health in country & highest level of well-being…because they have a dozen or so things going for them that were put in place in late 1970s.<br />
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They made decision as a city, rather than making the city optimal for commerce, to make it optimal for quality of life. It used to be a forest of signs. Signs beget more signs. They instead limited the size of signs & put the resources into aesthetics. They outlawed fast-food drive-throughs so you don't have idling cars polluting the air, it's harder for people to eat fast food. They were the first place in the world to outlaw smoking in bars & restaurants, so as a result you have about the lowest rate of smoking in the country.<br />
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You can stand any place in SLO, a city of about .25 million people, & look around & see green. They have zoned it such that there's no building beyond a certain point, so everybody has access to green space, which we know lowers stress levels, & has access to recreation."
happiness  singapore  urbanism  geography  planning  urban  sanluisobispo  california  traffic  bike  biking  signs  greenery  denmark  nuevoleón  mexico  well-being  from delicious
november 2010 by robertogreco
Flickr: Nick DeWolf Photo Archive's stuff tagged with tijuana
nickdewolf  photography  tijuana  1958  mexico  from delicious
november 2010 by robertogreco
Ciudad de México, video documental on Vimeo
mexico  mexicodf  video  photography  from delicious
november 2010 by robertogreco
El Oso » Archive » [Must See] The Invisibles [See also: http://www.amnesty.org/en/theinvisibles AND http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/watch-invisibles-2010-11-02]
"I am in El Salvador today. I live in Mexico City. I still consider San Diego to be home. It’s that connection, I think, that caused these videos to have such a huge impact on me. I don’t think I could ever watch them without my eyes watering, my throat tightening up. It’s only 30 minutes of your day. Please watch them. Please pass them on."
immigration  migration  border  mexico  us  centralamerica  documentary  davidsasaki  labor  justice  classideas  sandiego  california  theinvisibles  amnestyinternational  csl  from delicious
november 2010 by robertogreco
the border - Jon Hall
"Video interview of Peggy Peattie, photographer, and Sandra Dibble, border reporter with UT, discussing the border region of Tijuana and San Diego. Sandra's observation that the border extends far into Baja, and up north of the border seems like a keen one. We often view the border as a two-dimensional object, this single barrier that separates Mexico from the United States (or perhaps more accurately, the have's from the have-nots). The reality though is that the border has not only have height and width, but also depth. The border is more a region, and it's realities and life extend south into Baja, and north well into the U.S. A good thing to know (and embrace), I think."
borders  tijuana  sandiego  mexico  us  bajacalifornia  california  photography  interviews  journalism  from delicious
november 2010 by robertogreco
Un Techo para mi País
"MISIÓN: Mejorar la calidad de vida de las familias que viven en situación de pobreza a través de la construcción de viviendas de emergencia y la ejecución de planes de habilitación social, en un trabajo conjunto entre jóvenes voluntarios universitarios y estas comunidades. Queremos denunciar la realidad de los asentamientos precarios en que viven millones de personas en Latinoamérica e involucrar a la sociedad en su conjunto, logrando que se comprometa con la tarea de construir un continente más solidario, justo y sin exclusión."
activism  architecture  argentina  chile  haiti  perú  bolivia  brasil  latinamerica  colombia  costarica  ecuador  elsalvador  guatemala  honduras  mexico  nicaragua  panamá  paraguay  dominicanrepublic  uruguay  social  housing  volunteerism  glvo  yearoff  charity  community  untechoparamipaís  from delicious
november 2010 by robertogreco
Amexica: on the frontline of the Mexican drugs trade | book extract | World news | The Observer
"Nuevo Laredo: the border town on the frontline of the drugs trade<br />
<br />
The US-Mexico border runs for nearly 2,000 miles. Last year Observer writer Ed Vulliamy travelled its entire length. In this extract from his new book, Amexica, he tells the incredible story of the town that doubles as the world's largest transport hub for narcotics"
us  mexico  borders  drugs  narcotraficantes  edvulliamy  laredo  nuevolaredo  texas  amexica  via:regine  from delicious
september 2010 by robertogreco
The Fence - The Film
"In October 2006, the United States government decided to build a fence along its troubled border with Mexico. 3 years, 19 construction companies, 350 engineers, thousands of construction workers, tens of thousands of tons of metal and more than $3 billion later – was it all worth it? That's the question posed in Rory Kennedy's latest HBO Documentary THE FENCE (LA BARDA) as it investigates the impact of the project, revealing how the fence's stated goals – containing illegal immigration, cracking down on drug trafficking and protecting America from terrorists – have given way to unforeseen consequences."
via:regine  sandiego  borders  mexico  us  minutemen  documentary  labarda  drugs  immigration  terrorism  narcotraficantes  2006  georgewbush  fences  rorykennedy  classideas  politics  policy  from delicious
september 2010 by robertogreco
Global Voices in English » Getting to Know the Global Voices Latin America Team
"As outgoing Editor for Latin America, I have seen the Global Voices team from Latin America grow tremendously over the past three years. Each of the volunteer authors has dedicated time and energy to serve the mission of Global Voices, and to share their part of the world with a global audience. At any given time, each of the countries that make up the Latin American region has been represented by a talented blogger tasked with the challenge of presenting a wide range of issues in a balanced and fair manner. Now that I am moving on to take the helm at Rising Voices, I am eager to see how the team will take the coverage of such a diverse region to greater heights under the leadership of the new Latin America Editor, Silvia Viñas. Continuing a recent tradition, let's meet some of these amazing people that have been part of the Latin American team (in alphabetical order by first name)."
globalvoices  blogs  blogging  chile  argentina  mexico  uruguay  colombia  perú  paraguay  costarica  guatemala  venezuela  latinamerica  dominicanrepublic  ecuador  honduras  panamá  nicaragua  bolivia  elsalvador  cuba  spanish  español  portuguese  from delicious
september 2010 by robertogreco
Shantytown, U.S.A. - Issue 014 - GOOD
"Behind the precariousness of low-income communities, says Cruz, there is a sophisticated social collaboration: People share resources, make use of every last scrap, and look out for each other. Cruz is incorporating this resourcefulness into the planning of two new developments, in San Ysidro, a border-town community in southern San Diego, and in Hudson, New York. If they work as planned, these projects will become powerful case studies for a new approach to urban development that could be implemented across the country.<br />
<br />
In collaboration with the nonprofit Casa Familiar, the San Ysidro development will include 30 housing units alongside spaces where residents can run small businesses."
us  mexico  borders  teddycruz  tijuana  sandiego  sanysidro  architecture  design  from delicious
september 2010 by robertogreco
Friendship Park | Orchids & Onions
"We envision a border that defines the geographic boundaries of Mexico and the United States, but does not prevent the peoples of these two great nations from establishing and celebrating harmonious relationships with one another. We envision a border built on the understanding that the goals of security and friendship are mutually reinforcing. With this proposal we commit ourselves to the work of re-making the US-Mexico border. Let us begin this work where the border first began – at Friendship Park."
borders  us  mexico  sandiego  tijuana  friendshippark  jimbrown  architecture  design  public  friends  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
Mexico and drugs: Thinking the unthinkable | The Economist
"In all, since Felipe Calderón sent the army against the drug gangs when he took office as president almost four years ago, some 28,000 people have been killed, the government says. There is no sign of a let-up, on either side.<br />
<br />
So it came as a surprise when on August 3rd Mr Calderón called for a debate on whether to legalise drugs. Though several former Latin American leaders have spoken out in favour of legalisation, and many politicians privately support it, Mr Calderón became the first incumbent president to call for open discussion of the merits of legalising a trade he has opposed with such determination. At a round-table on security, he said this was “a fundamental debate in which I think, first of all, you must allow a democratic plurality [of opinions]…You have to analyse carefully the pros and cons and the key arguments on both sides.”"
drugs  mexico  policy  legalization  classideas  warondrugs  drugwar  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
Map Of The Day - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
"HDI in United States and Mexican border localities, 2000"
us  mexico  borders  hdi  wealth  2000  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
suckerPUNCH » barrio de los paracaidistas [via: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=10232]
"anthony STAHL + david LEE: This tower is a frame-work for a new vertical city. Containing roadways, open plazas and parks; the nature and function of the ‘tower’ is to provide unlimited potential for new urban and vertical environment. By respecting the communal aspects of the city while<br />
allowing growth, this new urban frame-work challenges the frozen and static quality of current tower typology. The architecture within the tower develops over time, creating a dynamic composition of vertical neighborhoods that grow around and into one another. Sub-public and private spaces evolve organically, creating complex urban spaces similar to those of historic Mexico. The meaning of the tower is a living being that breathes in the city and is truly defined by Mexican culture and people."
architecture  design  barriodeparacaidistas  mexico  mexicodf  df  losangeles  lego  vertical  density  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
suckerPUNCH » barrio de los paracaidistas [via: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=10232]
"anthony STAHL + david LEE: This tower is a frame-work for a new vertical city. Containing roadways, open plazas and parks; the nature and function of the ‘tower’ is to provide unlimited potential for new urban and vertical environment. By respecting the communal aspects of the city while<br />
allowing growth, this new urban frame-work challenges the frozen and static quality of current tower typology. The architecture within the tower develops over time, creating a dynamic composition of vertical neighborhoods that grow around and into one another. Sub-public and private spaces evolve organically, creating complex urban spaces similar to those of historic Mexico. The meaning of the tower is a living being that breathes in the city and is truly defined by Mexican culture and people."
architecture  design  barriodeparacaidistas  mexico  mexicodf  df  losangeles  lego  vertical  density  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
El Blog del Narco ["Nos puedes encontrar en las Redes Sociales como Twitter, Facebook, Youtube."]
"El Blog del Narco esta funcionando desde el 2 de Marzo del 2010 bajo la administración de un solo escritor al cual le llama la atención como los narcotraficantes astutamente se ganan la vida (Matando, Secuestrando, Mutilando, vendiendo estupefacientes y demás), y se la quitan a otras. Su fuente de información mas importante son las personas.

La idea de crear Blog del Narco surge cuando los medios de comunicación y el gobierno intentan aparentar que en México NO PASA NADA, debido a que los medios están amenazados y el Gobierno aparentemente comprado, fue que decidimos crear un medio de comunicación con el cual podamos dar a conocer a la gente que es lo que pasa, redactar los acontecimientos exactamente tal cual fueron, sin alteraciones o modificaciones a nuestra conveniencia.

Blog del Narco no esta en contra o a favor de ningún grupo delictivo, tampoco tiene la intención de ofender o incomodar a la sociedad solo se publican notas de manera periodística."
blogs  drugs  capitalism  mexico  politics  narco  borders  trafficking  news  via:javierarbona  from delicious
august 2010 by robertogreco
Gringos Living in Tijuana on Vimeo [via: http://generica.blogspot.com/2010/08/httpwww.html]
"GRINGOS LIVING IN TIJUANA provides a glimpse into the lives of seven, very unusual inhabitants of the city of Tijuana, Mexico. Derrik, Gerda, Jodi, Jason, Michael, Iana, and Jenny are not Hispanic, and they don't exactly appear as though they would "blend in" in the Mexican border town that has been called one the most dirty and dangerous cities of North America. Yet this film follows these gringos, in their daily activities, while they show and explain why they chose to live in the city they love-- Tijuana."
tijuana  sandiego  mexico  documentary 
august 2010 by robertogreco
A Walk Through the Ancient World
"When the first immersive 3D games came out, I asked a programmer if he knew of anyone who had used that technology to create a Virtual Ancient Rome or Ancient Athens. I loved the idea of walking around in a place whose current face was changed out of all recognition from its golden age. He shook his head. Creating virtual worlds was way too time consuming and required too much specialist knowledge and so was too expensive. A virtual Rome wouldn't create the profit that Doom did.
ancient  ancientrome  classics  archaeology  middleages  history  ancientgreece  3d  virtual  tcsnmy  classideas  ancientcivilization  ancienthistory  ancienchina  china  rome  athens  mexico  ancientmexico 
july 2010 by robertogreco
Joe Bageant: Live from Planet Norte [I agree with a lot of what Bageant write. In this case though, he leans too heavily on steryotype. What he says doesn't just describe Americans.]
"uniformity on Planet Norte is striking. Each person is unit, installed in life support boxes in suburbs/cities; all fed, clothed by same closed-loop corporate industrial system. Everywhere you look, inhabitants are plugged in at brainstem to screens downloading state approved daily consciousness updates. iPods, Blackberries, laptops, monitors in cubicles, & ubiquitous TV screens in lobbies, bars, waiting rooms, even in taxicabs, mentally knead public brain & condition its reactions to non-Americaness. Which may be defined as anything that does not come from of Washington, DC, Microsoft or Wal-Mart.
joebageant  collapse  consumerism  stereotypes  cultureshock  via:cburell  airports  homogeneity  provinciality  busyness  consumption  us  mexico 
july 2010 by robertogreco
Americans stranded at border when fence gets fixed - SignOnSanDiego.com
"It had been there for years: a narrow hole clipped from the barbed wire fence separating San Ysidro and Tijuana. Since the late 1920s, thousands of American tourists returning from Mexico had squeezed through the opening at night, bypassing the big iron gates at the international border, which closed promptly at 6 p.m. daily.
borders  mexico  us  sandiego  sanysidro  tijuana  history  fences 
june 2010 by robertogreco
Sangrita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Not to be confused with the Spanish wine-and-fruit-based alcoholic beverage sangria, Sangrita (meaning “little blood”), whose origin dates back to the 1920s, is a customary partner to a shot of straight tequila blanco; a non-alcoholic accompaniment that highlights tequila's crisp acidity and cleanses the palate between each peppery sip. The basic conception of sangrita is to complement the flavor of 100% agave tequila, which is also peppery and citrusy in taste.
drinks  mexico  sangrita 
june 2010 by robertogreco
Why the Immigration Issue May Just Fade Away - Newsweek
"A little-known, but enormously significant, demographic development has been unfolding south of our border. The fertility rate in Mexico—whose emigrants account for a majority of the United States’ undocumented population—has undergone one of the steepest declines in history, from about 6.7 children per woman in 1970 to about 2.1 today, according to World Bank figures. That makes it roughly equal to the U.S. rate and puts it at what demographers call “replacement level,” the point at which women are having just enough babies to sustain the current population. In coming years it’s expected to dip even further. Other countries in Latin America have experienced a similar drop, though not as sharp. All of which means that the ranks of those “invading” hordes are thinning—rapidly."
demographics  economy  immigration  trends  us  arizona  1970  2010  ariancampo-flores  borders  economics  fertility  birthrate  population  mexico  latinamerica  birthcontrol  education 
june 2010 by robertogreco
California is a place.
"California is loaded. From Disneyland to farmland, we’ve got Scientology and superstars, Silicon and silicone, crips and bloods. The border. Krunkin’ Clownin’ Jerkin’. The surf and the turf. The boom and the bust. California is humanity run amuck and then packaged, branded and sold. California Cuisine, California Love, California Casual, California Gold, California Girls, and of course, California Dreams. If it exists in the world, it exists here and it does so with pizzaz.
california  immigration  skateboarding  multimedia  video  documentary  sandiego  losangeles  sanfrancisco  borders  mexico  us  tcsnmy 
may 2010 by robertogreco
Borderland on Vimeo
"Dick is right. "Every American should see this." It is real and it is striking. In some places it stands 18 feet tall and looks like the gates of Mordor. In other places, it is barely 10 feet tall and looks like it was put together with a stapler. It runs from the Colorado River directly into the Pacific. It is big, intense and intimidating. And it is unfinished. Gaping holes are everywhere. Physically it’s confusing. Politically it’s puzzling. Ideologically it’s complicated. But for Dick and Ron, who both live within a few miles of the border, defending it is simply a matter of protecting themselves and preserving their own beliefs. Drug smugglers don't come to the United States to make an honest living. As the recent killing of Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas shows, the border is more than a moral line in the sand. The fence is real. We recommend a visit."
borders  documentary  california  drugs  mexico  sandiego  us 
may 2010 by robertogreco
Scribes Thriving As Ghostwriters In Mexico City - Sun Sentinel [via: http://www.flickr.com/photos/readinginpublic/4603776421/]
"People have been coming for years to the public scribes of Santo Domingo Colonnade with the stuff of their lives -- love, disillusionment, longing and commerce.
writing  mexicodf  mexico  history  recordkeeping  transcription  typewriters  writinginpublic  services  communication  memory  literacy  illiteracy 
may 2010 by robertogreco
Nomadic Plants - we make money not art
"Gilberto Esparza first appeared in the radar of bloggers a couple of years ago when he started colonizing Mexico City with Urban Parasites. Made of recycled consumer goods, the small robotic creatures explore the urban space in search of any source of energy they can feed on. Under its quirky, amusing side, the project also had the objective of providing a basis for a critical exploration of the role that technology plays in cities."
nomadicplants  plants  gilbertoesparza  mexico  art  artists  robotics  pollution  cities  biotech  urban 
april 2010 by robertogreco
voiceofsandiego.org | Developer of Cell Phone Tool for Migrants Under Investigation by UCSD
"The investigations, Dominguez said, have slowed progress on the Transborder Immigrant Tool and raised questions within his department over the freedom of researchers at UCSD to conduct the work they were hired to do.
ucsd  sandiego  borders  us  mexico  disobedience  civildisobedience  legal  law 
april 2010 by robertogreco
entijuanarte
entijuanarte  art  tijuana  mexico  sandiego  glvo 
april 2010 by robertogreco
SúperTijuanenses... ¡Gente buena como tú!
"Tijuana, ciudad generadora de tecnología de punta, de vibrante arte sui-generis.
tijuana  mexico 
april 2010 by robertogreco
TJ para principiantes (info sites) « CROSSFADER NETWORK
tijuana  mexico  lists  reference 
april 2010 by robertogreco
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡TURISTA LIBRE!!!!!!!!!!!!! ¡¡¡PUTTING THE WANNA IN TIJUANA!!!: Zona Narte
"a ticket from the city's blue and white public buses (if the serial number adds up to 21, kids trade them for a kiss) ... Zona Norte has no doubt tirelessly played role of the shameless hedonism dealer in Tijuana's short 120 years, feeding both Americans and new arrivals from southern Mexico and Central America as many vices as their libidos can stomach. But Zona Norte natives who see beyond the fallen Paradise Island facade know that in between these situations life is not always as dismal as a First World standard would lead one to believe.
tijuana  mexico  cities  migration  immigration  borders  community  experience  sandiego  zonanorte  tshirts 
april 2010 by robertogreco
Jon Hall: the price of life
"But apparently for some people, some lives are worth more than others. I'm not advocating a reduced expenditure on the case of Chelsea King, not in the least. I do think though that the lives of 416 others—even illegal immigrant others—are worth something. Maybe even as much as a young, affluent white girl from Poway."
life  jonhall  immigration  borders  us  mexico  money  socialjustice  sandiego  politics  economics  race  wealth  disparity 
april 2010 by robertogreco
The Project « The Entryway
"The Entryway is the story of two reporters who move in with a family from Mexico, now in MacArthur Park, to learn a foreign language so that they may better report on their native city and country. They (we) are here to explore the storefront churches, panaderias, telenovelas, mobile dental clinics, bilingual classrooms, fake ID mills, and so many other details that define their America. Along the way, we are forced to reconsider our own."
spanish  journalism  losangeles  mexico  language  immigration  us  learning  tcsnmy 
march 2010 by robertogreco
Youth Without Borders
"Youth Without Borders seeks to assist impoverished families in Baja California, Mexico and Haiti. Since 2005, the San Diego-based organization has realized funding and in-kind donations to support needy families, homeless individuals and orphaned children in several areas including education, sports, food and clothing, health and medical. Youth Without Borders has collaborated with Mexican entities such as Fundacion de Proteccion de la Ninez, Hospital Infantil de las Californias, Instituto Municipal del Deporte de Tijuana, and La Casa de los Pobres." [via Lisa S]
sandiego  tijuana  tcsnmy  csl  mexico  us  borders  organizations  casadelospobres 
march 2010 by robertogreco
Save the Day | This American Life
"Act One. Midlife Cowboy: James Spring had hit his late 30s, and found his life utterly unremarkable. He needed to do something big. So James decided to try to rescue two kids who had been kidnapped by suspected murderers, and taken to Mexico. (29 1/2 minutes)"
sandiego  bajacalifornia  mexico  thisamericanlife  heroes  heroism  storytelling 
march 2010 by robertogreco
Performing Public Space
"Bringing the work of 11 LA-based artists & artist collectives to La Casa del Túnel, Tijuana, Performing Public Space presents new performances and artworks alongside growing archives of ‘non-art’ actions documented on the streets, parks and plazas of LA & Tijuana.
events  exhibition  mexico  tijuana  publicart  public  borders  publicspace 
march 2010 by robertogreco
Tijuana Project
activism  mexico  tijuana  film  documentary 
march 2010 by robertogreco
Dream.Addictive » arte.electrónico.digital.análogo
"DreamAddictive es un proyecto colaborativo de arte y tecnología. Inicia en el 2003, en la ciudad de Tijuana a cargo de Carmen González y Leslie García"
arduino  art  media  tijuana  mexico  borders  glvo  technology  sandiego 
march 2010 by robertogreco
Stairs to nowhere
mexico  tijuana  blogs  culture  geography  art  borders  sandiego 
march 2010 by robertogreco
COFAC Consejo Fronterizo de Arte y Cultura
"El Consejo Fronterizo de Arte y Cultura (COFAC) Border Council of Arts and Culture es una organización internacional de las artes, no lucrativa, basada en Tijuana, Baja California. México y Pasadena, California EE.UU., con conexiones en Los Ángeles, San Diego, Ensenada, Tecate y Mexicali.
tijuana  sandiego  pasadena  art  culture  todo  tecate  mexicali  ensenada  bajacalifornia  losangeles  california  us  mexico  cofac 
march 2010 by robertogreco
Learning Center / Sebastian Mariscal Studio | ArchDaily
"The city of Tijuana is in constant acceleration as it keeps pace with the people that rush to approach it with increasing intensity. It offers the virtue of contrast for this Learning Center clothed in aged wood.
sebastianmariscal  tijuana  mexico  lcproject  learning  design  architecture 
march 2010 by robertogreco
San Bernardo, Tijuana Mx
"This photo essay explores the Tijuana community of San Bernardo a settlment of around 800 homes in Los Laureles Canyon south of the city center. San Bernardo has been a relocation area for many former residents of illegal squatter communites that were flooded by season rains over the last few years. If a resident occupies a plot of land here they are allowed to purchase it from the government for a cost of around 54,000 pesos ($4900) per plot, paid in installment payments of 1,500 pesos per month. After purchasing the land many of the newly transplanted and working poor are left with no money for construction of housing, forcing them to build their homes from tarps, garage doors and other remants that are found or bartered for."
borders  mexico  photography  tijuana  coloniasanbernardo  sandiego  us 
march 2010 by robertogreco
Saving the Tijuana River Estuary
"As part of this project, Romo and his UCSD students have set their sights on improving life in Los Laureles canyon and the university has been providing technical assistance and funding for their efforts. One of their most ambitious projects aims to build 40 sustainable homes from the ground up in the canyon. So far, the project has raised enough funds for three dwellings. The homes will be made of bamboo, which UCSD students suggested as a construction material because it can grow locally, Romo said. A micro-sewage plant that will treat wastewater from the neighborhood also is in the works."
ucsd  sandiego  tijuana  loslaurelescanyon  borders  environment  sewage  oscarromo  wastewater  mexico  us  tijuanariver 
march 2010 by robertogreco
@UCSD: Borderline
"The environmentally friendly pavers let rainwater drain through and slowly percolate into the soil. The process prevents erosion and reduces flooding hazards, as well as providing water for nearby plant life, before finally ending up adding to the underground aquifers.
coloniasanbernardo  oscarromo  ucsd  perviouspavers  pervious  pavers  runoff  contamination  pollution  water  borders  us  mexico  tijuana  2008  rainwater 
march 2010 by robertogreco
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