Modern Mexico: Representations of Mexico City's Urban Life

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS
1–2	Introduction and Presentation of the Course A General Cartography of Mexico City’s Urban Landscapes and History
3–4	Conceptual Tools to Approach Mexican Urban Culture
5	1880: Signs of the Metropolitan Development and Political Dissidence
6	The Revolution Arrives to the Capital
7	Cultural Nationalism, Avant Garde and Urban Spaces
8	Mexico City: The Bitter Taste of Progress (1940–50): Part I
9	Mexico City: The Bitter Taste of Progress (1940–50): Part 2
10	Carlos Fuente’s Comprehensive Gaze of the City
11	A Modern City. Place of Memory and Dystopia
12	Strolling Mexico City’s Emblematic Urban Spaces and Popular Culture
13	Tlatelolco and the 60’s
14	Post Tlatelolco Mexico City. The Decomposition of a Comprehensive Gaze Prepare for the Debate
15	D. F. 1985: Horror, Solidarity and Destruction Class Debate
16	Crisis, Democratization and Dispersion Part 1 Class Debate
17	Last Day of Debates
18	Crisis, Democratization and Dispersion Part 2
19	100 Years of Revolution
20	NAFTA and Mexico City Decentralization
21	Border Cities vs. Mexico City
22	A Global View of Mexico City Part 1
23	A Global View of Mexico City Part 2
24	A Global View of Mexico City Part 3
25–26	Conclusion of the Class Presentations