May 2011
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April 2011
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March 2011
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September 2009
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Social Networking
I also found that social networking has a potential I could not exploit because of lack of experience on how to use it in benefit of field work. However, I think these Facebook sites might still be helpful after getting back to Edmonton; the advantage is that it connects our research with personal spaces of real people, sometimes locals of the cities we visited and sometimes personal...
August 2009
2 posts
Beureaucracy Splendour
As you may already know, and thanks to my luck, the new visa requirement for Mexican citizens was announced three days after my arrival to Hermosillo. Even though I was fairly optimistic that I would get the visa in a reasonable time, beureaucracy shined in all its glory.
In short: my visa was approved since late July, but the embassy had the delicacy of losing three prepaid air waybills in a...
Question
6cab:
What was the most surprising thing you discovered during your research on pop print in your area?
Hi all!
Thanks for the question Kristen!
There are many things that come to my mind right now. One is the presence of religious imagery in pulp fiction and pornography print. What is surprising is that it is just everywhere, and that there is a significant variety of religious motifs and...
June 2009
8 posts
Pics from Hermosillo
Via Nacion Indie:
Institutional Pop →
I just found the website to the DGCP (Dirección General de Culturas Populares), a national institution dedicated to the promotion and study of popular and indigenous cultures in Mexico. Perhaps they have one version of what popular means back there. At least the official one.
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