Working Groups
Mexico Working Group Film Screening
Wed
Mar
25
“Ayer, Hoy y Mañana: Música Tradicional de Cuerdas” by Simón Sedillo and talk by Colectivo Altepee."
The film highlights the work of Colectivo Altepee and discusses how they have used music as a tool for community organizing amid the current political situation in Mexico, specifically the effects of neoliberalism on rural communities of Veracruz, the war on drugs, and fraught electoral politics.
Cosponsored by the Mexico Working Group and the Department of Anthropology
About the Mexico Working Group
The Mexico Working Group serves as a venue for resident and visiting faculty and graduate and undergraduate students to consider issues related to Mexico. With the goal of strengthening the presence of Mexico at Notre Dame, the group supports conferences, talks, cultural events, and academic discussions. The group also fosters academic and cultural exchanges to link the University with Mexico and Mexican Studies institutions and coordinates a biennial Undergraduate Research Conference focused on Mexican issues.
Chair: Jaime Pensado
Graduate Student Coordinator: Noe Pliego Campos (npliegoc@nd.edu)
The Mexico Working Group serves as a venue for resident and visiting faculty and graduate and undergraduate students to consider issues related to Mexico. With the goal of strengthening the presence of Mexico at Notre Dame, the group supports conferences, talks, cultural events, and academic discussions. The group also fosters academic and cultural exchanges to link the University with Mexico and Mexican Studies institutions and coordinates a biennial Undergraduate Research Conference focused on Mexican issues.
Chair: Jaime Pensado
Graduate Student Coordinator: Noe Pliego Campos (npliegoc@nd.edu)