When I am out and about during field research, I invariably have a roll of papers under my arm. If I don't have a roll of papers, it is only because I'm en route to raid one of the local newsstands. The roll of papers is usually a mix of weekly or monthly political magazines,… Continue reading Digging into the nota roja
Tag: Cuernavaca
Swimming in the ruins
On my last couple of trips to Mexico, one of my first orders of business has been to find a swimming pool. In New York I am spoiled by the availability of free outdoor pools during the summer, and almost free indoor pools for the rest of the year. In Mexico, the best I have… Continue reading Swimming in the ruins
A month of farfetching
During the winter break, while New York was shivering through a polar vortex, I slipped away to the City of Eternal Spring for a month of research. With Cuernavaca as much as one hundred degrees (Fahrenheit, calm down) warmer than New York, it was a rather good choice. I equipped myself with fiction and non-fiction… Continue reading A month of farfetching
Returning to Cuernavaca
Since moving back to Mexico to conduct research, I realise again and again just how much my dissertation research is grounded in earlier, pre-academia memories of this place. My years living in Guadalajara first put the questions in my head that years later I finally have the tools and means to examine. I have spent… Continue reading Returning to Cuernavaca
Three billboards outside Cuernavaca
Soon after arriving in Mexico City to commence field research, I paid a trip to the rather magnificent Cineteca Nacional, a grand cultural complex that brews coffee, sells books, and screens recent films. I went to see Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and was pretty surprised to find just how closely it connected with the… Continue reading Three billboards outside Cuernavaca
