Tag: Mexico

• Is Mexico facing a criminal insurgency?

  The high levels of violence in Mexico defy the usual scholarly explanations. Organized crime is supposed to fly under the radar, and not let violence interfere with profit. Insurgents are more likely to go public with violence, but do so in pursuit of a clear political agenda. Neither of these paradigms reflect the realities of…

  philipljohnson

  November 22, 2017

  Research

  concepts, counter/insurgency, crime, Mérida Initiative, Mexico, narco-messages, violence

• The magic of Tecozautla

  Mexico City is a great base for doing field work (and also for not getting any work done), but is very much its own bubble. I had to take at least a peek beyond the bubble, during my weeks here. Tecozautla, in Hidalgo state, is a pueblo magico. Back when I first lived in Mexico,…

  philipljohnson

  July 26, 2017

  Place & memory

  Hidalgo, Mexico, Tecozautla

• You have to be there

  I am in Mexico City for the summer, doing some preliminary field work. Although I have visited the city a number of times, the last of these visits was some six years ago. So, along with attending a conference, meeting with various scholars down here, and actually getting on with some research, I was very…

  philipljohnson

  July 2, 2017

  Field notes

  field work, libraries, Mexico, Mexico City, science fiction