Tag: Miguel Ángel Mancera

• Light reading turned heavy

  I brought one book with me, on my semester of research in Mexico City. This was an act of severe self-discipline, and resulted in me leaving a couple of half-read volumes on my shelf in Brooklyn. The book that made the cut was Francisco Goldman’s The Interior Circuit: A Mexico City Chronicle. Goldman splits his time…

  philipljohnson

  May 30, 2018

  Books & films

  Ayotzinapa, books, Enrique Peña Nieto, Francisco Goldman, Mexico, Mexico City, Miguel Ángel Mancera, violence

• Narco-messages in Mexico City

  About two weeks before I moved to Mexico City to start my field research, a narco-message appeared over a major street in the city. This was a big deal; while thousands of these messages have appeared in cities and towns throughout the country, Mexico City is one of those places in which messages are regarded…

  philipljohnson

  May 7, 2018

  Research

  Enrique Peña Nieto, field work, Francisco Goldman, Mexico, Mexico City, Miguel Ángel Mancera, narco-messages