Tag: nota roja

• Digging into the nota roja

  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,…

  philipljohnson

  July 14, 2019

  Field notes

  Cuernavaca, field work, Lisa Wedeen, media, Mexico, nota roja, Timothy Pachirat, violence

• Wrapping up field work (for now)

  The months of field work passed in a flash, and before I knew it I was back in the immigration line at JFK, crumpled documents in hand. After half a year in the endless spring of Mexico City, arriving back in New York during the swampiest month of the year was something of a shock.…

  philipljohnson

  November 17, 2018

  Field notes

  field work, Mexico City, narco-messages, nota roja