This is a playlist of videos from the Creative Commons Global Summit 2023. Videos include sessions that were either pre-recorded or recorded live in Mexico City during 3–6 October 2023.
Diego Rivera’s, “The History of Mexico: An Epic of the Mexican,” is one of his masterpieces. The fresco mural tells more than 2,000 years of Mexican History, but there’s an emphasis on the last 700 years of Mexican History. The mural discusses more than 230 historical figures and historical events within 554 meters at the north stairwell at the National Palace in Mexico City - Palacio Nacional.
Activities for Spanish language learners and teachers.
The goal of this course is to offer a general introduction to 20th and 21st century literature and cultural production about Modern Mexico. Emphasis will be placed on the way intellectuals and artists have presented the changes in Mexico City’s urban life, and how these representations question themes and trends in national identity, state control, globalization, and immigration.
This is the story of the Virgen de Guadalupe ……… the Queen of the Americas… one of the most important parts of Mexican history in the last 500 years and one of the most important historical events in all of the Americas….
whether you believe or not…. or whether it’s true or not…..
Her importance is undeniable and indisputable…
Her image can be found nearly everywhere… she is essentially a national symbol for Mexico….. Why?
Why is she so important? Who is the Virgin Guadalupe?
Here is her story…