Sally - Classes

DiVERSITY
MEXICO CITY // INTERNAL
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1 MEXICO CITY & PEOPLE
Mexico City is the capital and largest
city in the country of Mexico. It is the
most important political, economic,
cultural and financial center in the
country and a global city in Latin America. Located in the Valley of Mexico,
a large valley in the high plateaus at
the center of Mexico, at an altitude of
2,240 metres (7,300 ft), the city consists of sixteen boroughs. Its 2009 estimated population exceeds 8.84 million
people, and with a land area of 1,485
square kilometres (573 sq mi), Mexico
City is the most densely populated city
in the country.
2 COLONIAS OF MEXICO CITY
The Federal District is divided into 16
“delegaciones” or boroughs.
3 COAT OF ARMS OF MEXICO
The city now known as Mexico City was
founded by the Mexica, also called the
Aztecs, in 1325. The Mexica themselves
had a story about how their city was
founded, after being led to the island
by their principal god, Huitzilopochtli.
According to the story, the god indicated their new home with a sign, an
eagle perched on a nopal cactus with
a snake in its beak.
HISTORY
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After landing in Veracruz, Hernán Cortés heard about the great city and the
long-standing rivalries and grievances
against it. Although Cortés came to
Mexico with a very small army, he was
able to persuade many of the other
native peoples to help him destroy
Tenochtitlán.
DYNAMIC
MEXICO CITY // EXTERNAL
1 ZOCALO
The Zócalo is the main plaza or square
in the heart of the historic center of
Mexico City. The plaza used to be
known simply as the “Main Square” or
“Arms Square,” and today its formal
name is “Constitution Square” (Plaza
de la Constitución).
2 PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES
The building well known for both its
extravagant Beaux Arts exterior in
imported Italian Carrara white marble
and its murals by Diego Rivera , Rufino
Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and
José Clemente Orozco.
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3 THE MEXICO CITY METRO
(formally Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro or STC Metro) is a rubbertyred metro system that serves the
metropolitan area of Mexico City (this
includes some municipalities in Mexico
State). It is the second largest metro
system in North America after the New
York City Subway, and in 2008 the
system served 1.467 billion passengers,
placing it as the fifth highest ridership in
the world. [1]
4 MURAL BY DIEGO RIVERA
Diego Rivera’s mural depicting Mexico’s history at the National Palace in
Mexico City
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RESISTANCE
MEXICO CITY // YOUTH
1 TLATELOLCO MASSACRE
The Tlatelolco massacre, also known
as The Night of Tlatelolco (from a book
title by the Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska), was a government massacre
of student and civilian protesters and
bystanders that took place during the
afternoon and night of October 2,
1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas
in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico
City. It happened ten days before the
1968 Summer Olympics celebrations in
Mexico City.
While at the time, government propaganda and official media in Mexico
claimed that government forces had
been provoked by protesters shooting
at them, much later official documents
were found showing that the snipers
had in fact been members of the Presidential Guard. The death toll remains
controversial.
2 PROTESTERS SUPPORTING ANDRÉS MANUEL LÓPEZ OBRADOR
IN 2006
Demonstration in the Zócalo of Mexico
City during the investiture of Andrés
Manuel López Obrador as the “Legitimate President” of en:Mexico.
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3 SEE ME, HEAR ME, NAKED PROTEST- MEXICO CITY
...Campesinos of Veracruz continue
to stage Naked protests in the center
of Mexico City... Attempting to regain
lands that were unlawfully seized by
officials, the campesinos have taken
their cause to the streets of the nation’s
capital.
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4 WOMAN POLICE
Resistance to gender norms and traditional woman roles in the Mexican
Culture.
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5 AZTEC DANCER
Resistance to assimilation
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