31st of March
Photography exposition: a Retrospective of Holy Week in Taxco
In
collaboration with the Government of the State of Guerrero, the Guerrero
Institute of Culture (IGC), the Culture Center of Taxco Casa Borda, the Mexican
Delegation of the Red Cross of Taxco, Radio and Television of Guerrero (RTG),
the Hotel Posada San Javier, D’escorcia (Tendencies in Jewelry), and CEPE/UNAM
– Taxco participated in the inauguration of the photography exposition
“Retrospective of Holy Week in Taxco,” by Juan Crisóstomo Estrada, a chronicler
of this city.
At the
inauguration of the photography exposition, there were images of the religious
expressions that have been held at this city during Holy Week. A large group of people who appreciate and
respect Crisóstomo Estrada attended.
Estrada is considered to be one of the people who knows this colonial
city the best.
Juan
Crisóstomo Estrada was born in the city of Taxco de Alarcón on the 27th
of January in 1929, in the same house that he lives in today. In 1945, at the age of 16, Crisóstomo
developed his abilities as a photographer under the teaching of the well-known
Taxquenian artist Pedro Juárez.
Today,
the chronologist has an invaluable archive of antique photographs of parties,
baptisms, fairs, funerals, and other diverse events that have occurred in this
city.
30th of March
Inauguration of the exposition about the conquest of Mesoamerica in the
Guillermo Spratling Museum
The Institute
of National Anthropology and History (INAH), through the National Coordination
of Museums and Exposition, the Department of Historical Studies, and the
Guillermo Spratling Museum in the city of Taxco, presented the temporary
exposition “The Conquest of blood and fire,” by Professor Francisco González
Hermosillo.
As part of the
inaugural act, conducted by the director of the Spratling Museum, Wendy Morales
and Professor González Hermosillo, the Xinaxtli Theater group from CEPE/UNAM –
Taxco presented the dramatic lecture from the “Thirst for Gold” text, directed
by Professor Flavio Bautista.
The exposition
showed the crimes of the conquest of Meso-America by the Spanish, from their landing
on the beaches of Veracruz in April of 1519 through the taking of Tenochtitlan
in August of 1521. The emphasis was put
on the spread of their enumeration that, they had well documented, are little
known of the forces that unfolded for the conquistadores to dislocate, in a
period of less than thirty months, one of the thousands of highly advanced
civilizations of the new world.
29th of March
Conference about the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language given by
Dr. Martha Jurado
In the cycle
of “Perspectives about Today’s Spanish Language,” Dr. Martha Jurado from CEPE
UNAM presented the conference “What Spanish should be taught? The linguistic
variations of Spanish and the teaching of it as an L2 or LE language,” through
which she addressed the theme of idiomatic tourism (a model of tourist culture
that has as its objective the learning and perfection of a language distinct
from the maternal language).
During her
speech, Dr. Jurado highlighted the advantages and possible disadvantages that Mexico
has with other countries in the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language. In this way, she indicated that our country
is the second in the world to receive this type of tourism; there is no
information regarding the economic impact that this represents.
In the context
of a city that receives international tourism such as Taxco, Dr. Jurado also
spoke about the instruments of certification of the domination of Spanish; the
materials that exist in the variations of Mexican Spanish and the importance of
the capacity of professors that give classes to foreign students.
This cycle of
conferences, with the objective of providing elements for the learning and
teaching of Spanish, is being held on Thursdays from the 15th of
March through the 19th of April from 12:00 to 14:00 hours in the
“Revolution” stage of the Ex Hacienda “El Chorrillo.”
22nd of March
With an
interesting conference titled “The Language of Mexican sign language as a first
language,” offered by Rocío Ramírez, from the National Institute of
Rehabilitation, the cycle titled “Perspectives about today’s Spanish Language”
continued at CEPE/UNAM – Taxco.
Through her
discussion, the specialist talked about the origins and characteristics of the
use of Mexican Sign Language and the deaf community. In the same way, she indicated some of the
problems that are encountered with this group, such as the lack of employment
and the obstacles in the educational system.
This cycle of
conferences, which has the objective of encouraging elements such as learning
and teaching Spanish, takes place on Thursdays from the 15th of
March through the 19th of April of 2012, from 12:00 to 14:00 in the
“Revolution” stage of the Ex Hacienda “El Chorrillo.”
21st of March
With three
interesting plays, the Xinaxtli Theater Group from CEPE/UNAM – Taxco
participated in Culture Week, organized by the Federal “Vicente Guerrero”
Secondary School in the city of Taxco de Alarcón to raise interest in young
people of different artistic manifestations.
Under the
direction of Professor Layo Oviedo, the Xinaxtli Theater Group participated in the
cultural event with three plays. The
first, “Desert Loves,” narrates the story of a rabbit and a wild cat that,
trapped by their desires and passions, question love, false romanticism,
disappointment, and death.
The second
presentation, “Salary according to ability” relates the incidences of a young
but desperate person, looking for a way to get work that will permit
advancement in a social context.
Finally, “Village Unite,” the third play, is a comedy where young
short-sighted members of the 1968 student movement confront a variety of
difficulties to share propaganda where they inform society about the demands of
the students.
Through these
types of activities, CEPE/UNAM – Taxco intends to consolidate the ties in
collaboration with educational institutions of all levels, with the proposition
of strengthening the cultural diffusion in this city and increase participation
of young people.
21st of March
CEPE/UNAM – Taxco promotes a workshop of reading and cultural activities
for children and young people
For children
and young people between the ages of 3 and 13 years, the program titled “By the
Southern Road, We Are Going to Read,” was promoted by CEPE/UNAM – Taxco to add
to the work that this National University Campus contributes to the municipal
of Taxco de Alarcón and which has as its objective to open space for promoting
reading and knowing important historical sites.
In this
context, Professor Javier Cuétara, the director of CEPE/UNAM – Taxco,
accompanied by the Spanish professors Itzel Sánchez and Alicia Fonol, delivered
a package of children’s and young people’s books to a group of more than 50
boys and girls from Casallas, located in this municipal region, and other
nearby regions, whose meeting is done weekly and was proposed by Catalina
Arellano, a neighbor of this little town, to give lectures in this community
space.
With this
program they intend to develop young people’s interest in Reading and they hope
to know more places that have a historical and cultural relevance, which form
part of the patrimony of Taxco. In order
to achieve this, the working staff at CEPE/UNAM – Taxco has done different
workshops each week such as game activities, guided tours, poetry and story
readings, short ecological and environmental courses, history, and activities
in English; as well as a campaign to collect books that can work as an aid for
children and young people that attend this workshop.
20th of March
Film cycle, “Totalitarianisms of the 20th century”
As part of the
activities to celebrate the 20th anniversary, the Learning Center for Foreign
Students – Taxco Campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
(CEPE/UNAM – Taxco) initiated a film cycle called “Totalitarianisms of the 20th
Century” which will take place on Tuesdays starting on March 20th
until the 24th of April in the “Independence” auditorium.
During the
cycle they will present such films as “Modern Times,” by Charles Chaplin, “The
Farm Rebelion,” by John Stephenson, “Blade Runner,” by Ridley Scott, and “V for
Vendetta,” by James McTeigue.
With this space
it is intended to promote reflection for the spectators according to
totalitarianism (a political system in which the activities and aspects of life
are under the control and interested of the ideologies of the government) of
the 20th century through distinct critical myriads of important
authors.
15th of March
The “Perspectives of Current Spanish Language” conference cycle begins
With participation
from distinguished academics from the Philosophy of Language Department of
UNAM, the Professor Margarita Palacios began the cycle of five conferences
titled “Perspectives of Current Spanish Language” at CEPE/UNAM – Taxco.
During her
exposition titled “Democratic Mexican Process: a reflective look,” the
University Professor explained the most important discoveries in her
investigation regarding democratic Mexican process and the different linguistic
analysis categories applied to her discourse of the members of Congress of the
Union of our country in 2008.
This cycle of
conferences that will continue with the participation of diverse specialists,
form part of the educative and social work that is done at the National
University in Guerrero through CEPE/UNAM – Taxco.
The
conferences, with the objective of providing comprehension and teaching
elements for Spanish, will be carried out on Thursdays from the 15th
of March through the 19th of April of 2012; with the time slot of
12:00 to 14:00 hours at the “Revolution” stage of the Ex Hacienda “El
Chorrillo.”
15th of March
With the
objective of letting people see the beauty of the great and historic
architecture of the Ex Hacienda “El Chorrillo,” one more time the National
University and CEPE/UNAM – Taxco, in collaboration with the Hotel Posada San
Javier, presented the photography exposition “Prints of the Ex Hacienda El
Chorrillo,” by the renowned Mexican Photographer Lorena Alcaraz Minor.
During the inauguration,
Professor Javier Cuétara, the Director of CEPE/UNAM – Taxco, accompanied by the
photographer Lorena Alcaraz, highlighted the range of diffusion of this
photographic exposition in different locations and how it unites efforts to
favor the historic buildings that are so important such as the Ex Hacidenda “El
Chorrillo.” He added that through the collection
of images tourists and the local population can know a part of the fundamental
cultural patrimony of Taxco; which permits the promotion of this colonial city
as a tourist and academic destination.
The
exposition, made up of 20 photographs in black and white, elaborated in
negatives and amplified to share the traditional process of black room
photography, will be presented by the Hotel Posada San Javier in this city and
open to the public in general without cost.
In the frame
of the photographic exposition and as part of the cultural diffusion of
CEPE/UNAM – Taxco in the state of Guerrero, the Xinaxtli Theater Group, which
is made up of young people from Taxco and directed by professor Layo Oviedo,
presented two plays.
The first,
“Empty Love,” by Saremi Moreno, narrates the story of a rabbit that, in the
night before the start of summer, waits for her true love, and Manuel, a wild
Asian cat, who is hungry and injured, and accidentally runs into the rabbit
while chasing a mouse. The second play
“The Tree,” by Elena Garro deals with the theme of the social gap between two
women. Both performances were well
received by the public in attendance.
14th of March
After their
exciting presentation at the XXII edition of the Jornadas Alarconianas that are
held in the city of Taxco de Alarcón and in the frame of our 20th
anniversary, CEPE/UNAM – Taxco newly presented the Ardentía Dance Company,
under the direction of Reyna Pérez.
On
this occasion, the company performed a program titled “Al Son Latino,” where
they danced different scenes choreographed based on Latin-American rhythms,
such as the Bolero, Salsa, the Tango, the Chilenas, the Mambo, the Vallenato,
and the Son.
The public in
attendance at the “Revolution” stage of the Ex Hacienda “El Chorrillo” enjoyed
this program clearly defined by the Company as “a cheerful fan of bodies in
movement in different cadences, mixed with traditional elements that are
distinct to urban sons, with the neo
classic technique, the singing and the scenery art; all to render an homage to
our profound and diverse artistic manifestations, our cultural roots.”
Ardentía
is a company comprised of young professional dancers who have graduated from a
wide range of institutions that offer techniques in classical, contemporary,
and neo classical dance, such as to support theater. This company has performed on different
stages, such as in the Zocalo in Mexico City, the Raúl Flores Canelo Theater,
the Miguel Covarrubias Dance Sala in University City; as well as in various
national and international festivals.
9th of March
Reinforcing university pride through visits of the UNAM extension
centers
Students and
teachers from the Faculty of Superior Studies Aragón (FES Aragón) from UNAM
visited the installations of the Learning Center for Foreign Students Taxco
Campus (CEPE/UNAM – Taxco) of the Ex-Hacienda “El chorrillo” and heard an
exposition from Dr. Rodrigo Espino about information regarding the most
important historical events related to this site.
During their
visit, the 22 Industrial Design students also took a tour of the “Hernando Ruiz
de Alarcón” botanical garden.
The
teachers Karen Ibarra and Patricia Díaz, the ones responsible for the group,
affirmed that these types of visits with the objective to reinforce the feeling
of belonging and strengthening their pride for their University are important, through knowing the
distinct places and wide range of academic offerings from the National
University for all students.
9th of March
Meeting of the National Institute of Migration at the Ex Hacienda “El
Chorrillo”
The delegate
of the National Institute of Migration (INM) in Guerrero, Gloria Ocampo Aranda,
headed the work meeting of which civil servants of different municipal
governmental state departments attended, such as Professor Javier Cuétara, the
director of CEPE/UNAM – Taxco, which was held at the “Revolution” stage at this
university campus.
During
the meeting and accompanied by her work team, the delegate detailed the actions
that this organization has done in 2011 concerning the theme of migration in
the state, as well as advances in work still pending for this present year.
8th of March
Theater and Photography to commemorate the 8th of March, International
Woman’s Day
In
collaboration with the Vice Royal Art Museum of Taxco, this year CEPE/UNAM –
Taxco organized two important artistic activities to commemorate the 8th of
March, International Woman’s Day.
The
first was the presentation of the play “Women of Sand,” a theatrical
documentation work by Humberto Robles, and performed by the “El Otro Teatro,”
independent theater company. This work
recognizes the testimonials of families of women who were assassinated in
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, through periodical reports, letters, diaries, and
statistics enriched with poems and writings by people who through their
domestic lives have encountered these homicides.
After
the theatrical function, there was the inauguration of the photography
exposition “Women of Taxco,” a project by the Taxquenian architect Carmina
Hernández. The presentations of photos
are integrated with 35 images of women in black and white, all of them diverse,
complete, and unique. The photographs
demonstrate women in their passage of Taxco: children, adolescents, students,
workers, professionals, artists, senior citizens, mothers, and friends.
The
International Woman’s Day was commemorated more than eight decades ago by women
from all over the world as part of their fight to reach equality. Transcending ethnic differences, language,
culture, social status, economy, and politics, women from all over the world
have organized diverse events to confirm their aspiration and their work in
creating a more just world, where their rights are respected.
7th of March
Actions of institutional collaboration between CEPE/UNAM – Taxco and the
ENAP – Taxco Campus
As part of the
collaborative institutional work that the Learning Center for Foreign Students,
Taxco Campus (CEPE/UNAM – Taxco) has done to continue with the Taxco campus of
the National School of Visual Arts (ENAP) of the National University, there was
a video conference in the “Independence” auditorium at this educational
center.
7th of March
Meeting
at the “Revolution” Stage of CEPE/UNAM – Taxco and accompanied by friends and
family, a group of 20 students assisted the closing ceremony where they
received recognition for the completion of their English courses at this
learning center.
In due time,
all of the students presented distinct activities where they implored their
knowledge obtained during their classes.
The intensive English course provided a comic video in English; the
students from the Reading and Writing Perfection course read texts reflecting
their experiences as students at CEPE/UNAM – Taxco, and the students from the
children’s course presented a short theatrical play where they presented a
theme concerning values.
Those
presiding the ceremony were Professors Carmen Sotelo, the English Department
Coordinator, Ethan Hagen, and Roberto Cruz, the Academic Secretary of CEPE/UNAM
– Taxco who implored the students to continue with their education and to enjoy
the cultural and academic activities that this learning center offers all in
the frame of its 20th anniversary.
6th of March
In the frame
of the anniversary of the United for Taxco Group, Professor Javier Cuétara
offered the conference titled “The Influence of Náhuatl in Spanish Language” at
the Vice Royal Art Museum in this colonial city. During his exposition, the Director of
CEPE/UNAM – Taxco described the principal roots of the Náhuatl Language that
have permeated today’s Spanish.
Founded more
than nine years ago, the United for Taxco Group is integrated with women and
men that are originally from, or close neighbors to the City of Taxco de Alarcón
which promotes projects and initiates benefits for the community.
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