Mexico: space of civilizations, time of creators.
Four Lectures in the Instituto Allende, February 2010
“We think that 2010 could be a cultural point of no return similar to the one that took place a hundred years ago. We can combine the creative forces toward new level of development, especially if we take advantage of the history and cultural diversity and of this country .”
The Artisans of Time is a four-part course consisting of lectures, in English, being held at Instituto Allende for two consecutive weeks, on Tuesdays and Thursday, February 2-4 and 9-11, at 5:30 pm inside Instituto’s James Pinto Gallery.
Giving the lectures is writer and anthropologist, Alberto Aveleyra, self-described further as a cultural agent and passionate world traveler. Aveleyra is keen on anthropological projects related with the heritage interpretation and relations between culture and tourism. He won the National Price of History on National Symbols.
1ST Lecture. Mexico in the origin of world civilizations
2nd Lecture. The Eagle and the Cactus tree in the imagination of men: Independence and Revolution
3rd Lecture. Diego Rivera and the cultural dimension of the Revolution.
4th Lecture. The Bicentenario: Identity, diversity, heritage, development and self consciousness in Mexico
Admission Fee for each lecture: $100 pesos (includes cocktail), entire course: $350 pesos
Artisans of Time is a cultural project. Its mission is to divulgate a worldview based in a humanistic and sustainable perspective. Through applied anthropology projects we contribute to the peace and understanding between local and world cultures while developing an economic development.
For Artisans of Time the Celebrations of the Independence and the Revolution points out a moment to stop to think deeply what is Mexico, what has it been and the future trajectory of its social and cultural dynamics.
We think that 2010 could be a cultural point of no return similar as the one that took place a hundred years ago. We could take the creative forces into a new level of development, specially, if we take advantage of the history and cultural diversity and heritage of the country.
Artisans of Time started its San Miguel Project with a Lecture in the Museo Casa de Allende (September 2009) about the Meaning of the name of Mexico and its National coat of arms in the prehispanic worldview.
In 2010 we start with four lectures by Alberto Aveleyra in the Instituto Allende:
1st México in the origin of world civilization.
It´s a lecture about the origin of civilization in Mexican territory with the Olmec culture
2nd The Eagle and the cactus tree: The coat of arms in the imagination of men, Independence and Revolution.
We would talk about the mesoamerican cosmological meaning of the Eagle and the cactus tree and then we´ll talk about its meaning for the Independence leaders and its artistic use in the Revolution of the XX century.
3rd Diego Rivera and the cultural dimensión of the Mexican Revolution.
We´ll stop on the Works and thought of Diego Rivera about mexican culture, his interpretation of Mexican History and his relation with prehispanic art.
4 th The Bicentenario: identity, diversity, heritage, development and self consciousness in Mexico.
A reflection on the different identity and cultural meanings of the 2010 Bicentenario, specially what it has to do with Mexican tangible and intangible heritage, and its relation with a sustainable development perspective.