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“Karst”

“Karst”

By Ajanbel (Maya) Description: A bilingual Maya-Spanish rap project from the city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto in Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is inspired by the environmental and social history of the Maya territory in the Yucatán Peninsula. This particular song focuses on...
Place-Names in Mexico-Tenochtitlan

Place-Names in Mexico-Tenochtitlan

Description: The place-names that residents of the Mexica capital of Tenochtitlan (today Mexico City) gave to their city were both descriptive of topography and commemorative of history. Largely effaced from the Spanish historical register, Mexico City’s Nahuatl...
Milpa

Milpa

Description: Chef Regina Escalante sources local ingredients from traditional milpa systems and supports urban farming projects to empower her French-style cuisine and invite her consumers to support local products; in this meeting of worlds we are taken deep into the...
Sabores y saberes de la milpa

Sabores y saberes de la milpa

Description: Sabores y saberes de la milpa (Flavours and Knowledge of the Milpa), published in Spanish and Nahuatl, is the product of an extensive collaborative project between two collectives from Mexico City, Casa Gallina and Calpulli Tecalco. The book documents an...