Spotlights

  • The Railroad Workshops in Aguascalientes: History, architecture and workers' memory

    Most read 2024

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    The arrival of industrialization in Aguascalientes disrupted the course of the state. Before the arrival of the railroad in 1884, there were no major changes in the city in terms of industries, with agriculture being the main economic activity carried out. In 1833, before the construction of the railway line, there were 37 industrial establishments in the city, out of the 41 that existed in the state.
    By 1895, the situation had transformed. Although agriculture did not lose its place as the main occupation, large-scale industry made its entry into the state with the arrival of the...

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  • IMAGES AND MEMORY: De Luna Photographic Studio in Aguascalientes, 1948 to 2008

    Most read 2024

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    This research has aimed to analyze the portraits made by three generations of photographers in their work concentrated in the De Luna Photographic Studio in Aguascalientes, with an archive that includes the negatives of their production from 1948 to 2008, which has allowed this work to identify those forms that remained, as well as those that were transformed into images, understanding that there is a complex relationship with the social and cultural world that makes them possible. Given the difficulty of historicizing photographic materials, even more so when dealing with the most...

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  • BUCHANAN AND DESIGN: (Buchanan for designers)

    Most read 2024

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    This book aims to unravel the work of one of the most important thinkers in the design disciplines due to the impact he has had on the production of knowledge, professional practice and design education. This is a work of great value for students and academics, as it will allow them to approach Richard Buchanan's thought, recognize the value of his contributions, discuss them, question them and, if possible, even continue them. Despite being one of the most important, it is also little known among students, since in order to enter into his thought there is first the language barrier,...

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