I-Polis

In September of 2005 a group academics, civil organizations and federal, state and municipal government representatives were summoned with the purpose of analyzing the legislature, experiences and strategies developed for the protection and conservation of the cultural patrimony of Mexico. The meeting was held in the city of Morelia (State of Michoacn) where most of the conservation and protection efforts of viceregal architecture specialist Manuel González Galván took place, the reason which is why this colloquium honored his legacy. "After reading this memoirs of this colloquium, it is...

"A brief but thought-provoking study of the reverse influence of Mexican architecture on that of Spain's during the colonial era. For example, the author says that the characteristic organization of prehispanic religious centers around large plazas, as seen at Palenque, Teotihuacan, and Chichenitza, was transferred first to Mexican and then to Spanish architecture. Also identifies Americanized architectural elements and decorative motifs in buildings in Murcia, Olivia, and in the Canary Islands. Contains a few photographs with drawings of mostly architectural details"--Handbook of Latin...

"Entre el 4 y 11 de septiembre de 2001 tuvo lugar entre las ciudades de Lima y Cusco un Seminario denominado Arquitecturas en Conflicto ... El Seminario fue convocado recientemente por la creada Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú".-- Cubierta [4].

Los ensayos, realizados por especialistas en arquitectura, geografía, historia del arte, sociología o urbanismo, procedentes de diversos países, como Brasil, Canadá, España, Estados Unidos o México, analizan el paisaje como producto social, en tanto que resultado de una transformación colectiva de la naturaleza, que refleja una determinada forma de organizar y experimentar el territorio y se construyen socialmente en el marco de unas complejas y cambiantes relaciones de género, de clase, de etnia y de poder. De ahí que las miradas sobre el paisaje sean tan diversas: sólo vemos los...