| 2:00 p.m.: Mexico City Seen from the Periphery, or the Ungovernability of the Megalopolis Lecture by Eduardo Nivón | The urban anthropologist examines the dramatic population boom in Mexico City and the resulting relationship between center and periphery. I Statement: Hartmut Häußermann, Professor of Urban and Regional Sociology, Humboldt University, Berlin 4:00 p.m.: The Utilization of Cultural Heritage – the Zócalo in Mexico City Lecture by Ana Rosas Mantecón | The social anthropologist thematizes the utilization and misuse of public spaces such as the Zócalo, the largest square in Mexico City: a place for protest movements, neo-Mexican rituals, demonstrations of political authority, a meeting place for residents and visitors to the city.
Statement: Beate Binder, Institute for European Ethnology, Humboldt University, Berlin 6:00 p.m.: Music and the City Lecture by Jordi Soler I The writer, radio presenter and chronicler of Mexico’s rock scene discusses the role of the media, in particular radio, in disseminating notions about the city. Introduction and moderation: Néstor García Canclini
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