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Conference. Biocultural heritage and daily life in a Hispanic American city

  • Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century

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Date and time

  • Wednesday, July 30, 2025
  • 10:00 - 11:15

Place of celebration

La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space

  • Pl. Del Adelantado, 3
    38201, San Cristóbal de la Laguna

Description

Oaxaca de Juárez, formerly “Antequera of New Spain,” lies at the foot of Monte Albán, a pioneering city in the use of writing, urban planning, and the administration of a multiethnic state. Both sites have been declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Here, we will explore the contradictions between conservation and (ab)use of biocultural heritage in an impoverished region that relies on tourism and remittances from migrants in this 21st century.

Speakers

Alejandro de Avila

Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg

Botanist and Doctor of Anthropology.

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