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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Mexican Cities Initiative: 2026 Symposium
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SUMMARY:Mexican Cities Initiative: 2026 Symposium
DESCRIPTION:<p>Join us for the 2026 <strong>Mexican Cities Initiative Symposium </strong>on Monday, April 13 from 6 to 8 pm, an evening centered on research and design addressing Mexico’s urban and environmental futures. The program will begin with refreshments, followed by opening remarks from DRCLAS Co-Chair and Faculty Committee on Mexico Diane Davis, along with Pablo Pérez Ramos, Laura Janka, and Lorena Bello Gómez, and presentations from the 2025 MCI Summer Fellows.&nbsp;</p><p>The work examines how material practices and ecological systems organize territory, labor, and public life across multiple contexts. Presentations consider textile production in Puebla and Oaxaca as a spatial system shaping domestic and urban environments through networks of labor and memory; the environmental and hydrological impacts of industrial pork production in the Yucatán Peninsula, focusing on aquifers, cenotes, and water infrastructure; and clay as a design medium that connects craft, construction, and urban development across Oaxaca, Saltillo, and Mexico City. A panel discussion will follow the presentations.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/"><em><strong>This event is presented in collaboration with the </strong><span><strong>The Graduate School of Design (GSD)</strong></span></em></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>MCI Fellows:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Savalee Tikle MAUD ’26 and Romina Cordova Grados MAUD ’26</strong><br><em>Soft Infrastructure: How Textiles Define Mexico’s Spatial Memory and Identity</em></li><li><strong>Gemrisha Anantham MLA ’26 and Miriam Hernandez Medina MLA ’26</strong><br><em>De la Porquería al Público / From Pigsty to Publics</em></li><li><strong>Lys Otárola MUP ’26</strong><br><em>Earth Vessel Wisdom: Oaxacan Pottery and the Design Knowledge of Ancestral Practice</em></li><li><strong>Andrea Martinez MDes ’26</strong><br><em>Lo Que Sabe el Barro: From Clay to Fire</em></li></ul>
LOCATION:112 Stubbins, Gund Hall, at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
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