Tijuana History Symposium

Come learn more about Tijuana's history and efforts to preserve its record. Digital Collections Librarian Lisa Lamont and Digital Services Specialist Matt Ferrill will present “Helping To Preserve And Promote Tijuana's History,” detailing their work on digitizing the archives of the Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura in Tijuana.

The presentation will include student workers from Tijuana and SDSU. The second panel is Dr. Hernan Franco Martin and Dr. Josue Beltran Cortez, from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, with a talk titled: "Tijuana 1924, La Fotografía De Kingo Nonaka Como Tecnología De La Reconstitución Del Yo. Tijuana Y Su Leyenda Blanca" or “1924 Tijuana, The Photography Of Kingo Nonaka As Technology Of Reconstitution Of The Self. Tijuana And Its Redeeming Legend.”

The SDSU presentations are part of a larger 12-day symposium offered at various venues including SDSU, the Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura in Tijuana, the Casa de la Cultura in Tijuana, UABC, and the Biblioteca del Este de Los Ángeles in Los Angeles, among other sites. This is the 17th year the symposium has been presented.

Anyone can attend any day, no registration is required. Everyone is especially welcome to attend the SDSU day of the symposium.

Where: University Library, Leon Williams Room (LL430)

For more information, visit the IMAC website.