I went downtown Chilpancingo today. I see babies and little children looking around to symbols that did not exist several thousand years ago when the first humans strolled around these lands. They will think different when they grow up, than their ancestors did when they got here so many years ago. There is intention, only insofar as people built what they think they need. Nevertheless nobody was thinking in teaching something to these toddlers. The result is the same. These Mexicans will be different than those older Mexicans. Symbols and Culture.
The new symbols, once understood by the kids, become part of their culture.
What symbols am I talking about? McDonald's, Oxxo, Cybercafe, newspapers and magazines, handicrafts, three hundred year old church.
You can see some of that by one of my students here.
Symbols are culture, and produce new culture.
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