What Tepito can teach us: a poor Mexico City neighborhood offers lessons in the economics of community

Article Abstract:

The neighborhood of Tepito in Mexico City, Mexico, has been able to survive economically through community cooperation. This cooperation also extends to the neighborhood's governance, which is characterized by several small groups working together to improve the lives of residents.

Analysis, Mexico City, Mexico, Community organization, Neighborhood government

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Not speaking French: lessons from my son's monolingualism

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The personal narrative is of a father's aspirations that his son learn a foreign language. French was the first possibility; German next. Both remained impossibilities. However, the dream was finally fulfilled; the son learned another language: Greek.

Personal narratives, Language and languages

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Cooking lessons

Article Abstract:

A excerpt is presented concerning the special relationship between an father and daughter. Their joint interest in food and drink, and their relationship through childhood and adult life are discussed.

Fathers and daughters, Father-daughter relations, Excerpt, Father: Famous Writers Celebrate the Bond Between Father and Child. (Book)

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