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America's New Favorite Food, Laura E. Duclos, Sshiva Tejas M
America's New Favorite Food, Laura E. Duclos, Sshiva Tejas M
Capstones
America's New Favorite Food focuses on the culinary shift the United States is making. The days of burgers and fries are dwindling and tacos are taking over. This short documentary series follows four people who hold distinctive views on Mexican cuisine. Viewers are also able to experience Mexican food in augmented reality, where they can tinker with the models via computer or phone.
LINK TO PROJECT: DuclosTejasCapstone.weebly.com
La Economía De La Violencia: La Ciudad Juárez Y El Mercado Libre De La Muerte, Kritika Amanjee
La Economía De La Violencia: La Ciudad Juárez Y El Mercado Libre De La Muerte, Kritika Amanjee
Honors Theses
This thesis explores the utilization of human life to further the parallel economies of manufacture and narco-trafficking in Mexico. It begins by recalling the impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Mexico’s local economies. Shifts in economic dynamics that resulted from NAFTA internally displaced thousands of impoverished Mexicans, ultimately pushing them into the growing economies of manufacture and narco-trafficking. The manufacture industry and its effects on the common people are examined with a specific focus on Ciudad Juárez, a border city in the state of Chihuahua. The growth of maquiladoras attracted thousands of young women to work, …
Los Códices: An Exhibit Of Illustrated Books From Indigenous Mesoamerica, Jacob S. Neely
Los Códices: An Exhibit Of Illustrated Books From Indigenous Mesoamerica, Jacob S. Neely
Hispanic Studies Student Research
This is an exhibit of facsimile codices housed in the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
The exhibit is on display in the Great Hall on the second floor of the Margaret I. King Library at the University of Kentucky from September 17, 2018 to November 9, 2018.
The exhibit is also available online.