Based since 2011 in the country's capital (Ciudad de México), the center is based in the facilities of the Center for Mexican and Central American Studies (CEMCA - UMIFRE N ° 16 / USR Latin America N ° 3337 - MEAE / CNRS) . An important event, organized by the CEMCA since 2010 and since 2015, alternating with the IFEA and the Andean Lima Center are the Jornadas de Jóvenes Americanistas (JJA), « Graduate Student Symposium ». These days are organized for and by doctoral students from the two institutes, and in collaboration with American institutions.
Discover in 180 the thesis of Eliott Ducharme, coordinator of the Mexico Center (2020-2023) PhD student at the Université Gustave Eiffel.
PHD dissertation topic : « Walking, a factor of marginality or autonomy? The case of poor suburban’s residents of the Mexico urban area ». Under the direction of Jérôme Monnet and Miguel Angel Aguilar, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana sede Iztapalapa (UAM-I),
The activities of the Mexico Center focus mainly on the themes of mobility and access to urban resources. The coordinator's research project is to (re) place the practice of walking at the heart of the analysis of urban mobility in Latin American metropolises, and more specifically in socially and geographically marginalized areas. He aims to take a new look at the issues of access to the city for the most marginalized populations living on the outskirts, by focusing on pedestrian mobility. One of the center’s priorities is to set up and support scientific events that bring together different actors: doctoral students, academics, artists, civil society, etc.
To contact the center : mexique@institutdesameriques.fr
