Participación de Personas Adultas Mayores en Comunidades Virtuales: Estado del Arte

La población de adultos mayores ha sido investigada de forma consistente e intensiva por las ciencias de la salud, la gerontología, geriatría, psicología y enfermería, y en menor medida por disciplinas sociales como la antropología, sociología y el trabajo social; cada una toca aspectos específicos propios de sus campos de conocimiento. Un fenómeno que conjunta diversas líneas de análisis es su integración y participación en comunidades virtuales. El contexto de este grupo etario está marcado por tres diferentes factores que hacen poco probable su incursión en espacios virtuales. Uno es su condición física y psicológica disminuida por el paso de los años, en especial su motricidad fina (manipulación de los dispositivos), la visión, audición y procesos cognitivos; otro es la brecha digital, que les impide contar con la infraestructura tecnológica y las habilidades necesarias para utilizarlos; por último, su actitud representada por conductas tecnofóbicas o de rechazo ideológico a las tecnologías de información y comunicación (tic)

More than Meals and Food Stalls: UNAM Alumni on Food, Memory and Connection

It wasn’t until college that I learned that “coffee wakes you up”. I did not know that about coffee before, despite having enjoyed it from a young age, perhaps since I was three. My grandmother introduced me to its world. We would sneak downstairs and brew a delicious cup to pair with sweet bread for breakfast, while my mom was getting ready. There, hidden together, it felt like sharing a secret

Food as Voice

Practically everything related to cannabis in the last 100 years has been permeated by prejudices, stigmas, and political, economic, social, and even cultural interests. If we add to this the lack of reliable information, it becomes indispensable to take every opportunity and space to look more deeply into everything related to cannabis. What has been seen down through the years worldwide is that this twisted paradigm has created stigmatization and criminalization of people linked to it in one way or another and been a brake on research about it, and therefore, on humanity itself

Mexico-United States An Uncertain Future

The current moment in North America demonstrates the wisdom of the unam in having an entity such as the CISAN, which conducts multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research on the United States and Canada and their relations with Mexico and the world. And now is a great opportunity for us to present the voices of leading experts and their analyses of the current situation in the region. This issue takes an in-depth and thoughtful look at the United States during Donald Trump’s second term, as we present articles that address the economic, political, social, and cultural impacts of this nascent administration. Here we illustrate how populism and hyper-politicization have transformed the country’s political structure by concentrating power in executive orders that weaken democratic institutions and threaten human rights—a phenomenon that is part of a global context of tensions—where the United States seeks to regain its political and economic hegemony through protectionist strategies and polarizing rhetoric. In the economic sphere, this issue examines the consequences of Trump’s tariff and protectionist policies, which have created uncertainty both in the United States and among its trading partners, especially Mexico and Canada. These measures have weakened regional economic integration and affected production chains. And contrary to the reality of shared manufacturing, the strategy discourages nearshoring and has led to instability in financial markets. In the political arena, we present an article that analyzes how Trump has used the ideology of exceptionalism and authoritarian rhetoric to consolidate his power and redefine world order. His administration has militarized borders, promoted xenophobia, and outsourced security policies, which has radicalized social divisions and generated a climate of misinformation and post-truth. The hyper-politicization of social life has prioritized capricious decisions over structural reforms, opening the door to authoritarianism and weakening democratic values. On a related note, in the social context this issue reviews the impact of aggressive and noisy immigration policies and the discourse of fear that permeates migrant communities—especially agricultural workers and Latino groups. These policies have exacerbated anxiety and fear, as well as increasing racial discrimination and inequality, fostering internal divisions within Latino communities with narratives of order and security, which requires an active response from cultural diplomacy to promote respect and inclusion. In the cultural realm, we present an article that addresses the censorship of lgbtq literature and the rollback of environmental and food policies, as Trump has dismantled advances in the fight against climate change and promoted programs that respond to corporate interests and conservative values, affecting food justice. VoM responds to its responsibility to analyze these problems from a critical and multidisciplinary perspective, while defending a perspective that strengthens democratic values, international cooperation, and social justice. As researchers, we are committed to presenting our research findings to a wide audience in order to understand how these political games impact the global and regional economy; to preserve the principles of pluralism and human rights; to understand the complexities of social coexistence and propose strategies that foster cohesion and mutual respect. In short, our goal is to highlight the importance of resisting cultural censorship, while supporting artistic and literary production that defends diversity and freedom of expression.Our Voice / Martínez Salce, Graciela; MEXICO-UNITED STATES AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE; A Populist United States Trumpism and the New World Order / Márquez-Padilla, Paz Consuelo; The Return of Neo-Imperial Exceptionalism / Valdés-Ugalde, José Luis; Mexico-U.S. Relations during The Second Trump Administration Subnational and Sectoral Impacts / Zepeda, Roberto; Hyperpolitics and Donald Trump / Cruz Lera, Estefania; Mitigating the Cast Of Political Reality TV: The Importance of Institutions / Barrón Pastor, Juan Carlos; Neighbors and Parallel Mirrors / Curzio, Leonardo; Security, Drug Trafficking, and Migration Mexico in the Era of Trump 2.0 / Benítez Manaut, Raúl; Does Trump Really Have A Solid Strategy for Imposing Tariffs? Preconceptions vs. Scientific Foundations / Gutiérrez Romero, Elizabeth; The Future of the Energy Transition and Climate Change during Trump’s Second Term / Antal, Edit; Immigrants as Dangerous Enemies / Tigau, Camelia, Mosqueda, Alejandro; Precarious yet Essential: Farm Workers in the United States An Interview with Wendy Johansson / Cristina Hall, María; The Risks of Trump’s Second Term for the U.S. Native Population / Cordero Marines, Liliana; Trump 2.0’s Techno-fascism / Estévez, Ariadna; Bridge-building in Times of Uncertainty Outstanding Examples / Núñez García, Silvia; MAHA and “Eating Right”: From Wellness to the White House / Flores Jurado, Julieta; REVIEWS; Un cambio de época. América del Norte y la intervención rusa en Ucrania. Geopolítica y nuevas dinámicas de la globalización / Bugeda Bernal, Diego; ART AND CULTURE; A Budding Genre That is Starting to Rot: LGBTTTIQ+ Literature in the Trump Era / Miravete, Alejandro, Illustrations by Santiago Moyao; Cultural Agents and Transnational Networks in Mexico / Cruz Porchini, Dafne; For Good / Amero, Faride Illustrations by Armando Fonseca; Medical History / Plascencia Ñol, León Illustrations by Xanic Galván Nieto; Trumpism, the Erosion of Democracy, And the Latinx Vote Challenges For Mexican Cultural Diplomacy / Mercado-Celis, Alejandro, Palma, Esperanza; Politics and Capital Big Tech Oligarchs In Trump’s Return to Power / Muñoz Larroa, Argelia; Cultures in Resistance The 2025 Filuni’s Crosscutting Themes / de la Sierra, Carlos Antonio; IN MEMORIAM; Jeffrey G. Rietz / Tigau, Camelia, Hernández Jasso, Meliss

A Change of Era. North America and Russia’s Intervention in Ukraine. Geopolitics and the New Dynamics of Globalization

We are undoubtedly living in an age of significant local national, regional, and global transformations, which delineate what this book’s title appropriately calls “a change of era.” Multiple, complex factors have sparked this new reality, ranging from changes in the paradigms of the international neoliberal order to the rise of new international forces that challenge the power of what until now has been the planet’s unipolar hegemon, the United States

Art & Culture

It was around midday when Bonnie Brown saw the store, long velvet curtains hiding the inside from the wide show windows and an old wooden door up front, just like Rudy had described it. Upon a closer look she noticed a label hanging on the door, a sign that read “Open”

Art & Culture

Winter Although a little short-sighted, winter is not dark. The knots on his neck turn the branches into meanders held up by the ivy. He continues with his trade as a copyist. The taunt is a macabre, snarled mess of wild mushrooms. Behind the straw mat, he hides gloveless hands, crackling walnuts, gaping slits in the root. This profile does not show misery, drought, pain, or abandonment. It optimizes a skepticism that, on the other side, blows grey and freezes the yellow

Food as Voice

Chefs occupy many roles in contemporary culture and today’s media landscape. Far from the bluecollar, undervalued workers who for centuries toiled unseen in the kitchens of the powerful, some twenty-first-century chefs have become more akin to auteurs: creators of innovative dishes who tell edible stories and amaze diners with unique techniques and flavor pairings. Chefs might reinvent themselves as memoirists or television presenters, while others channel their resources and influence towards issues such as nutrition, sustainable farming, or the preservation of culinary heritage. In the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, food journalism and media have supported our collective fascination with cooking, crafting narratives that portray cooks as exceptional individuals and visionary geniuses

Food as Voice

Diet is one of the spheres that best shows us how a society operates and changes. That’s why a récipe book is always full of discourses. Nothing in cookbooks is superficial, gratuitous, or innocent. Studying them is like a compass, a time capsule that helps us identify ways the connections between people and the food they consume develop and understand cultural behavior. They are exercises in literary prose, and we can find in them not only guides about how to cook, but also a variety of socio-political and cultural discourses that show us an entire contextual analysis. For example, the first cookbooks in Mexico were written with nationalist aims at a time when people were seeking independence. Almost two centuries later, cookbooks are being written to document acts of extreme violence, such as forced disappearance and gender-based violence. The few materials of this kind that exist until now attempt to dismantle hegemonic discourses that were implanted years ago, breaking with the canon and the notion people have about cookbooks. Therefore, in this article, the aim is to analyze how the argument has changed in cookbooks, mainly those created in Mexico in the midnineteenth century and the break in the discourse found in those of the first quarter of the twenty-first century

Art & Culture

Mexico is one of the world’s most biologically and culturally diverse countries, as can be seen, among other things, in its food. The wealth of flora, fauna, and fungi species has led to regional and traditional cuisines with colorful, nutritious, delicious dishes that for thousands of years have fed the inhabitants of this bio-geographical land we know today as Mexico. This biological wealth that feeds us is known as the Mesoamerican diet, which evolved together with the traditional milpa agricultural system