Tania Islas Weinstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 99460 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tania Islas Weinstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tania Islas |
| FAMILY NAME | Weinstein |
| SIGNATURE | WEINSTEIN T I |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6088-8318 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Performative infrastructures
Upon taking office in December 2018, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) began financing large-scale infrastructural projects across the country, including the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), to be built and managed by the Mexican Armed Forces. Over 2 years into its 2022 inauguration, the AIFA has negligible air traffic but an enormous presence in the public sphere. Drawing on literature on populism and the politics …
Murdered and missing
The aim of the article is to explore how describing works of art and artistic practices enables a deeper understanding of the political dimensions and effects of art. Drawing on visual and documentary analysis, the article explores two artworks: Azúcar Rabiosa (‘Rabid Sugar’) (2018) by Cerrucha which addresses the justice system’s inaction regarding femicides and transfemicides in Mexico and Remain (2018) by Hoda Afshar, which documents the exper…
Glitter and Graffiti
In 2019, thousands of women took to the streets in Mexico City to protest gender-based violence. The demonstrations were characterised by the defacement of iconic monuments, which was widely condemned. But the protests also ignited widespread political mobilisation, including by a group of women restorers who, despite being designated to clean the monuments, refused to perform their work and publicly defended the protesters. By withholding their …
Expuestas
In 2015, the Modern Art Museum (MAM) in Mexico City put on a much-anticipated exhibit of the works of Lorena Wolffer, a feminist artist and political activist known for tackling issues of gender-based violence in her work. However, the exhibit soon became a flash point for a debate about sexual violence in art institutions and the personal responsibilities of artist activists when a MAM worker was harassed and fired. Many members of the Mexican a…
A Eulogy For TheColoso
In 2010, ten years after Mexico’s so-called ‘transition to democracy,’ the country commemorated two hundred years of independence and one hundred years of revolution. To celebrate, the state spent nearly 230 million dollars on diverse sites of memory, mass spectacles, and works of art. These commemorative projects, including the controversial, gigantic statue dubbed the Coloso, triggered extensive debates that addressed the country’s myriad conte…
Glitter and Graffiti
In 2019, thousands of women took to the streets in Mexico City to protest gender-based violence. The demonstrations were characterised by the defacement of iconic monuments, which was widely condemned. But the protests also ignited widespread political mobilisation, including by a group of women restorers who, despite being designated to clean the monuments, refused to perform their work and publicly defended the protesters. By withholding their …
A Eulogy For TheColoso
In 2010, ten years after Mexico’s so-called ‘transition to democracy,’ the country commemorated two hundred years of independence and one hundred years of revolution. To celebrate, the state spent nearly 230 million dollars on diverse sites of memory, mass spectacles, and works of art. These commemorative projects, including the controversial, gigantic statue dubbed the Coloso, triggered extensive debates that addressed the country’s myriad conte…
Expuestas
In 2015, the Modern Art Museum (MAM) in Mexico City put on a much-anticipated exhibit of the works of Lorena Wolffer, a feminist artist and political activist known for tackling issues of gender-based violence in her work. However, the exhibit soon became a flash point for a debate about sexual violence in art institutions and the personal responsibilities of artist activists when a MAM worker was harassed and fired. Many members of the Mexican a…
Murdered and missing
The aim of the article is to explore how describing works of art and artistic practices enables a deeper understanding of the political dimensions and effects of art. Drawing on visual and documentary analysis, the article explores two artworks: Azúcar Rabiosa (‘Rabid Sugar’) (2018) by Cerrucha which addresses the justice system’s inaction regarding femicides and transfemicides in Mexico and Remain (2018) by Hoda Afshar, which documents the exper…
Glitter and Graffiti
In 2019, thousands of women took to the streets in Mexico City to protest gender-based violence. The demonstrations were characterised by the defacement of iconic monuments, which was widely condemned. But the protests also ignited widespread political mobilisation, including by a group of women restorers who, despite being designated to clean the monuments, refused to perform their work and publicly defended the protesters. By withholding their …
Performative infrastructures
Upon taking office in December 2018, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) began financing large-scale infrastructural projects across the country, including the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), to be built and managed by the Mexican Armed Forces. Over 2 years into its 2022 inauguration, the AIFA has negligible air traffic but an enormous presence in the public sphere. Drawing on literature on populism and the politics …
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works)