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Observation:
Between 300 and 400 deaths and more than a thousand Injuries occurred on October
2nd, 1968. Students held a march of the IPN and UNAM universities in The Plaza de las
Tres Esculturas in Tlatelolco, Mexico City. This concentration was carried out in the
context of the student movement that had erupted on July 22,1968 due to the
repression of students by the police forces of the federal District and military dements of
the Mexican Any, alter a fight between these institutions. Halfway through the protest, a
shootout broke out; leaving a sea of students dead and many others fleeing for fear.
losing their lives. Mary theories began, not being the main role of the government on
this.
Argument:
This event had a great impact in the past and nowadays; and is remembered as one of
the most popular events in the history of the last century in Mexico. Many books, song
and moules have talked about this topic, and in the same way, it is something that they
want to continue in the history of the country like something we have to study at school,
but; as the versions have changed. This topic was mainly chosen to make known how
many people know about this unfortunate event, and how much they know about it, and
what we consider that this event should be known for the reasons that caused this
misfortune, since over time this topic will been forgotten or has not received as much
recognition. That they have added or removed things (important ones) from the anginal
event? Has the way in which it has been taught changed?
Objective:
Our objective in this work is to Know if, in the way in which the story is told, or it has
changed over the years and to know how the way of inquiring about a subject has
"evolved", doing inter-news with different people with different ages, and with this be
able to make a comparison through the generational bridge.
Steps:
1. First, we discuss who were going to be our interviewees, we decided that they could
be teachers, students and administrative staff, of all different ages. We choose these
ones because each one of them had different perspectives of history thanks to their
experiences.
2. The second step was making up the questions, we asked if they know what “La
matanza de Tlatelolco” was; how much they know and how they got it, and we recorded
the series of questions.
3. Finally we transcribed and analyzed the recollected data to start the process of
making consciousness with our campaign and the importance of being informed.
Recollecting Data:
General Results
15% Yes
No
85%
We conclude with these results shown above that the students have less knowledge
and/or experiences than the teachers, since the students' knowledge comes mainly
from relatives, teachings given by teachers in their schools or in few cases by curiosity
and own research, on the other hand the teachers' answers have a broader context
about this event because they have own experiences, stories from relatives or people
close to them or in some cases by media such as the newspaper or news. We were
able to see how the generation gap does affect the reception and understanding of a
topic, and how the different ways of obtaining information has evolved.
On the academic side, we were quite surprised that very few students mentioned school
as one of their main sources for learning about the subject, and as with adults it was
one of the most repeated answers, since many also had personal experiences.
Closing:
In the end we were able to conclude that although a certain percentage of the people
we interviewed had no previous knowledge or idea about the mentioned event, a large
part of the people interviewed, including teachers and students, surprisingly had
extensive knowledge about the subject. Since both through school, family experiences,
news or their own curiosity, they acquired knowledge on the subject, with this we
conclude that even though it is a topic that has lost representation over the years, there
are still people who know about the topic.