Colloquium History of measurement systems in Mexico
150
14, 15 and 16 March, Mexico City
March 14, Maison de France ( Havre 15, col. Juárez ) 8 00 pm
inaugural Conference
revolutionary system to the international system. The invention of the metric system and its dissemination. Jean-Claude Hocquet (University Charles de Gaulle)
March 15, CIESAS ( Juarez 222, Tlalpan )
Table I. Old systems of measurement in Mexico
10:00 / 12:00
Aztec measuring systems of land in the valley of Mexico by his paintings. Barbara J. Williams (University of Wisconsin) and Maria del Carmen Jorge and Jorge (IIMAS, UNAM)
measured and told how the ancient Mexicans? Teresa Rojas Rabiela (CIESAS)
measures under the old system: changing weight and price. Virginia Garcia Acosta (CIESAS)
old measures of water. Jacinta Palerm Viqueira and Carlos Chairez (Graduate College)
Table II. Between old and new: the adoption of the metric system
12:15 / 2:15
body Territories and geographical boundaries imprecise. Laura Cházaro (CINVESTAV)
national prototypes of the metric system . Felix Pezet (Cenamo)
How much is little? Weights and measures in the history of Mexican food. Kenya Bello (Instituto Mora) and Claudia Tania Rivera Mendoza (FCPyS, UNAM)
measures of resistance groups and social movements against the metric system. Hector Vera (New School for Social Research)
food 2:30 / 3:30
Mesa
3:45 / 5:45
The Role of National Metrology Centre in strengthening the national metrology . Hector Nava Jaimes (Cenamo)
The history of mathematics, measurement systems and the sociology of risk. José Luis Talancon (EEC UNAM)
Application of the international system of units and measurement system in Mexico today . Motolinía Fernando V. ( CIDESI)
Metrology applied in everyday life . Rosa Noemi Rodriguez Orozco ( CIATEJ )
March 16, Interactive Museum of Economics (Tacuba 17, Centro Historico)
Table IV. Decimal currency in Mexico, 150 years of history
11:00 / 1:00
The decimal currency system: changes in substance and form. José Antonio Batiz Vazquez (Banamex Historical Archive)
The meaning and importance of the adoption of the decimal weight in Mexico in the nineteenth century. Inés Herrera (National Institute of Anthropology and History)
Weight: account unit monetary unit in Mexico. Christopher Diaz ( Numismatic Collection, Banco de Mexico)
Embassy in Mexico
Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology
Interactive Museum of Economics
Center for Engineering and Industrial Development
