Mexico holds onto its printing traditions
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Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on Jan 16, 2012
The first printing press in the Americas was set up in Mexico City in the 1530s, and today the Mexican capital is still home to several traditional presses.
While the moveable type they use may be out of date, some Mexicans see the method as a kind of art.
It is not just out of date presses that line the plaza, there are also letter writers who type up official and personal notes for those who cannot read.
Al Jazeera's Adam Raney reports from Mexico City.
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@DasniWater many cubans and haitians involved in drug trafficking are murdered by the maritime borders,, but the american media never reports about it.
Mexico is the greatest nation of the universe. we Mexicanos are the bosses.
entiendes mendes ese?
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@yourtreat2 Your an idiot, Mexico City is one of the safer parts of Mexico, most of the deaths happen in the far north away from the capital, it even found to be safer than D.C!
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Hola gringos! These hand made "Art /artesanal" jobs are like homemade food: Always unique, better and therefore, more valuable.
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In the end, technology will win... :/ sad truth. But think of technology as a work of art, improved every day!
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This is the ominous trend I see: The more technology one accepts and depends on in their life, the less they are a functioning human.
People are slowly turning into cyborgs.
People are losing their memory
People are losing their cognition
People are connecting
People are realizing people can control and do the work a small percentage manages now.
People need to find a balance of technology and and humanity.
Don't get consumed by their gadgets, use them against them to change our society
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Eventually, unfortunately, technology will elbow its way in and kill tradition.
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Beneath where I'm sitting is my father's print shop, now mine.
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have a feeling this will make it to printeresting[dot]org
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Amazing to see something now considered nostalgia in the US, is an honored tradition in Mexico. I wish we could preserve the artistry of the past here in the US!
christopherse2 1 month ago 8
work of art definitely!
ShortyDebs 1 month ago 2