Registration
Form for Participants in conference related events - Forma de
Registro para los eventos paralelos relacionados con la
Conferencia
In the days before the conference
starts, a number of cultural and social activities will be organised for conference
delegates and other participants, which will
include guided tours to Teotihuacan, Tenayuca, Malinalco and Chalma, city walks through colonial and
Aztec Mexico City, and an exploration of the floating gardens of
Xochimilco. The tours have been designed by the Academic staff of the
The International Society for Cultural History and Cultural Studies
and will be conducted by Culture Guide José Alberto Aviles, event and
outreach manager in Enkidu Magazine. Due to the international composition of the delegates, the
tours will generally be conducted in English.
The tours that we have designed for
the conference delegates this year, focus on specific archaeological
sites, local fiestas, customs, rituals, beliefs, arts and traditions
in villages and communities throughout Central Mexico. Each tour has
a specific theme and is guided by multilingual guides with specific
knowledge about the site or community, often individuals with local
roots with a desire to give you an insider view of their reality.
By participating in the
pre-conference program, you will be taken to the most remarkable
places, and we will open doors for you that remain closed for most
regular tourists. With the exception of Teotihuacan (that you should have seen once in
your lifetime) and perhaps Tlatelolco, the
twin city of the imperial capital of Tenochtitlan, the other
archaeological sites we will visit are less known for outsiders and
often not even mentioned in guidebooks.
The cultural activities will start on
Friday 10. October with a guided tour to Malinalco and Chalma to
the south of the city. The pre-conference program will start
on 13. October with a special introductory session in Xochimilco in
the southern part of this immense city: "Ethnography,
Ethnohistory and Pulque". In the evening of 13. October, you are
all invited to the opening of the conference art exhibition 2007 and a
little cocktail.
In addition to the official pre-conference
program, conference delegates will also have discounts in various
theater plays and film screenings in the days before, during and after
the conference.
The final program for the cultural and
social pre-conference activities can be consulted below and will be announced also in our biweekly newsletter
for conference delegates. The final program for theater, cinema
and similar activities with discounts for conference participants
before and during the conference, will be published in
September.
The tours fill
up quickly, and if you haven't already registered for one of the
following activities, we recommend that you sign up as early as
possible by filling in the form here.
Participation in these activities is in most cases included in the
registration fee for conference delegates and observer participants
with name badge, but the tours to Malinalco, Chalma, Tenayuca,
Xochimilco and Teotihuacan that include transport from specific
meeting points that will be announced in the conference newsletter, have an additional
cost.
If you would like
to participate in the pre-conference program, a separate
registration is neccesary. Reservation for the tours is on a first
come first served basis. Sightseeing tours that include transport (Malinalco,
Chalma, Tenayuca and Teotihuacan) will only take place if the minimum
number of registrations is reached. We therefore recommend you to sign up for
these tours as early as possible. After submitting the registration
form you will receive within 48 hours an e-mail from the
Committee with payment information. If a tour fills up early and a
sufficient number of delegates still indicate interest in
participating, we will consider organizing additional tours.
Participants interested in any of the activities listed below should
sign up by filling in the form here.
Remember that in order to get a
reduced delegate price for the tours you sign up for, you must first have
paid the regular conference registration fee
for your participant category (Early Bird registration with a
reduced registration fee is still possible until 1 August).
If
there are seats available, Non delegates who are not registered as Conference
Delegates, Observer Participants, Accompanying Persons or Media
Representatives, are welcome to sign
up for the tours and the rest of the pre-conference program.
