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Show 35 applied anthropology and integral investigation, both of the human groups as well as the region in which they lived and which culminated in undertakings as important as the study of the population of the Valley of Teotihuacan; the concept of pre-Hispanic art concerning which Dr. Gamio demonstrated the need for forming, through an integral study of the culture, the indispensable mental molds or categories to understand Indian art, and finally the concept of Indianism on an Inter-American scale, a task to which Dr. Gamio dedicated the last 18 years of his life. As is emphasized by the author of this article, Dr. Gamio's fundamental merit was that of effectively and continually joining theory and action. In this respect, it can be said that Dr. Gamio's ideas have flourished and will continue to do so through the works he initiated and directed. Marquina, Ignacio. "La Obra De Manuel Gamio," America Indigena, XX, (October, 1960), pp. 277-278. English Summary: Architect Ignacio Marquina, the present Secretary General of the Pan American Institute of Geography and History, who collaborated with Doctor Gamio since 1917 in his investigation of The Population of the Valley of Teotihuacan, briefly recalls his personal experiences with the man who was responsible for the birth of integral anthropology in Mexico. As Marquina points out, the only possible explanation for Gamio's success was his faith and the sureness with which he planned this project that was to have so many repercussions in Mexico just at the time the Mexican Revolution was ending, when it was necessary to carry into practice those aspirations which had signified so much sacrifice. Gamio was fortunate in living to see many other achievements resulting from his initial work, as the precursor of anthropological investigations in Mexico. Moreno, Daniel. "El Pensamiento Socio-Economico De Don Manuel Gamio," America Indigena, XX, (October, 1960), pp. 305-315. English Summary: In this article, the author comments on the socio-economic ideas of Dr. Gamio, of which he says that some may be surprised that an attempt is made to find him a place in the economy of Mexico, although without doubt he has one, since he could not fail to include such an important aspect of a people's development in his integral thinking. The author takes Gamio's socio-economic thought from three of his books: La Poblacion del Valle de Teotihuacan, Forjando Patria, and Hacia un Mexico Nuevo. |