Lidia Camacho

Lidia Camacho Camacho is a Mexican communication scientist, teacher, essayist, and public official. Her research has focused on the discipline of sound art.

Lidia Camacho
Born	Lidia Camacho Camacho Mexico City, Mexico
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico
Occupation(s)	Academic, public official
Political party	Institutional Revolutionary Party
Awards	José Pagés Llergo Award (1999) Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2004)

In her work in the public sector, she has been the director of the cultural station Radio Educación (2000–2007) and the Festival Internacional Cervantino. She was a founder of the Fonoteca Nacional [es], and served as its director for two terms (2007–2009, 2013–2017). She was general director of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBA) from January 2017 to December 2018. Since January 2019, she has been the general director of Televisión Educativa.

Biography

Lidia Camacho studied communication sciences at Anahuac University,^[1] earned a master's degree in art history at the School of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and a PhD at its School of Political and Social Sciences. She collaborated with television producer Valentín Pimstein and was assistant director under Rafael Banquells at Televisa.^[2] In 1984 she joined Radio Educación as a writer, producer, and broadcaster, becoming its director from 2000 to 2007.^[2] In her management of the public station, she promoted the creation of the Artistic Experimentation Laboratory, for productions and research on sound, experimental, and improvisational art.

She was vice president of the International Sound and Audiovisual Archives Association from 2008 to 2009 and became a member of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme committee. She also participated in the creation of the International Radio Biennale, and served as its director. She promoted the creation of the Mexican Standard for the Cataloging of Phonographic Documents, and was director of the Association of Public Broadcasters and Televisors of Mexico.^[2]

From 2009 to 2012 Camacho directed the Festival Internacional Cervantino.^[3] She participated in the planning and creation of the Fonoteca Nacional [es] from 2007 to 2009, acting as its director in those years, as well as for a second term from 2013 to 2017.

She became general director of INBA in January 2017.^[1]

Chapter 3000 dispute

During Camacho's administration, employees hired under the auspices of Chapter 3000 (Spanish: Capítulo 3000), the labor hiring regimen established in the Acquisitions, Leases, and Public Sector Services Law, reported regular arrears in their payments, as well as precarious working conditions. In March 2018 the dispute gained public attention through social networks – with the hashtag #YaPágameINBA (Pay Me Already, INBA) – because the staff hired for fees had not received the payments corresponding to January and February of that year, and because this was a recurrent practice of the institute. On Monday, March 26, 2018, the INBA workers hired through Chapter 3000 held a work stoppage at several museums. The protest went viral and attracted the attention of various media outlets after the publication of a tweet from the official account of the Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL) denouncing the lack of payment. Later that day, a group of around 70 people demonstrated peacefully outside the Palacio de Bellas Artes, with placards demanding the improvement of their working conditions.^[4]

Given the media and social pressure, INBA authorities agreed to meet with Chapter 3000 workers. In this meeting, INBA agreed to settle the debts and establish a punctual payment schedule – a promise which they failed to uphold in May.^[5] They also declared themselves incapable of resolving the labor crisis, arguing that the hiring schemes are established by the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit. They also stated that INBA is governed by the Acquisitions, Leases, and Public Sector Services Law and not the Federal Labor Law [es].^[6]

In December 2018, President López Obrador named anthropologist Lucina Jiménez [es] to replace Camacho as INBA director,^[7] and on 23 January 2019, he appointed her general director of Televisión Educativa.^[8]

Senate candidacy

In March 2018, Lidia Camacho was part of a multi-member candidacy for the Senate of the Republic by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) as a substitute for Vanessa Rubio, the office coordinator of presidential candidate José Antonio Meade.^[9][10] However, she decided to withdraw from the candidacy three months later.^[11]

Awards and recognitions

• José Pagés Llergo National Journalism Award, 1999^[12]
• Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 2004^[13]
• Anahuac Medal of Leadership in Communication, 2008^[1]
• Jade Award for Culture from the Government of Taiwan, 2011^[1]

Works

• Tercera Bienal Latinoamericana de Radio: México 2000 (2000), Secretariat of Culture
• Agustín Yáñez y Radio Educación: Dos destinos paralelos (2004)
• Los medios públicos de cara a la democracia memorias (2005), La Red de Radiodifusores y Televisoras Educativas y Culturales
• El patrimonio sonoro: una huella que se borra (2005), Radio Educación
• Una década de irradiar nuevas ideas sonoras. La historia de la Bienal Internacional de Radio. (2006), Radio Educación
• Caminos del arte sonoro (2006), Radio Educación
• El radioarte: un género sin fronteras (Trillas, 2007), ISBN 9789682479441

References

1. "Felicidades a nuestra egresada Lidia Camacho, nueva directora del INBA" [Congratulations to Our Graduate Lidia Camacho, New Director of INBA] (in Spanish). Anahuac University Network. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
2. Fernández F., José Antonio (December 14, 2006). "Lidia Camacho: En México no existe y no ha existido nunca una política de medios públicos" [Lidia Camacho: In Mexico There is Not and Has Never Been a Public Media Policy]. Revista Pantalla (in Spanish). No. 92. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
3. Palapa Quijas, Fabiola (October 30, 2009). "Elevar la calidad artística del FIC, prioridad de Lidia Camacho" [Raising the Artistic Quality of the FIC, Priority of Lidia Camacho]. La Jornada (in Spanish). Guanajuato. p. 3. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
4. "Trabajadores del INBA se manifiestan por falta de pago" [INBA Workers Demonstrate for Lack of Payment]. El Financiero (in Spanish). March 26, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
5. Morales V., Francisco (May 19, 2018). "Adeuda INBA pagos de abril" [INBA Payments Due From April] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Grupo Reforma. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
6. "Trabajadores del INBA, por capítulo 3000, no tendrán prestaciones" [INBA Workers, from Chapter 3000, Will Not Have Benefits]. El Universal (in Spanish). April 4, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
7. "Lucina Jiménez toma posesión como titular del INBA" [Lucina Jiménez Takes Over as Head of INBA] (in Spanish). Secretariat of Culture. December 5, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
8. "Lidia Camacho atraviesa sexenios" [Lidia Camacho Goes Through Six Years]. El Universal (in Spanish). January 23, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
9. "Los otros intereses de la directora del INBA" [The INBA Director's Other Interests]. El Universal (in Spanish). March 21, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
10. "Los pasos de Camacho con Meade" [Camacho's Steps with Meade]. El Universal (in Spanish). March 23, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
11. "Renuncia Camacho a candidatura al Senado" [Camacho Withdraws Candidacy for Senate] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Grupo Reforma. June 1, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
12. "Ganadores Premio Nacional de Comunicación José Pagés Llergo 1999" (in Spanish). José Pagés Llergo National Journalism Award. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
13. Rodríguez, Ana Mónica (November 19, 2004). "Lidia Camacho, Caballero de la Orden de las Artes". La Jornada (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved July 16, 2019.

External links

• Lidia Camacho on Twitter