Voces sobre el geógrafo Ángel Bassols Batalla (1925 - 2012)

Abstract

The life and work of the geographer Ángel Bassols Batalla form a very prominent part of our contemporary academic history. His multifaceted career places him as a scientist and humanist who went from the cult of literary expression since childhood, to the proliferation of a traveling spirit and regional exploration of national and international realities, going through a solid multidisciplinary social formation, from where The branches of socioeconomic geography, political geography, regional development, knowledge and appreciation of the environment and natural resources stand out, and, relevantly, the wide recognition that his vast "regionalist" work has had, which places him , without a doubt, at the top of the university students who devoted themselves to the study of issues associated with regional development in Mexico and the diversity of countries. Another very prominent facet was his teaching role and in the formation of research groups, activities that he developed in a substantive way in institutions of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. It is in this area that is highlighted in this text, in particular, the decade that has covered the establishment and presence of the Ángel Bassols Batalla Award for the best degree works in the Geography degree, which, since the year In 2012, he established the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at UNAM.