Regarded as one of the most important recognitions given to the scientific, artistic and intellectual community in Mexico, the National Prize for Arts and Sciences, was awarded in the category of history, social sciences and philosophy to prominent Argentine-born Mexican researcher Néstor García-Canclini—an intellectual with a long and important professional trajectory—in an official ceremony presided by the Secretary of Public Education of Mexico, Emilio Chuayffet. A philosopher, writer, anthropologist and cultural critic, Néstor García–Canclini currently teaches at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana de México (UAM). He has received other honors during his scientific career for his intellectual contributions and research, including the Olivetti Award, the Lya Kostakowsky Latin American Literary Essay Award, the Carlos Monsiváis Award, the Third Recognition to Humanities and Social Sciences of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, and the Latin American Studies Association Award. The research by García-Canclini constitutes a cultural referent in Mexico and Latin America. Thus, many of his intellectual inquiries have been printed in nearly 40 books. His published works include: Artesanías e Identidad Cultural [Traditional Crafts and Cultural Identity], El Público de Arte en México [The Art Public in Mexico], Las Necesidades Culturales en la Frontera Norte de México [The Cultural Needs on the Northern Mexican Border]; Las Políticas Culturales y la Sociedad Civil en México [Cultural Policies and Civil Society in Mexico]; Las Políticas Culturales y el Consumo Cultural en México [Cultural Policies and Cultural Consumption in Mexico City]; Los Efectos Culturales y Educativos del Tratado de Libre Comercio [Cultural and Educational Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement]; El Cine y la Televisión en México [Film and Television in Mexico]; Jóvenes, Culturas Urbanas y Redes Digitales [Young People, Urban Culture and Digital Networks]; Antropología Urbana en México [Urban Anthropology in Mexico]; Arte Popular y Sociedad en América Latina [Folk Art and Society in Latin America]; La Producción Simbólica. Teoría y Método en Sociología del Arte [Symbolic Production. Theory and Method in the Sociology of Art]; and Latinoamericanos Buscando Lugar en Este Siglo [Latin Americans Looking for a Place in this Century], among many others.