Murales, medicina, memoria: patrimonio cultural del IMSS como generador de identidad institucional.

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Title:	Murales, medicina, memoria: patrimonio cultural del IMSS como generador de identidad institucional.
Alternate Title:	Murals, medicine, and memory: The cultural heritage of IMSS as a generator of institutional identity.
Authors:	Pacheco-Zavala, Mariya del Pilar¹ pilismolinski@gmail.com, Hernández-Ordóñez, Raúl¹, Smolinski-Kurek, Rafal Ludwik²
Source:	Revista Medica del IMSS. sep/oct2025, Vol. 63 Issue 5, p1-5. 5p.
Subjects:	MURAL art, SOCIAL justice, CULTURAL property, CULTURAL identity, PUBLIC art, PUBLIC health, SOCIAL medicine
Geographic Terms:	MEXICO
Abstract (English):	The Mexican Institute for Social Security (IMSS) safeguards one of the most significant public art collections in Mexico, composed of murals, sculptures, and architectural works located throughout its medical, administrative, and social facilities across the country. This artistic heritage not only holds aesthetic value but also serves as a visual and symbolic expression of the values that gave rise to the Institute, as well as those of Latin American social medicine. Throughout its historical trajectory, IMSS has used institutional art as an instrument for building a collective identity, embodying principles such as solidarity, equity, the right to health, and social justice, principles that have contributed to strengthening a sense of belonging. This article presents a documentary and reflective review of the role of artistic heritage in the construction of institutional identity, with emphasis on its historical, symbolic, and social functions. It reflects on the importance of reinterpreting this heritage from a contemporary perspective that promotes its dissemination, appropriation, and use in strategies aimed at humanization, as well as its pedagogical, communal, and symbolic roles. The article concludes that preserving, promoting, and making visible IMSS's artistic heritage is a key strategy for consolidating an institutional identity aligned with the humanistic principles that shaped Mexico's social security system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish):	El Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) resguarda una de las colecciones de arte público más relevantes de México, la cual está integrada por murales, esculturas y obras arquitectónicas que forman parte de sus unidades médicas, administrativas y sociales en el país. Este patrimonio artístico no solo posee un valor estético, sino que constituye, a partir de su expresión visual y simbólica, los valores que dieron origen al Instituto en conjunción con los valores de la medicina social. A lo largo de su trayectoria histórica, el IMSS ha utilizado el arte institucional como un medio para construir una identidad colectiva, mediante los principios de solidaridad, equidad, derecho a la salud y justicia social, lo que ha contribuido al fortalecimiento de un sentido de pertenencia. En este artículo se hace una revisión documental y reflexiva del papel del patrimonio artístico en la construcción de la identidad institucional, y se pone énfasis en su función histórica, simbólica y social. Se reflexiona sobre la importancia de resignificar este patrimonio desde una perspectiva contemporánea que fortalezca su divulgación, apropiación y su uso en estrategias de humanización, así como su función pedagógica, comunitaria y simbólica. Preservar, divulgar y visibilizar el patrimonio artístico del IMSS es una estrategia clave para consolidar la identidad institucional en concordancia con los principios humanistas que dieron origen al sistema de seguridad social en México. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	The Mexican Institute for Social Security (IMSS) safeguards one of the most significant public art collections in Mexico, composed of murals, sculptures, and architectural works located throughout its medical, administrative, and social facilities across the country. This artistic heritage not only holds aesthetic value but also serves as a visual and symbolic expression of the values that gave rise to the Institute, as well as those of Latin American social medicine. Throughout its historical trajectory, IMSS has used institutional art as an instrument for building a collective identity, embodying principles such as solidarity, equity, the right to health, and social justice, principles that have contributed to strengthening a sense of belonging. This article presents a documentary and reflective review of the role of artistic heritage in the construction of institutional identity, with emphasis on its historical, symbolic, and social functions. It reflects on the importance of reinterpreting this heritage from a contemporary perspective that promotes its dissemination, appropriation, and use in strategies aimed at humanization, as well as its pedagogical, communal, and symbolic roles. The article concludes that preserving, promoting, and making visible IMSS's artistic heritage is a key strategy for consolidating an institutional identity aligned with the humanistic principles that shaped Mexico's social security system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	04435117
DOI:	10.5281/zenodo.16748229