A place that 'd like to visit

Greetings! Today I’m going talk about a country I’d like to visit.  I would like to go to Germany because is a country with a huge and terrible history. When I was a little girl, one of my hobbies was read about the first and the second world war, I felt really scared and amazed of this country so I always dream about one day have the chance to visit it.

What do I know about it? I’m not that good in geography, like districts, but I know a lot about the Holy Roman Empire or the Prussian wars. Also I study the culture post-second world war and all the transformation of this society. It is a unique place.

Also it has a lot of beautiful places, for example the Newschwanstein’s castle, the city of Heidelberg, and old village in the top of a hill, Munich, Hamburg, etc.

I’d like to study, work and live there, because is a country with a lot of possibilities and it would be an excellent experience and a chance to know more about Germany and their people.

Goodbye!. 

Why did i choose to study...

Greetings! Today I’m going to talk about why did I choose to study anthropology/archaeology.

It is a very difficult question because I don’t have any idea why did I choose this career. Seriously, the same day I send the apply form to enter to university I picked anthropology. I was very confused because in that point I couldn’t decide what to do. I thought in first place to study History, Sociology, Politic science, Astronomy (It was a dream but I failed miserably in math). Even though, my original plan was follow the diplomatic career or something like that.  But my family convinced me that anthropology was for me and it could give me more money in the future in compare of my others options (really?). I regret nothing, I promise.

What did I know about this career that I attracted me? Well, when I was a little girl, I usually read a lot about religion, compared religions specifically. I remember learning and reading about different cultures. Then I gave up into mythology when I was a teenager. Finally, I fell in love with Scandinavians cultures and their archaeology. But it was only a dream. I heard about anthropology in 2010, because one of my friends picked this career and he tried to convince me to study with him. But I wasn’t that sure, I had other interests so it was complicated.

Why university of Chile? I’ve heard that they have the best archaeology school in the country so I checked the study plan and I liked it. Two years of basic courses and then the specialization. No more reasons.

That’s all! Hope you like it!

See you next week, bye!

Holidays!

Holidays!

Yey today I will talk about my plans for these holidays!

In a parallel universe I am already on vacations J -cries- well, I haven’t finished my classes so I my vacations are really really far away, but I have a lot of plans when they arrive and my dreams come true (A happy life with eternal holidays and money).

Well, first I will sleep an entire week to recover all the beautiful time wasted in awful things and boring activities (Like study, go to the university, etc). Then, I will destroy all my notebooks and any evidence of work (papers, investigations, whatever). In third place, I will eat a lot of chocolate and candies destroying my diet. Finally, but not least, I will watch movies and series, I will go out with my friends and have a really good time with them J

Where I will like to travel?  Uhm, I will like to travel to my bed, to my kitchen and the living room. In fact I don’t want to move anymore, my trips will it be only in a virtual world.  Nah, just kidding, the best place in the world to go on holidays (winter holidays in this case) is Finland or Norway… a place with snow c: (I don’t have money to go there, only in my dreams) because it would be so nice! Been there, drinking hot chocolate and having a war of snowball c:. I would travel with my friends and my boyfriend! It would be really awesome  J

My ideal holidays… ETERNAL HOLIDAYS. But it is impossible L well, at least I still have vacations… my poor father have to work all the year with no rest >_< .

Well, hope you like it!

See you next year!.

Blog Blog Blog! Last Post!

Hello people! Unfortunately this is my last blog entry L so I hope you like it and thanks for everything, it was a great experience. I’ve never done something like this before, so I appreciate this opportunity to talk about all the things that I learned doing this blog posts almost every week in this semester.

This experience in general was really helpful and cool. Finally I understand how to create a blog and how to write in it. Also I feel very important, like a celebrity with a lot of followers when I was writing in my blog. I always thought “Oh, a lot of people will read this; I have to make my best effort!”. I hope all of this seems reflected on my posts. Besides I really enjoyed reading my classmates posts, their reflections and critical thinking.  

For the other hand, I can say I improve my writing skills (well… I don’t know, but I feel I have developed a lot of abilities that I haven’t before) It is really amazing.

What I would like to include in the future? I don’t know maybe more topics… oh! I would like to see more audio-visual things, like include songs or videos in the entries! It would be more dynamic and entertaining.

What else I would like to write about? About my friends, my pets, my favourites bands and songs, my favourite food, my favourite actor… my list is infinite! J

That is it! Goodbye!

Cheers for everyone J

Brazil

Greetings! Today I’m going to talk about Brazil and the world cup. I know Germany will win the cup; it is the best team ever!

But… I have big troubles with this world cup. Maybe if I explain to you, you will understand.

Brazil is the largest country in South America. Bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and bordered by all countries in this part of the American continent except for Chile and Ecuador. It is the world's largest Portuguese speaking country and it belonged to Portugal until its independence in 1822. It has an enormous population: 190 million people approximately and everyone knows how to play football soccer (just joking).

Politically, Brazil is a federal state, in fact, is a federal presidential representative democratic republic. And the head of government and of the state is the President. 2010 was elected the current president Dilma Roseuff.  However, Brazil was unable to solve their biggest problems related to delinquency, poverty, violence and corruption disrupting the quality of life of people who lives in slums, the famous “Favelas”. Also, the executive power was unable to control the economic crisis and all the problems about representation. In this controversial context, Brazil was chosen to host the World Cup in 2014 creating a lot of chaos, killings and protests thanks to the number of implemented measures that were catastrophic for the people and their lives, like tax hike for public transport, “cleaning people” in the favelas and destruction.  In my opinion, I have to admitted, I like a lot the world cup even thought is a big mafia by FIFA and contributes to the "bread and circuses" to keep people busy while important things are decided. Besides the major problems that affect most of countries thanks to neoliberalism are forget. For Brazil, it is very harmful and awful. It was the worst choice. People are suffering a lot and that destroy the essence of football soccer (also the existence of FIFA does it too and the fact that girls cannot play the world cup ¬¬).

That is all, hope you like it.

Goodbye!

Claude Lévi-Strauss

Greetings! Today I’m going to talk about one of the most famous anthropologist in the world: Claude Lévi-Strauss.  He is the father of structural anthropology and anthropology of kinship.

First I must say his theories are not my favourite ones but he deserves all the respect of the world, he had an amazing mind and his ideas provoked a big revolution in anthropology, especially in the field of mythology and kinship studies.

He born in 1908 in Brussels, Belgium but he grew up in Paris. First he studied law and philosophy but he only continued with the last one. He took part in a mission to Brazil and there he did his first ethnological investigation.  These experiences gave him the opportunity to do more researches in this field and a chance to prove his skills in a lot of complexes areas of the human being: Kinship structure, the savage mind, mythology, linguistics, etc. He thought that savages mind works in a rational way, despites of the prejudices of the occidental mind about the primitive stage of these cultures.  Also he said that all the myths in the world have the same structural function, in fact, all the myths can reduce in only one but it has different forms. Another famous theory is about kinship and the importance of the incest in the transition to the nature to culture stage.

He wrote a lot of books and he sets the principles of modern anthropology with his structural analyses and theories.  He died very young –sarcasm- with only 101 years in October of 2009.  I like him because his way to analyse all this things is very impressive, and when you read him (if you understand something! Is almost impossible comprehend what he is saying!) you can realize the significance of his work in social science.

That is all! Hope you like it! See you soon…

Goodbye!

My favorite movie

Greetings! Today I’m going to talk about my favorite movie.  It is a very important movie to me because it represents part of my twisted childhood, I first watched in 2005 I think, in my house. It is called “The Nightmare before Christmas”(1993) directed by Henry Selick and produced by the famous Tim Burton (He isn’t the director but people usually think he is). Also the music was made by Danny Elfman, a talented composer and singer. In fact, in the movie he provides the singing voice of the main character.

The Nightmare before Christmas is one of the first stop motion film (This means that the characters and the scenarios were made in real life with a lot of materials and manipulated objects, but they appear to move by they own thanks to a sequence of photography’s).

What is this movie about? The plots centers in a Halloween world and in Christmas world.  Cute citizens (vampires, monsters, creepy dolls, witches, etc.) work all the year to prepare the scariest holiday ever: Halloween. They have a leader, “The pumpkin king” who is the king of the town. His name is Jack Skellington and he is a living skeleton.  He is tired of the same routine every year and one day in the graveyard he gets into the wood and he finds a portal to the Christmas world. Fascinated with all the things that he saw in that new world, he returns to his world and tries to create his own Christmas usurping the role of Santa, provoking a real chaos in both worlds.

Why do I like the movie? I love the esthetic of the film, the cuteness and love in the characters and the entire plot.  This film taught to me a lot of beautiful things about fears, dreams and the true meaning of love. Exceptional soundtrack too!

I really recommended … hope you like it!