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The beginning of the end

This is the last post for my participation in the English programme, whose has ended because of Chile have been living a social struggle. This is one of my analysis of this. “Democrats and democratic fullness” I going to take the Unit 20 called “Society” like a trigger to develop some ideas around the last fifty days in Chile, a social struggle against several deep inequalities that have taken shape under the neoliberal social-economic model. While the people are protesting and facing the military and police forces in the streets, the political elite has been negotiating internally for achieving agreements that brake the mobilization and can establish “the peace”. Preamble: A society crossed by a lot of inequalities. In comparison with twenty or thirty years ago, we live in better material conditions, but, what has been the price we have had to pay? Working under flexible treatment (fixed-term contract, part-time with part-salary), manager companies of pension savings which ge...
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Possible futures (Post 5)

When I chose the sociology programme I didn't know what job I could get with this degree. Maybe the unknown future atracts me too to take the decission. Currently I think I would like to do carreer in social research, taking a post-degree in social research methods or some similarly to this. I would like doing basic and applied research, looking into epistemology issues of academic (with a self-interest of researchers mainly) and involving (including the community with we are working interest) methodologies. Furthermore, the possibility to mix qualitative and cuantitative methods in the same strategy and, even, if we can speak about two clearly differents perspectives. Although the last I pointed out sounds very indoor job, this issues leads me to doing inquiries on the field (outdoor). Traveling to other countries doesn't appeal to me a lot, but likely I have to do this for studying in the area I'm talking. Consequently, I hope to receive a good salary after this eff...

The pain (Post 4)

Since I was a child I've went to many funerals and, like I grew up in a catholic context, I always heard to my mother saying condolences like "Will be in a better place, is resting now", and  I thought about "resting for what?", why death could be a better state than the life. The second question had an answer: the heaven is better of all, but the first one had no answer for some time. The right to a dignified death should be legal in our and in all countries, although, this is a liberal idea and maybe not all countries needs legalize it. However, in our context, the suffering of persons with terminal disease, with a pain with no cure, justify and put emphasize in the legalization of euthanasia. In the last years, we've seen like adults and young people have cried out for put end of their pain, that lives that revolve around this illness. Therefore, they have died in completely suffering, extending the agony with no sense. Otherwise, this is a cont...

About "Everyone should be vegetarian" (Post 3)

Hello mates, today I going to give my opinion about the topic "everyone should be vegetarian". First of all, you should know that I'm not (and I have not been) vegetarian (maybe in the future), and I think that this fact makes me question myself all I going to ponder now. Without further ado, back to the issue. I think that to be vegetarian is a challenge and an effort for have a consistent life with a political attitude, but I don't believe that works like a rule: without awareness about the animal abuse we are  taking a vegetarianism as an empty axiom. Once you realize that human being (like specie) get profit from animal exploitation, your way of understand the world don't back to be same. In the same way, I think that to be vegetarian is a previous phase to be vegan, because if we want to abolish the human domination to be vegetarian is not enough, we need to change our material reproduction style. The above leads me to what Marcuse have pointed out ...

The best concert ever (Post 2)

Hello dear readers, today I'm going to tell you about a great concert that I've gone. Although I remember every concerts with special affection, this concert stands above all. In 2016, Camila Moreno presented in Teatro La Cúpula (some like a mini Movistar Arena in Parque O'Higgins) with a anniversary concert for her awarded Mala Madre album and I went with my best friend Juan. This concert shows me a different kind of concert, where each song had a special version for the concert and it's noted that the band had made a great job preparing the tracklist. Like the teathre is small, all the locations were near to the stage, and Camila Moreno took in advantage this aspect and made a second stage in the middle of the space and the band played without amplification with all audience in a religious silence. Then, the madness got back, covers and new versions with invited artists and the concert became in a party, with some fans dancing on the stage. I'd never felt that...

England (Post 1)

Hello everyone, today I'm going to tell you about a country I would like to visit. In this moment I choose England, a classic. I've chosen England because of trivial reasons that I prefer don't question it, after all, that would be my holidays. In first place, England has a lot of notable places related to pop culture, mainly music and literature. I'd like to visit famous memorials of writers and musicians, like George Orwell and The Beatles (at least to know Abbey Road), even the King's Cross Station (in London) where there is a monument of Harry Potter. In second place, I think that England is the best country to practice and learning definitely my english speaking and listening skills. I imagine myself approaching people and just saying "hello" to trigger a conversation and after imitate to native expressions. Sincerely, I've not thought in take studies in England, but it could be a great experience. While I just think about getting a...

La Granja District (Hometown)

Hello everyone, this semester began and the blog sessions with it. In this time, I'm going to tell you about my hometown. I've always lived in La Granja district, in the south zone of Santiago. In the first picture, there is the landscape that I see every day when I take metro to go to university, La Granja Metro Station next to the highway, between suburbs of blocks and mountain range in the background. La Granja Metro Station Near to the municipality, there is Espacio Matta Cultural Centre, in which theatre concerts and play-acting are performed. Moreover, in this place is an artistic patrimony that gives the name to the centre: the mural of the commemoration of the first year of Salvador Allende government called "El primer gol del pueblo chileno" (The first goal of Chilean people) made by Roberto Matta and Brigada Ramona Parra (BRP). This artistic mural was hidden while military dictatorship, actually was covered with paint. Espacio Matta Cultural Cen...