Dear Christmas

Today I am going to talk about Christmas and the celebration that is so tradicional the most of the countrys that are mainly christian.

I don’t like very much the party too (as Daniela), becaus I dont belive an Gott or christ, but despite thar I celebrate with my family, because is a tradition very expanded in Chile. It dosent matter me that, but also I am not that enthusiastic by that day. The only aspect that it likes me is the dinner, but not because exactly for the meal (as for Daniela hahaha), the good thing is that people get together, especialy the familys.

For me is a good instance because I don’t se very oft to my family. I don’t give many gifts, just a few sometimes, but I recive more gifts als I gave; and when I gift a thing, I prefer to gave a card with a few words with real feelings that for example a par of socks. I don’t give many gifts because 1- I don’t think that is necessary, 2- I don’t have a lot of money 3- I don’t like the consumerism im general. I think that is sick that the most of the people get in to debt just because a religion or the Tv says so.

An interesting sociologist and antropologist, Marcel Mauss, have a very complete studio about the gifts-exchange and her meaning. He says that what existed behind the gift is the relation between the people, and that the gift where a form to maintain the link, a recordatory or a confirmation that the relation till exist. I think that what Mauss tells is not a bad thing, but it is bad when this thing is an obligation and more if existed Business behind the gifts.

AND THAT’S WHY I RECOMMEND THIS SONG: “CONSUMO GUSTO” OF “SKA-P”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbXWUE6GdQc

Patagonia sin represas!!

I describe myself as a person with environment consciousness, I know about the problem and that is not important, fundamental for the humanity and the ecosystem to care our earth, bur I am not a “green activist”.

In Chile there not exist a culture about caring the environment, existed organizations but they are not many. I think they are almost the only source of knowledge about friendly practices in Chile, because in the most schools they didn’t teach that. I have not incorporated the recycling practices, because I have not in the building where I live and I don’t know other places either. I don’t use a bike, but didn’t use a car either. Here in Santiago I use the transantiago, I would like to have a bike but I don’t have the money for that today. In Punta Arenas, I use the collective locomotion or I walk.

I didn’t joined any eco organizations, but I went to all the principals marches again the Hidroaysen project (they want to kill the Patagonia! That’s awful). I support the environment cause but I prefer to fight to most of my time for other causes, more political. In any case, I think that the both struggles should to work together because they both have the same enemy, the more powerful people of the world that dominated are exploits many people and natural sources for economical interest. I didn’t have done activities for reducing the carbon footprint.

I think that the mainly priority for the people from Santiago should be to improve the air, that is unbelievably dirty, filth and unhealthy.

Protesters' stories: Camila Vallejo and Chile

Today I am going to talk about this news article:

This article is an interview to Camila Vallejo. She relates a few thing over the protest in Chile during the last year 2011.

She says that this year was especial because existed many social protest mainly between may and November. There was more as 200 marches just in Santiago, but the they were along the whole country. Camila tells about the unbelievable quantity of people that went to the marches. They were plan, but the leaders of this year “never imagine” says Camila the thousands and thousands of people that assisted to the protests.

The other important thing that Camila tells is about the legacy of the dictatorship today In Chile and the behavior of the police. During the 2011 existed many complaints about torture that the Chilean police make in the marches to the detained people. She also says that today we have in Chile a lot of laws and the legacy of Pinochet, for example that the civil society in Chile is very week.

This article is related to my discipline (Sociology) because talks about the social changes that happened in the Chilean society during the 2011.

I let you this video (about the police, not the news)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgsPzxwP57A&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3Dterrorist%2Bchilean%26oq%3Dterrorist%2Bchilean%26aq%3Df%26aqi%3D%26aql%3D%26gs_sm%3De%26gs_upl%3D400813l402735l0l402875l17l8l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0

Connecting us with the music

The music is the sound that completes our lives, that allows to us to be with someone and not talking.

When I was a child, a listen the music that my parents listen. My parents are from the 70s and the 80s, and that’s why they listen Los Jaivas, Quilapayun, Silvio Rodriguez, Luz Casal, Illapu and other groups related to the links. But today I listen other things and I have developed my own taste.

My favourites genres are mainly: Reggae, Punk and Hiphop. The Reggae is my favourite music for a time for relax, and also likes to me part of the rasta philosophy. One of my favourite band is “Resistencia Suburbana” a reggae group of Argentina.

The Hiphop likes me a lot because it’s a very good rhythm and it’s very good appropriate for saying things and live messages. One of my favourite band of Chilean hiphop is “Salvaje Decibel” and from Punta Arenas “Tinta Roja”.

Finally, my favourite genre is Punk, the rhythm I like very much and also the dance that normally do the people in the toccatas, the “pogo dance” or the moshing. My favourite band is “La Polla Records” and “Gatillazo”. The both bands are from the singer Evaristo Paramos. The songs from Evaristo and the philosophy of the life are in my opinion the bests.

The student protest

Today i am going to talk about a very particular picture to me. This picture was taken on 24th April am year 2008.

This picture was taken by a photograph that works for the newspaper “La Tercera”. The image shows a young – Luis Silva, the ex-president of the Student Center “Cecso” (Centro de estudiantes de Ciencias Sociales) – who is being arrested by 2 polices, against the bars of the Law Faculty. In the picture we can also see water falling, this water became from the policial vehicle. This vehicle is also known as the “Guanaco”, and is always used by the police during the different protest. This water that the Guanaco throw is not just only water, this water has also “tear gas”. This gas makes that the people cry, and man can´t breathe.

This picture was taken in the context from the successive protest from the 2008 year. This year the student’s organization had a very good quality (but not that good and massive as in the 2006 year), in meetings were together students from the school and the university, and they were organized against the privatization from the state-funded education.

I was in this demonstration too, and I was arrested too. This was my first time detained, and it was very very bad. We were in the front of the Law Faculty and we were thousands of student. Even though we were quiet, suddenly the Guanaco starts to throw water with tear gas. I became in my face this water ad I couldn’t see anything. At the same time, the Student Center from the Law Faculty CLOSED the door from the Faculty, and I with thousand from students were outside, we couldn’t breathe and we were also wet. At this moment, I felt as two big monkeys (two polices) caught me from behind, I couldn’t see anything and rapidly I was in the police vehicle, with Luis and other students from my Faculty.

We were 6 hours arrested. I like this picture because it shows a very intense moment from a very big demonstration. That day 200 students were arrested.

Body Lenguage

Today I am going to talk about a very interesting matter, the study of the Body Language.
The study of the Body Language is also known as “Kinesics”, and study the non-verbal part of the human communication.

The mains topics from this study are:
- The postures
- The gestures and facial expressions
- The proxemics
- The looks (eye contact)

Each one of these topics is a very extensive area to study. Today exist a TV series called “Lie to me” that is inspired in the work of the psychologist Paul Ekman, and he is consider one of the 100 hundred psychologist more important from the XX century. Paul Ekman is a specialist in the study from the facial expressions and the relation with the emotions. He said that some expressions are universal in the humanity, not a cultural thing. Another studious from the gestures is the anthropologist Ray Birdwhistell.

Since a few months I have studied this theme, and is have been very useful to me and I learned very interest things. Now can I (to?) say that is possible to me “know” how is the personality of someone broadly speaking, with only speak a few minutes with the person. Is very useful too, know that exist some gesture to indicate when someone fells attraction from me (or anyone), but I am not going to write about this gesture because I don’t have many word to write hahaha.

Los Prisioneros

“Los Prisioneros” was one of the main rock band from Chile during de 80` and is by many people consider as the most important from the Chilean rock. Los Prisioneros was many time my favorite music band until I had the Basque group “La Polla Records” listen.
Los Prisioneros was a band very famous until now in a lot of countries in Sudamerica, and here in Chile exist many fans but they had many troubles with the Chilean press. That was because the lyrics from the songs, those are very critic with the press and the economical and political system. This is why they are hatred by many powerful people.
The integrants of the band where: Jorge Gonzalez, the voice and guitarist; Claudio Narea, the bassist and Miguel Tapia the drummer. They went to the same school in San Miguel, Santiago, and when they had 17 years they started to play music.
The songs where so famous in Sudamerica because the lyrics where very critical with the Sudamerican dictators (principally Pinochet) and many songs have a social content.
In 1991 they split up, because they had “romantic” problems, as usually, a woman separate music’s band that’s shame. In 2001 they were together, but in year 2004 they split up, once again because the problems between Gonzalez and Narea.

Here a song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuK-_IX7MFg