Latinamerican History caught my attention even before I entered the university. During my schooldays I didn't learn more than a bit about this topic, neither on class nor my own. It's true that it is all a matter of interests, because the information is all (or at least a big part of it) there on the internet, but I always had other interests and the time is always limited. So having a subject about this topic on the university appeared to me like a very nice opportunity to learn something new.
Regardless of my story, today I can say that the history of this continent is sad and the countries that make the continent are so artificial, because the Latinamerican politic is commanded by the world powers. The Latinamerican countries had always asked for favors to the older countries for their developments, and the price has been too big. I think that on these days the continent is seen by some "developed countries" like the one that emerged with their hands (the hands of the "developed countries"), and that there is a strong tacit hierarchy between the States.
Friday, July 22, 2016
Friday, July 8, 2016
Bronislaw Malinowsky
Bronislaw Malinowsky is an anthropologist and etnographer who has been constantly outstanding as one of the most importants of his area. Its contributions to the anthropology consist on the approach of the cultures accounts to the academic study of them. He stressed the importance of the direct contact between the investigator or student and the culture that is being studying.
It is known, by his own personal dairy and the way he wrote his books, that Malinowsky didn't make his expeditions on his will. He was there because the Austro-hungarian empire banished him to the trobian islands, giving to him the opportunity to return with the condition of developing some investigation, so he was obliged to do a work that turned off more stressful than inspiring. Based on this, I think that all the enunciation of his ideas were forced by a particular context (First world war) which must had conditioned the results of them.
It is known, by his own personal dairy and the way he wrote his books, that Malinowsky didn't make his expeditions on his will. He was there because the Austro-hungarian empire banished him to the trobian islands, giving to him the opportunity to return with the condition of developing some investigation, so he was obliged to do a work that turned off more stressful than inspiring. Based on this, I think that all the enunciation of his ideas were forced by a particular context (First world war) which must had conditioned the results of them.
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