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5.- Bruno Latour

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Hello everyone, it's me again. Today I'm going to talk to you about Bruno Latour, a French philosopher that I admire very much and who unfortunately died last October 9. Latour is one of the most influential thinkers of the last decades. The field in which he works crosses topics such as political philosophy, anthropology and, especially, ecology. Latour was born in Beaune, France, in 1947. He studied philosophy, then became interested in anthropology. He did his fieldwork in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He later became interested in the philosophy of science and ecology. Unfortunately, he died on October 9, 2022, from pancreatic cancer. The reason why I admire this thinker is that, since I started studying anthropology (3 years ago) I was always being taught classical anthropological theory, explanations that were situated in contexts very remote from my own. However, when I started reading Latour, I realized how classical discussions can be grounded in a contemporary context, in par

4.- A food that I really like

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Hello everyone, it's me again. Today I'm going to tell you about a food that I like very much: cazuela. The cazuela is a typical plate of Chilean gastronomy and other countries in Latin America. The cazuela is like a soup with beef or chicken broth with vegetables such as pumpkin, stew and potato. I like it with rice. I really like cazuela because it is very tasty and nutritious. Also, my grandmother used to cook it when I was a child, so it brings back a lot of memories. The cazuela is very good for your health, I don't think it has a negative impact. I find it very interesting that cazuela is a dish that brings together very diverse cultural traditions, it represents a syncretism of elements brought from many cultures. I believe that all Chileans have tasted cazuela at some time in their lives, it is one of the most recognized dishes in the country.

3.- My favourite piece of technology

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Technology is something that is all around us in our daily lives. This is why it is very difficult for me to choose a specific object. There are too many aspects to judge what piece of technology is my fauvorite, for example: to comunicate, to have fun, to work, to learn, etc. But, undoubtedly, the object that meet all these characteristics is my computer. I use my computer to read, write, play video games, communicate (by email or whatsapp) or see movies. The functions of a computer are very complete, it is very useful for university and for chilling out, thats why it is my fauvorite piece of technology. The effects of the computer in my life are positive and negative. For example, a positive aspect is that I can use it to do my university tasks and reads. Unfortunately, however, the computer takes a lot of my concentration because I have all my games on it. Then, when I must read or do some homework, I tend to lose concentration easily playing video games. In conclusion I recomend yo

2.- Why did I choose my major?

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Hello everyone! Today I am going to tell you how and why I came to study anthropology at "Universidad de Chile".  First of all, I must tell you that in my last year of school I was very undecided about what to study. I was good for humanities but the socially accepted options were few in this area, and for anything I wanted to study law, so I went to study "Musical Composition". Spoiler: terrible idea. After studying music for a semester, I realized that I had romanticized too much the musician's job, so I had a vocational crisis. As I wrote in the previous blog I went to work as a merchant marine all the following semester, where I had a lot of time to contemplate, read and, most importantly, be in contact with nature. This moment in my life was very important for me to realize that I was very curious about the human being, especially about his interaction with the environment. So, I started to investigate some disciplines that studied this type of subjects and

1.- Who am I?

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Hello everyone! My name is Cristóbal Ortega and im 21 years old. I borned in Punta Arenas, Magallanes, the most austral region in the world! Now a days im living in Santiago de Chile because im studing Anthropology, but it is not my first try to studing a carreer. In 2019 i was studing music composition but i had a vocational crisis and i unfortunally leaved. After that i took a merchant seaman course in Valparaíso to work in the austral canals near my city in a turistic company. I worked on that all the second semester of 2019, when i finally decided to study anthropology at the Austral University in Valdivia. The specialty at Austral University was social anthropology, but after a while i decided that i wanted to dedicate myself to archaeology, so i had to switch to "Universidad de Chile" where i am currently studying. About my family, i have a little sister who is 11 years old, i live with my mother and i visit my father frequently. I also have a cat named Miel and two dog