Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Self Evaluation of my academic year (2009)

Anthropology, is a career that lasts 5 years, but the first 4 are the more difficult, because the last years have only 1 or 2 subjects, for prepare the thesis. So, I think that the 4th year, is the last, in theory. Furthermore, in the end of the eighth semester, you get the undergraduate degree. For this, I think that do an evaluate of the career, and this year, is so pertinent
So, if we consider that this is my last year in the university and that next year I only must go to class for the thesis, is relevant that I make an evaluation of this academic year because this is the last in formation and I stay more close of the work world.
I understand that third year was the most important for my formation, because I think that that year I learned more, and most important things. But, I think that this year, I Have acquired the critical knowledge, and this is very important in a career as Anthropology.
When I came at the University, I thought that 5 years were very long time, and that this time would be very slow. But I was wrong. In this year I think that the career is a short and fast time , and for this, you must take it with responsibility, because when you finish, the most important thing is that you are able to do your work in correct form, and do it understanding the importance of your labor.
In this sense, a most important thing that I did this year was go to field work. I think that is in this opportunity when you can evaluate how you do the work, and how able to do it well you are. In this moment, you could evaluate how you was learn in theory, and methodological terms, and furthermore, how you agree with you real job and, in my case, with your vocation.
I think that University doesn’t prepare for do a good work as archaeologist. The career, the teachers and mentors delivered the tools for you take your own decisions, and it depends to your interest, commitment social and the importance that you think the importance that you consider having your work in your life, and the implications this may have on society.
How this years is which you study this topics, and think that is a more relevant and more reflexive, I think that is one of more important in the career. In my case, I think that this years have been very useful. Despite this, I’m not yet ready for the work, but I ‘m ready for do my best attempts.

POST 8: The World of Films

I like go to cinema, but I don’t have many time for this. Before, I was always to cinema with my boyfriend, my dad and my stepmother, but now, they don’t live in Santiago, and I do not do this.
I don’t like rent films, because I think that see movies in your house is very bored. And I don’t have time. When I’m sad, I see films. Generally, I prefer historic films, and sometimes, lovely films, but this last when I want to spend a light and pleasant time. I like too lovely and funny films, how “50 first dates”, with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. This movie I have seen 4 times, and always is fun and good.
The last film that I saw in the cinema was Harry Potter 6. I don’t like so much this movies, but I read the books, and I went to see the staging of the book. Other films that I see for these reasons are “The Lord of the Rings”. These are better than Harry Potter.
Some of my favorites films are “Finding Nemo” and “Ice Age 1”. These are for child, but are very funny and tender films. In the first, my favorite character is Dori, the fish that forget all! And in the second, I love to baby “Bodoque”, and Many, the mommouth. I recommend this film overall for kids, but always is fun for all!
Ice Age is a film about a group of hunters-gatherers of the ice age, 10.000 years ago, that lose a baby. The boy is found for three animals: a mammouth, a sloth and a smylodon. This particular group spends many obstacles, but while doing this, they meet and form a beautiful friendship. Finally, they found baby’s parents and must be separated from he. Is so sad!

Sports

I always have practiced sports. When I was a child, I practiced many sports, like ballet, dance, rhythmic gymnastics, athletics, and others. When I started my university studies, I leave to practice sports, but after a short time, I knew that I needed to do exercises. So, I turned to do, but in this opportunity I started to do Pilates.
The Pilates is a system of physical and mental training. This method was created for Joseph Pilates, who sought a mix of relaxation, concentration, balance, flexibility and toning. The method focuses on developing core muscles for balance and stabilizes body and firmness to the spine. Is very important the concentration for achieve the stability. This exercise is very used in the world, overall because everybody could practice, because is particularly good for people who need some type of rehabilitation physical or mental.
I love Pilates because I may have a time for relaxation, and at the same time toning my body. Furthermore, I’m particularly bad for the sports, and this exercise fits perfectly with my tastes and needs.
I practice Pilates two years ago, and I love other exercises too, how dance for example. See football is very funny for me, and I like too… but, I’m a fan of Pilates. I want to practice it all my life, because help it your body, your mind and your health.
I think that practice any sport is needs for your health. No just for your body appearance, but for health, your capacities, the control of your own body… And now, with unhealthy of meals, exercise care is needed.

Friday, October 16, 2009

A Man Sculpture in Çatalhöyük










Çatalhöyük is a very important site of Turkey, not only because was the home of the first farmers of Europe, but because it is work with a very special methodology.
In the last excavations, the archaeologists founded a man sculpture carved, which to added the animals sculptures.
In this figurine, you can see a man with a bushy beard and big nose. In the site, they are many feminine sculpture, which have been used for speculate the believe in the “mother goddesses”.
The figurines, either of animals, men, or females are very interesting, overall if we talk about the first domesticating people, because this talk us about of the relationship between human and their environment, and about how they understood the separation, or symbiosis, between culture (the humanity), and nature (animals and plants).
In despite than some figurines shows violence and death indicators, other figurines, specially the females, appear to be used for cult to fertility, as have been postulated for the Upper Paleolithic, and Lower Neolithic. This case, could been see in other places and sites of Europe, as Willendorf, Lespugue, Brassempouy, and other.
Less cases of man sculpture are known, and for that, this finding is important, although the archaeologist should research the social implications of these plastics representations.

See the new in http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/sep/10/stone-figurine-man-catalhoyuk

Friday, October 2, 2009

Visiting Santiago






I wasn’t born in Santiago, but in Talca. I arrived to Santiago when I was 2 years. I like live in Santiago, especially because is a cosmopolitan place. In Santiago you can access to many services, and many facilities en many aspects with most ease that in other city.
Despite the previous, I want to live in the north of Chile, especially because is very beautiful and the weather is very good for my, and more funny. I hate the rain.
Santiago is not too bad. I think that is not an ugly city, I think that Santiago is nice place, but, maybe not for live all your life.
The most beautiful and interesting places to go in Santiago, is the center of city. This place is very fast, and is dangerous, but you can see the main activities of market, much diversity of people, many popular activities, and beautiful architecture, modern, and old. And I think that this mixture is amazing.
One of the things you should do, if you are a tourist in Santiago, is eat “Chorrillana”. In the Bellavista neighborhood you can find many places to eat this food, and drink a beer. This place is popular with Young people and tourist too. Near, in the same neighborhood is “La Chascona”, a very famous places, because was the house of Neruda, the writer.
If you are interesting in the history of the country, you must visit the National History Museum. This is near to Plaza de Armas, and is the correct places to see old customs and influential people history.
A typical places of the popular culture is the Market Central. Here there are many sellers oh many kind things, and typical food too, and delicious. Near, is “La Piojera”, a famous popular bar, where you could drink “terremoto”, a famous drink of the Chilean people.
Is here too the Estacion Mapocho. This place is a old building that was used for railways station and now is heritage place. It is for cultural diffusion, and there are many exhibitions of diverse cultural expressions.

Friday, September 25, 2009

About music

The music isn’t a very important topic for me, because I don’t have any favorite style in particular, but I like many kind of music.
However, the music is very important for me. Often I listen music in my daily routine, when I take a shower, When I dress, when I drive my car or walk to the bus stop. I like listen romantic songs too and sing it to my boyfriend. My problem is that I love sing my favorits songs, but I sing very bad! Is a shame… Nor I’ve never plays any instruments.
Other important things is that I love dance. I could dance every night pop music, reggaeton, salsa, and others, but I love folklor music.
I love folklor dances, especially Tirana dances and cueca. My boyfriend and I dance cueca together, but we have Little time for this. We usually dance cueca in the Independence day of Chile, but I wish learn to dance it more and best. In my scholar years, I danced in a folklor group, and I loved it, but when I started the university, my time was decreased, and I can’t keep on dancing.
I wish and I supposed to dance next year, because I will be finishing my career, and I hope have more time for my favorite activities.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

POST 3: From a "transantiaguina"

Transantiago was one of the most important themes in the start of government of Bachellet. This didn’t have her idea, but start its operation with her order.
In the beginning, the change of public transport was very difficult and uncomfortable for the most santiaguinos, principally because the new bus are slowest than the old bus. So, the transport needed more time and planning, not only for the slowness f movement of the bus, but too because now was needed load the card with wish to pay the ticket or pass, the BIP card.
At first moment, the public doesn’t knew how use the new system, in addition because the new bus has new tours too, and more short. This caused many rows, larges waits, places where there were no tours, and problem with the bus stops. This situation caused very disagreement in the public opinion in general.
For me, the new system didn’t affect my transport towards the places most frequently visited. But, I think that load the card is very overwhelming, because I often don’t remember which money I have, I need more time, and no always is there a center of load near of the house, university, job, or friend’s house.
Now, Transantiago has been improved in tours, control of pays, use of card BIP, and bus stops. I think that this system is better than the old, but, sometimes I miss the particular bus with lights of colours, funny music and many stickers in the windows…

Friday, August 21, 2009

POST 2. A COUNTRY I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT





I study archaeology, and I know a lot about the past of Peru, and I think that it is very interesting. In addition, Peru is very famous for its food, and its popular celebrations. If I went to Peru, I would go on an archaeological tour, to visit many important places relations to the past of America. These places are, for example, Caral, Chavin, Ica Valley, Macchu Picchu, the coast in general, Moquegua, and others. I would like to visit the museums too, and if I could go to the Ecuadorian coast, and the Bolivian jungle. It is very hard for me to speak other languages, and in Peru I can speak Spanish and don’t have any problem.

I hope to meet many people too, especially native groups, who can tell me about their past, and their own vision about the archaeological work.

I would like to go with friends of the university, because they have interests in common with me, and they could understand my motivations and don’t get bored with these activities.

I also hope to meet the popular customs, their dances, their food, their natives languages, their tastes, their celebrations and rituals, and many other things, because I love the present Andean world so much, and their past too.

Friday, August 14, 2009

FIRST TERM: GOOD AND BAD POINTS

In general, my first term of 2009 was very calm, but I was down with swine flu. This is not so terrible, but I was in my bed during one week. In this time I sleep a lot, read many books and I was well cared for my family. I retarded my end term, but I approved my 9 class.
The more interesting class for me was Andean American Prehistory, because the teacher is very good too. Although I had many class, I could learn very interesting things about Andean prehistory, theory, and lithics artifact specially.
The saddest thing was that one of my dogs died, but now my other two dogs are more peaceful, and I have more time for us.
The last semester was the one that I don’t work. This was a very important decision, because is complex for me study without work, but with need of my dad, was more easy and happy for me and my studies, in addition I could see more to my friends and my boyfriend, although he is working now.
I celebrated my birthday and I did a party in my house. They where many friends and it was very fun.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The other blog

I want to recommend a blog about archaeological theory, wich it was done for me and my friends...


http://elorigeneslameta.blogspot.com

Enjoy it too!!

Assignement 5


One of the problems on the archaeology that is very interested for me, its about settlement of America.

The main question in this are: When did humans colonize the Americas? From where did they come and what routes did they take? These questions have gripped scientists for decades, but until recently answers have proven difficult to find.

This trouble is too based on genetic studies, record archaeologic, and linguistic studies, but the data that this studies give are discordant.

The traditional vision indicate that a migration from Beringia to the Americas happened circa 12.000 years ago, but sseveral sites, main in South America, are more early that this data.

The problem isn't solved, and for that reason it is a challenge for the new archaeologists.


The links are about two sites that are more early of 12.000 years ago, both of South America

http://www.nuestro.cl/notas/rescate/monte_verde5.htm
http://www.coroweb.com/arqueologia.htm

Other website explains the paradigm Clovis First, that represent the traditional vision, wich now is doubful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_culture

Enjoy it!!


Friday, July 11, 2008

Assignment 4

Hiiiiiiiiii!!!
Now, i will comment three web site about Archaeology:


http://www.museoprecolombino.cl/
this web site is about de Museo de Arte Precolombino, wich have arts pieces of precolombine cultures. Therefore in this site there is much bibliografic information, besides wallpapers and photographies of American archaeological material. exists a space where a catalogue of the library appears, which often allows to find useful texts us for the university courses. To the being a page for publish generally and not specialized, gives a clear and simple vision of more complex subjects, so that it serves much like introductory to certain American archaeological subjects.

http://www.naya.org.ar/
This web site is the "virtual city of Anthropology and Archaeology", a news portal, where they communicate about events congresses and meetings of the archaeological and anthropological environment. In addition, there are pretty photos of material culture of human groups of the past and very interesting papers.

http://www.arqueologia.cl/
this web page was created by the professor of the anthropology department, Luis Cornejo. In it, the professor to make very useful bibliographical material available electronic for the works, and also a entertained blog, in wich there are photos of our professors in work of field. I hope to be there in the future!

Friday, July 4, 2008

Assignment 3

Hi!!
In this opportunitiy i wont to tell them about my weekends. The true of my last weekends is that they have been mainly of studies, then boring.
So, I am going to tell them about other weekend.
two weeks ago I went to the house of my favorite premium. She she had been mother 3 days ago. Then, I went to meet new small cousin. She is beautiful and is called Antonia, a very beautiful name, in fact, I always thought that I would have children, I call him with this name. But, now, I think that nis name is repeated, in the same family.
My cousin was very happy, with her daughter and because I went to see her. I was very happy too.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Assignment 1

My names is Camila Opazo, and i am a student of Archaeology.
I was born in Talca, but i live in Santiago since 1989 .
I live in the little house, with my mom, my sister Vero, and my brother Nicolas, but my time is almost all with my boyfriend Jorge. We stay together by 2 years.
We have a 3 pitbulls. Their names are Gitano, Milenka and Nemesis.
Many of my friends have too pitbulls. With they go to hill, to the beach, and to other funny places.
My friends at the university are very interesting. They are nice, and I am very happy with them, because they are a very intelligent and amusing group of people. They calls me Cami Rose, because this colour is my favorite,
I like very much tha Archaeology, is so exciting and amazing. This career it allows me to dream and it motivates to me.

Using this blog iI want to learn to write in English, and review the blogs and assignment of my friends....

Bye!!!

Assignment 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trP2QGcDv28

This song calls Like a virgin, from Madonna.
I like this song because is very funny, and its melody is dance, and i love dance. The video is original too.
Also, this song appear in the movie Moulin Rouge, and this movie is one of my favorits. Is a very romantic movie, and is interesting too because shows Paris in the past.
Madonna is a very good singer. She likes me because is pretty, nice and she dance perfect. Also, she likes me because is a queen of pop, she has a great trajectory.

This song is my ringtone on my mophile phone!!
Go...!!


I made it through the wilderness
somehow i made it through
didn’t know how lost i was
until i found you
i was beat
incomplete
i’d been had,
i was sad and blue
but you made me feel
yeah, you made me feel
shiny and new
like a virgin
touched for the very first time
like a virgin
when your heart beats
next to mine

gonna give you all my love, boy
my fear is fading fast
been saving it all for you cause only love can last
you’re so fine a
nd you’re mine
make me strong,
yeah you make me bold
oh your love thawed out
yeah, your love thawed out
what was scared and cold
Like a virgin,
touched for the very first time
like a virgin
when your heart beats
next to mine

you're so fine and you’re mine
i’ll be your still the end of time
cause you made me feel
yeah you made me feel
i’ve nothing to hide
like a virgin, ooh, ooh
like a virgin
feels so good inside
when you hold me,
and your heart beats,
and you love meoh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ohooh, baby
can’t you hear my heart beat
for the very first time?


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