A home away from home We arrive with nothing but a backpack, and we leave with happy hearts, full of new friends and with beautiful memories. Is it the ambience? Are the owners so kind that we become their friends? … Continue reading Hostels like Home Give Me a Sense of Belonging
Prejudices in times of pandemic This week I had the chance of assisting to a conversation with scholar Edna Bonhomme to discuss racism and prejudice in times of pandemic. It seems like, historically, there has been racist stigma increase in … Continue reading Anthropology: Social Darwinism and Increased Prejudice Fueled by the Pandemic
In the modern era, science was used to oppress indigenous people’s rights. Moreover, coloniality of knowledge and epistemicide erased all other forms of knowledge different to the European ones. What was believed to be true was ‘’discovered’’ by science and … Continue reading Anthropology: Loss of Indigeneity through Coloniality of Power and Knowledge in South America
Has the whole world been ‘’discovered’’? Are our cities becoming mere postcards? Are there new interpretations of what a city consists of? We will see that psychogeography has a lot to say and express in the ways in which we … Continue reading Urban Anthropology through the Use of Space and Psychogeography