B. Malinowski, one of the fathers of anthropology

Greetings again in this post I will talk about one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century, the creator of the ethnographic method and passionate scientist: Bronislaw Malinowski.
First of all I will give a brief biographical: Malinowski was born in Krakow, Poland on April 7, 1884 - later died in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, May 16, 1942. Malinowski despite a degree in physics and mathematics at the University of Cracow, study and later worked at the London School of Economics (where he earned a Ph.D. in anthropology). In 1914 he traveled to Papua (now Papua New Guinea), where he conducted a fieldwork in Mailu and the Trobriand Islands. whose field experience would generate its major works as "The Argonauts of the Western Pacific" where he developed his views on anthropology and the work of the anthropologist.
Others works are:

-The Trobriand Islands (1915)
-Myth in Primitive Society (1926)
-Crime and Custom in Savage Society (1926)
-Sex and Repression in Savage Society (1927)
-The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia (1929)
-Coral Gardens and Their Magic: A Study of the Methods of Tilling the Soil and of Agricultural Rites in the Trobriand Islands (1935)
-The Scientific Theory of Culture (1944)
-Freedom and Civilization (1944)
-Magic, Science, and Religion (1948)
-The Dynamics of Culture Change (1945)
-A Diary In the Strict Sense of the Term (1967)

However, because think of Malinowski as one of my favorite inspirational and anthropologists, I think mainly because of its contribution to the methodology and systematization of ethnographic methods. many of their ideas as well as objectivity and its possibility in anthropology, a description of the Kula Ring, etc. generating a reflection that lasts until today.

The Scielo Catalog and I

Hello!

In this post I tell about the best page of articles and papers of social and natural sciences: The Scielo Catolog, whose task is to collect the various writings of the most prominent scientists at the Latin America. Chilean version is supported by CONICYT and aims to be an instance of diffusion of the Chilean scientific production with a view abroad.

In the collection you can find articles of anthropology, archeology, sociology, historiography, and many more disciplines linked to the social sciences. this is of great help to do good works and to have a comprehensive bibliography of the most diverse topics. I personally use it whenever I can, especially when I cannot find adequate bibliography in the library of the faculty (well that happens almost every time).

The web page functions primarily like a searcher, and offering for this many options as countries and a section devoted to reviews independently. In the main menu there are three columns, one related to the various magazines (in alphabetical order, specialty and country), one for articles by subject, and finally a site dedicated to reports of all kinds.

Good here I leave the link to the page www.scielo.cl and you can have it! Enjoy it!

The Silence of the Lambs

Today I haven't good ideas because I'm feel bad... a big headache... but today I shall write about the last movie I saw, I don't remember it... I think I have a memory problems... maybe was a action, indepent, classic or drama movie... In this case I write about my favorite movie -I saw last week, for twentieth time- because is a great movie. The movie is THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, based in the books and characters of the writer Thomas Harris –who also write the scrips with Ted Tally and won a Oscar-, the director was Jonathan Demme in 1991 for the Universal Studios.

The story is about a serial killer called “Buffalo Bill” (Ted Levine) who kills a big women for (hacerse) a drees with a human leather and his persecution for the FBI in the hands of young student Clarice Starling and her mentor. The actuation of Jodie Foster as special agent Starling is great she show vulnerable, alone and little bit confuse with her relation with the doctor Hannibal Lecter (Sir Anthony Hopkings), an another serial killer who helps her to catch the character of Ted Levine.

In my opinion the movie is great because the story is thrilling, the actuations are excellent and I love the stories about serial killers.

Welcome to my blog

First I'm Ruth Segovia, an student of anthropology in the Universidad of Chile. I think in a lot of things to write and share with the world, friends and classmates. This year is very important for my, because is my last year in the actual regimen of class with my friends and favorite proffesors.

My principal interest are the music, poetry, third position ideas and history (specially chilean history). In my free time I write poetry and short stories, play drummer and listen music. I like music, specially the neofolk, industrial, martial, post-rock, and more styles.