Sunday, November 2, 2014

How does each country use this form of nonverbal communication? How does it compare to Northern Africa?

Each country has an interpretation and a very different relationship with graffitis. Not in all places and also not all people have the same way to interpret this way of nonverbal communication.
In Colombia the culture of graffiti was not as wide, but during and after passing the ages of violence, this movement has taken a lot of strength because it has served as a means to remember those times of darkness, besides that the artists used to show the problems of our society. This movement in Brazil is considered more artistic, but still many artists began these paintings protesting for the destruction of nature and now they do it for the corruption of Brazil. On the other hand in Argentina  the society is associated with the graffiti culture in this country exactly Buenos Aires people elevate the conception of graffiti to another level, the city is practically one art gallery. people support this form of art and not considered vandalism, there are not regulations for painting in the streets where the only limitation is the imagination of the artists. Finally Honduras is a country that suffers from a lot of violence and corruption so that the graffiti is a way to express to the world of Hondurans and among themselves what their situation because they are not allowed to show much. When comparing these countries with those of North Africa we can see that almost has the same caracteríasticas, it mean that graffitis tell the stories that are not counted, it also has its artistic side by many authors.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Bangkok’s ‘Mexican’ Gangsters


From my point of view the things I think that Bangkok’s ‘Mexican’ Gangsters are an example of cultural appropriation because we can see how someone is trying to imitate something from other culture. They are clearly an example because they are a group of people to have a normal life but share a empathy for certain culture. But clearly do not do everything just as many Mexicans however these people just take this as a hobby. From my point of view I things that this phenomenon isn´t good  because many people tend to do things that are not of their culture, that is, do things that have never been instilled in them. I mean how someone can do something that is not tightly bound or feel a type of appreciation. I bet none of these imitators known mexico. I can say that it is better appreciate our own culture and is something we lack many Colombians.
Besides this we can learn from these groups as making a bad copy of a culture and nothing else. XD

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Racism against AfroColombians

Racism is a phenomenon that  has many consecuancias in other countries also have in Colombia. Although it has been many time since the slavery is sad to see some people in such a diverse country in races that were the product of the fusion of Indians, blacks and white still suffering from these kinds of thoughts that do not help build a better country with equal rights. In our country is clearly seen as black people living in a large porcenjate more precarious and less opportunities to get chances. It's time to end up with these ways of seeing things because at the moment we understand how rich is our country it would be a better place to live.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Introduction

My name is Héctor Castilla, and I am studying Mechanical Engineering at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Atlántico, in Colombia. Playing soccer is one of my favorite things to do, also the other thing that i love to do is eat. I think that always everyone have experiences that changes their lives, commonly these experiences start a important transformations in our live. In old Greek culture this process is called catharsis. This Blog is created with the goal of share the most common experiences that humans used to live.