How convenient is google? You need to know something, you google it, you find it. It is great, isn’t it? The search engine is so convenient that the term ‘to google something’ was even added to several dictonaries in various languages all over the world. If you think about itRead More →
Geometrical metaphors to explain the liberal and communitarian paradigms and to advance some proposals for a dimensional shift in the relationship between the individuals and the communities. “If you go away from a row, you can still come back into it. A row is an open formation. But a circleRead More →
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” This idiom, common in many languages, captures the idea of instead of handing something to someone, you should teach them how to acquire it themselves, soRead More →
If it is true that, as Machiavelli said, history always repeats itself, it is also unavoidable to think that men, as objects of history, are the outcome of long, continuous, and repetitive processes of crisis and progress, destruction and rebirth. It is also true however that the society of todayRead More →
December is a time students tend to look forward to, since it is a break from attending school/university for several weeks. It’s is also a time where international students can look forward to going home and seeing their families and friends. December, however, can also be a very stressful timeRead More →
500 billion plastic bags used each year 13 million tonnes of plastic leaked into the ocean each year 17 million barrels of oil used on plastic production each year 1 million plastic bottles bought every minute 100,000 marine animals killed by plastics each year 100 years for plastic to degradeRead More →
A changing world requires changing tools. However, this does not mean that we humans are always able to keep up with these changes. Additionally, globalization dramatically increased inequality. Both within and between countries disparity is growing fast and, in order to help unify a world that is becoming increasingly fractured,Read More →
Learning from Ecuador to Address Global Problems Locally. Buen viviris a broad concept still under elaboration and represents a plurality of theoretical perspectives, practical realisations, and positions from a variety of actors including indigenous groups, social movements, intellectuals, and politicians. In its most general interpretation, it denotes and aims atRead More →
Third Culture Kid – A child raised in a culture other than their parents’ (or the culture of the country given on the child’s passport, where they are legally considered native) for a significant part of their early development years. The term was coined by anthropologists John and Ruth Hill Useem inRead More →
What is Feminism? Think for just a moment about your personal definition of Feminism. Difficult, huh? And what about the “official” and worldly accepted one? …almost impossible, as I figured. The point is that we hear a lot of talks about Feminism but, still, it seems the world hasn’t comeRead More →