Crónicas Lenguaraces
I started studying Said’s On Orientalism as part of the process of understanding different kinds of representation of the “Orient” while exploring Roy’s The God of Small Things. This was back in 2006, when I had to write my final essay on literature at the Central University in Venezuela. Said’s …
In response to Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations, Edward Saïd gave a lecture called The Myth of the “Clash of Civilizations” in which I find ideas I consider fundamental. This lecture, like the documentary On Orientalism, has been distributed by the …
“We tend to form clusters based on similarity, and then we produce stereotypes about other clusters of people. In my opinion, one …
After weeks and weeks of doubts and (all kinds of) struggle, the time has come to continue with the flow of ideas. …
This talk is available in 40 languages Highlights: ”…because of writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye I went through a mental …
#2 The project What do I want to do? My ambition is to design an educational program, a curriculum. I think it …
#1 The background I’ve been working on a thesis about intercultural sensitivity and new media for a bit more than three years. With …
Con este post (como con muchos otros) me pongo en la cola larga de los que publican comentarios y fotos sobre Venecia, …
¿Qué mejor momento para actualizar el blog que el día en el que debo trabajar en en un texto urgente para …
Escudriñar videos de escritores en YouTube tiene siempre un resultado interesante. Quizás uno de los pequeños tesoros más valiosos que guardo de …