Blog Post 5: Changes to my study program

In my case, I graduated from university seven years ago, I studied physical anthropology in Universidad de Concepcion, and actually, I studied archaeology in Universidad de Chile, that’s why I will give my opinion based on my experience in both universities. However, according to me, the study program of own this university is very completed and updated.

About the curriculum, anthropology has changed a lot in these years, the principal change is the increase in interest in applied anthropology, and own study program is more focused to in this topic too, but I think that in archaeology is needed more subjects about applied archeology like environmental impact, forensic archeology, etc. Secondly, I think that in archaeology is needed to focus more in laboratory analysis in subjects like archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, pottery or lithics, with specialized laboratories about these subjects, because archaeology is increasingly its interest in this analysis, moreover, is needed more field work courses. Thirdly, the university should focus to current approaches like historical archaeology, because this is an understudied and emerging area of study in Chile, moreover, I think that own study program should be related to other disciplines and departments like biology, architecture, history or geology.

About workload, I think that sometimes we can’t take full advantage of the subjects because workload is too, and some subjects should be prioritized over others. About length, this is related to workload, because a heavy workload causes the career to last longer than expected. In my opinion, the main current flaw in the faculty is lack of dining areas, and about de laboratories, faculty need to more laboratories about subjects previously mentioned and associated technology like magnifying glasses, microscopes, etc. Despite these flaws, the study program is adequate for the current situation of anthropology and updates quickly. 

 


 

Comentarios

  1. Francisca Espinoza31 de mayo de 2022, 13:54

    I think it would be very interesting and important for professional development that the program of studies is related to other disciplines and departments such as biology, architecture, history or geology; because when we go out to work we will relate with people from these areas. I also believe that in anthropology it is very necessary to have a broad vision of all the subjects

    ResponderEliminar
  2. Pía Lepe Tello31 de mayo de 2022, 14:00

    It's true, I entered the career with a little interest in the mention of archaeology, but as the university has shown us it has disappointed me, I feel that there is a lack of more content on archeology.

    ResponderEliminar
  3. Edo Mika1 de junio de 2022, 7:52

    It is very good your opinion having your experience studying anthropology and archaeology. The field work is fundamental and the methodological courses need to be improved.

    ResponderEliminar

Publicar un comentario

Entradas populares de este blog

Blog Post 2: The Best Concert Ever

Imagen
  I’ve been to many concerts in my life, I’ve seen Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, The Mars Volta, and many others Chilean bands like Los Jaivas, Los Prisioneros, Congreso, etc. However, I think that the best concert ever was the concert by Cavalera Conspiracy. Cavalera Conspiracy is a Brazilian thrash metal band, it’s formed by Cavalera brothers, they are founder members of Sepultura. Sepultura is a very famous Brazilian band that I love much, because I hear these albums since I was very young and his lyrics talks about politics, dystopia, and social problems. In 1993 Max Cavalera, vocalist and guitar, decide leave the band, and Igor Cavalera, his brother and drummer, leave the band some years after. The Cavalera brothers played in several bands after Sepultura, but they didn’t play these songs in concerts because Sepultura songs were protected by copyright. In 2018 they reach a legal agreement and begin tours around the world playing old albums of Sepultura, like Schizophenia, Beneath
Leer más

Blog Post 1: A country you would like to visit

Imagen
  Hi everyone I would like write about Brazil, because is the country I would like to visit. I visited this country once in 2019 and I was really impressed with its cultural diversity and landscapes. Its cultural variety impressed me because in this country there are population descendant of Indigenous, Europeans and Africans since the colonization process, and descendant of Asians since the last century, so, in Brazil practically live people from all the continents. Also, the indigenous populations are very different among them just like their languages, traditions, world interpretations and relationship with the nature, so, this is very interesting for me like an anthropologist. Besides, its vegetation is stunning and there are many vegetal kinds very plentiful and entirely different than Chilean vegetation. For this reason, I would like live and study in Brazil in the future, because the Brazilian anthropology has studied thoroughly the relationship among indigenous or rural pop
Leer más

Blog Post 4: Time travel to the past or future

Imagen
Hi, today I will talk about travels in time. If I could travel in time, I think that I would travel to three events, two events in the past and one event in the future. First, I would travel to the prehistory, to the moment when the Mesoamerican societies developed the corn. I’m very curious about this event because the corn was created by crossing of two wild plants, and this process is still unknown. I be interested in this event because I love much think about the technologies and knowledge that the ancient societies had about the nature and the biodiversity, mainly, because the cross of species it is still very difficult even by own technology in the present. Secondly, I would travel to the past, to the moment when my grandparents were young, because they died when I was very young, and I would like talk with them. I’m be interested in my grandparents because they lived in a rural context very isolated, without access to electricity, drinking water, cars or refrigerators, in
Leer más