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My favourite piece of technology

The technology is so exciting and surprising, but I would like to buy a digital camera, I just want that. A digital camera, because it’s a device that could help for realize my dream: make a short-film. In this moment I’m saving money to buy it, but, unfortunately, I have saved little money, yet.
However, the kind of camera I would like to have is not in digital format, but in 35 mm format. Almost all movies have been filmed in this format, although these cameras are big and heavy. It’s just a dream, because I don’t have any idea about work with this type of camera.
Actually, the cameras are a technology very important in our lives. In the beginning, the cameras were only use for filming movies, although, later, they were used for making TV programs. With its mass, the cameras became in a device technology that could be achieved by any person, like more entertainment.
For me, this new access is a good opportunity to realize one of my dreams.

Who am I?

My name is Sebastián Caviedes, but you can call me Seba or whatever. Actually, I am studying Sociology at University of Chile. I like it too much, because is a space when I can to learn many interesting things, although I can to meet with many genial people, too.

In this opportunity, I expect to improve my English, in especial my vocabulary, which allows me relation to interact with foreigner people.

I like so much to learn different languages and maybe now is a good time to learn English

Carefree

Free Time

Although I don’t have enough free time cause my works at university, I try to take advantage of those little spaces that I can enjoy without studying.

I like to play football with my friends and then I like to share a barbecue and beers with them. Also, I try to go to the theatre or cinema.

If I have some available book, I mean, some book with a different topic from what I always read, I like to read it during weekend; novels, stories or poetry are good options. However, I like to write, no novels or great texts, but I enjoy writing little things like my memories or some thing like a script.

The music is always present: enjoy to my favorite bands or look some video clips on TV.

For me, playing sports is very important for and the human development. When I was a child, during my school age, I played football in the school team and I tried to practice sports like tennis or basketball.

I think that I use very well my spare time: I try to do what I like and I socialize with my closest people. Well, I forget my responsibilities for a while.

A man in history

Gabriel Salazar

He is a Chilean historian, philosopher and sociologist was born in 1931, which has been one of founders of historical discipline called Nueva Historia Social in Chile.

He studied in the University of Chile during the sixties, even reaching to work with Mario Góngora, winner of the History National Award in 1976, although this not last long because the dictatorship that reigned in Chile since 1973. In this context, Salazar decided to accept a scholarship from University of Hull, England, exiles in this country to 1985.

In his back, Salazar published Labradores, peones y proletarios, which, from a new vision, talked about life of peasants and workers like interesting subject from social and historical perspective. From this publication, the Salazar work’s has been aimed at rescuing to called “popular subject”, which, rises like image of the marginalized sectors, without relevance in the traditional historiography. Some related works are La historia desde abajo y desde dentro (2003) or Ser niño “huacho” en la historia de Chile. Siglo XIX (2006). With this work, Salazar was awarded with the History National Award in 2006.

From Chilean sociology, the social perspective from which Salazar make history –making relevant the social conflict in all its forms- establish an interesting expedient for sociologist analyze, in especial, for analyze within the social process in Chile. For other hand, this work is interesting for all social sciences, because permits placed from new theoretical view to social problems.

So, for me, Gabriel Salazar is a very important person within my discipline and a very important expert in the national historiography in recent years.