Claude Levi Strauss

Levi Strauss was a French social anthropologist. He was born in Brussels, in 1908. He studied philosophy and law in Paris. In 1934, he traveled to Brazil where, with field’s studies, analyzed the aboriginal communities of Mato Grosso and the Amazon.  Levi Strauss worked as a professor in a lot of universities and was awarded with de Honor’s Legion. 

His principal thoughts are that the different cultures, theirs behaviors, language and legends show the existence of common patterns in the whole human’s life. Strauss was very famous in the anthropology’s world and his most interesting books and essays are “Race and History” (1952), “Sad tropics” (1995) and the mythological that cover: “The naked man”, among others. Levi Strauss died in France on February 30^th, 2009.

The principal reason why I like Levi Strauss is because he did a lot of field’s studies about aboriginal communities in the Amazonian jungle that consolidated his identity as a professional of the anthropology. Apart from that, he is a very good writer, in “The sad tropics”, he used the language, the philosophy and the ethnographic analysis in an exquisite way. Finally, he contributed to the struggle’s program against the racism.

To finish, I would like remember a very good phrase of Strauss:  “A ordered right Humanism , don`t start for itself, on the contrary, it placed the world in front of life, the life in front of man, the respect for the other in front of own love.”

The soundtrack of our life!

Have you ever imagined your life without music, without sounds?

To me, music is very important .Is not just a sound that you can play and listen, you can also feel ,  to remember good moments and persons  or just have fun while you are doing something in certain circumstances.

Today I was thinking about how is music important in every situation of life like “the soundtrack of your own life”.  Have you ever walked in downtown and listened to your favorite song? When that happened is like your belly feels a lot of tiny rare insects and is like if you will get enough time to be there, stop walking and stay to listen the whole song.

The kind of music that I like is very varied since “Calle 13” until Radiohead. I like the circus and relaxing sounds. I have a lot of favorite artists, but one of them is a Chilean artist; his name is “Manuel Garcia” and is very cool. He only needs a guitar and his voice to express his thoughts.

My 2 latest big concerts were a long time ago, the first one was at the Caupolican theatre and it was about “Babasónicos” and the other one was in Victor Jara shed, there played Manuel Garcia with “Gepe” and “Chinoy” (all of them Chilean guys).

Finally, I can’t imagine my life without my music; enjoy a drink, think, dance, walk at the street (especially in autumn) or go in the subway, all of this things, are funnier when you listen your favorite music.