To talk about this subject requires an all-round view. The conception of liffe as a straight line passing through points A, B, C, D is an over-simplification. This abstraction doesn’t correspond to anyone’s life, although sometimes we insist that it does. Mabel Encinas Life is more like a […]
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Diversity and community
They will never be equality, because all humans are different; this is an idea that is generally accepted in today’s society. Mabel Encinas However, the consequences of this diversity, are seen in different values and through a variety of actions. In other words, there are differences of perception […]
The millennial Peru at the British Museum
Museums are spaces and intercultural meeting places where ethnic communities have a role to play. Claudio Chipana It is estimated that within the British Museum, founded in 1753 by the “curious” and the “studious”, there are around 8 million objects, however, only 70 to 80 thousand objects […]
The urban void (2): The spiritual aspect
Last week I wrote about how the cityscape contains empty spaces, voids, which are the as-yet undeveloped tracts within the urban setting. Steve Latham But the word ‘void’ possesses a dual meaning. It is also a spiritual word. The void is what mystics experience in the depth of […]
Recognition of Latin Americans: a process acquiring local variations
A Latin-American is someone who belongs to, or is descended from Latin America, the conjunction of countries which mostly speak Spanish or Portuguese, without excluding the indigenous languages. Claudio Chipana We are Latin-Americans because we come from that great region south of the Rio Bravo, that region which […]














