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Back to Chile, 2016, Vignette # 13
29th October 2016 | 0 CommentsYou can’t see but the lights of Valparaiso are flickering like flames. Soy del puerto, soy del mar, soy del Pacifico, soy de aqui.
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Back to Chile, 2016, Vignette # 12
29th October 2016 | 0 CommentsIn Chile, the persistent theme of conversation for me has been diversity and the need to decolonialize the education system that is disciplining Haitian and African children/youth into becoming “Chilean”. This is in a context where indigenous peoples of these lands have been erased, Chilean cultures homogenized and where an antiquated immigration law persists. I […]
Filed under: Chile, Journeys, Migration, Revelations
Back to Chile, 2016, Vignette # 10
29th October 2016 | 0 CommentsBeing in Chile and meeting amazing organizers of the Left, I was reminded to not solely be part of resistance, in the position of defensiveness against state and capital but also to actively build the world we want right now. Let’s create those alternatives to capitalism that are possible and so urgently needed, right now, […]
Back to Chile, 2016, Vignette # 9
29th October 2016 | 0 CommentsAngie Las lágrimas no me paran después de leer las cartas que le escribía a Angie desde Canadá cuando niña. Ella las guardo y hoy me las trajo en una hermosa caja que hizo con sus propias manos tambien con fotos de nosotras desde el kínder. Éramos como hermanas, inseparables. Nos queríamos del alma. Cuando […]
Back to Chile, 2016, Vignette # 8
29th October 2016 | 0 CommentsCompiling a list of all that I have learned on my trip to Chile. (in progress) No 1. Don’t be overcome by fear and all that the media portrays from x or y country. Take precautions but don’t let fear paralyze. Just go and experience the country, the world, especially your own roots yourself!! I […]
Back to Chile, 2016, Vignette # 7
29th October 2016 | 0 CommentsAmong lands and peoples, we find and construct home, beyond the violence of nations. The radical Chilean left does not wave the flag because the country is a colonial project imposed by the violence of the elites. I stretch my mind and heart into the ocean before me and contemplate a world without borders. Here […]
Back to Chile, 2016, Vignette # 6
29th October 2016 | 0 CommentsAlgunos detestan las grandes ciudades. Mis estudiantes en St. Catherines admitieron odiar a Toronto. Algunas personas no van a la capital y se quedan en el pueblo por miedo y muchas veces por la pobreza. La cuidad es un monstro para mucho, como el Defectuoso (DF) y según aquí le dicen Santiasco. Las ciudades son […]
Back to Chile, 2016, Vignette # 5
29th October 2016 | 0 CommentsIn the altitudes of Bella Vista I was contemplating how Valparaiso was built. The architecture defies gravity. The hills are incredibly steep. There are old palaces of houses all over that particular historic area. Then I looked into the ocean and contemplated the global, all those routes connecting Chile to the world before the Panama […]
Back to Chile, 2016, Vignette # 4
29th October 2016 | 0 CommentsYa no me dicen niña, ya no me dicen señorita. Ahora soy la señora que camina por los cerros con mucho más conocimiento de varios pueblos, fronteras y experiencias recorridas. Las palabras y nombres de calles y referencias no siempre las recuerdo. Vivi aquí hasta los 5 años de edad. No recuerdo bien los nombres […]