One of my favorite things about (my new) life as a graduate student is that everything, truly everything, seems designed to force you to try and understand where authors were standing when they wrote, or made, what you are studying. I can see my more academic friends going duhhh, but bear with me for a…
A few months ago, I wrote this post describing the path that made me apply for the Master’s program in which I’m studying now. At the end, I mentioned that the most important lesson I learned from the process is that I was not accepted because of my experience; I was accepted for being a…
I’ll be posting my #SinFiltro (apparently, not #SinFiltros) notes here for those who won’t be watching the show live. I have now posted my views on the show, in the shape of an open letter to the moderator. Participants Moderator: @genarolozano, prof. at ITAM and Ibero @antonioattolini, ITAM @astroboydedios, ITAM undergrad, current postgrad at CIDE….
I am not a nationalist (and I do hope my primary teachers never find out about that… but that’s material for a different story). Now that we got that out of the way: one of my favorite things to do this time of the year is take pictures. Independence day celebrations (15-16th of September… but…
(In January 2011, and thanks to the ICRC Young Reporter Competition, I had the fortune of visiting the ICRC mission in the Philippines to report on the situation of youth. This post is part of a series I wrote on this visit. Click here to see the rest of the posts.) The way we perceive beneficiaries…
(In January 2011, and thanks to the ICRC Young Reporter Competition, I had the fortune of visiting the ICRC mission in the Philippines to report on the situation of youth. This post is part of a series I wrote on this visit. Click here to see the rest of the posts.) Being immersed in an environment…
(In January 2011, and thanks to the ICRC Young Reporter Competition, I had the fortune of visiting the ICRC mission in the Philippines to report on the situation of youth. This post is part of a series I wrote on this visit. Click here to see the rest of the posts.) I am very bad at…
(August 2011 update: this post is participating in Blog Carnival: Mexico – Citizenry, Violence and Blogs , which is organized by one of my favorite sources, Global Voices. To find the links of other posts that are participating in this carnival, a good source is the #vocesmx search on Twitter.) In October 2010, I wrote this article to participate the ICRC…
(This post is an adapted translation of the posts I wrote for my Mexican friends celebrating abroad. It was written on the 15th of September, 2010). As you may imagine, the Bicentennial is the hot topic over here right now. It’s on the radio, on TV, on the streets… You can feel it everywhere. I…