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mayo 31, 2014
de Lorena Álvarez Deja un comentario

La dedicatoria que nunca olvidarás…

Han pasado muchos días desde la última vez que escribí en «Un rincón para mi Diván«, sin embargo paradójicamente nunca he permanecido tanto tiempo acostada en mi propio diván. Durante este tiempo, pude compartir muchas ideas y proyectos con personas de otros países y diferentes «backgrounds» en una pequeña localidad llamada Tetovo, situada en Macedonia, cerca de Kosovo y Albania. Este proyecto me alejó levemente de la realidad cotidiana, convirtiendo así mis vacaciones en uno de los periodos más productivos de lo que va de año. He vuelto a mi rincón, con un cuaderno repleto de ideas, planes, libros pendientes para leer, material que escribir y componer así como un sin fin de preguntas para las que desearía algún día hallar respuesta.

Como en todos mis viajes, el monumento más valioso que he podido descubrir tiene esa luz y esa calidez tan única del ser humano. Esa esencia tan especial que probablemente nunca logremos olvidar. Sigue leyendo →

noviembre 16, 2013
de Lorena Álvarez 2 comentarios

The identity: WHO AM I…??

Slettestrand, Denmark. November 2013

«You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in. You are what you take from these. You are the sound of the ocean, the breath of fresh air, the brightest light and the darkest corner. You are collective of every experience you have had in your life. You are every single second of every single day. So down yourself in a sea of knowledge and existence. Let the words run though your veins and let the colors fill your mind.»

Last days I took part in a project in Denmark, where I met people from different countries and I had the opportunity to share “life” with them. Off course, I became involved in a multitude of ways, as a member of a group, as a human with social and emotional needs, aiming to integrate myself in a new group of people and even a new “improvised culture”. That was a real psychological experiment itself -. multitude of behaviors isolated and products from social interaction, personality traits, roles, stereotypes, personal goals… -. How could I explain it? Sigue leyendo →

octubre 11, 2013
de Lorena Álvarez Deja un comentario

The culture´s role in the mental life

Recently I was pleased to be invited to participate in a training at «Danish United Nations Association» in Denmark. The subject of the lecture revolves around «the culture concept» and all phenomena related (as immigration, language develop, heritage of humanity, economy issues, learning programs, educational patterns, human rights and diversity). So, I just started to joint some ideas that I would like to speak about, and this (look below) is the result. Please, English is not my mother tongue, neither my second language… so I apologize beforehand for the expression flaws and others.

Today I would like to write about Culture,

In Spain, It is common to use the expression «to have culture or not» according to the level of education. Well… everybody has a culture.

It´s something inherent of humankind -. We are social animals.

It´s a fact that I am speaking and writing about culture so often. One reason is explained by my good feeling with «anthropology research» , however there´re lots of reasons why a psychologist can make references or reflexions about the «culture influence«. The culture is somehow a predictor of behaviour (between a multitude). There are lots of thrilling researches about the influence of the culture in a humankind, analyzing the human behaviour from different standpoints; as a member of a group, society, or individually. How important is the language acquisition, the broadcast of values, symbols or rituals? How important are the behaviour patters? What about religion? Sigue leyendo →