MY FAVOURITE SUBJECT THIS SEMESTER

To get started I only have 3 subjects this semester so the decision will be easy. 

My favourite subject is called "Memory and political violence" with the professor Isabel Piper, she is a social psychology. In general, the classes are not very didactics but there are many instances to discuss and reflect, sometimes we see videos and we analyze interesting texts.

With respect to the contents of this subject, these are from the area of social psychology and they teach us about memory and political violence from the perspective of critical social psychology. In this subject my group and me we are working in a project related with gender violence in the military dictatorship of 1973, specifically with the stories and memories of tortured women´s of that time.

I like this subject because the area of social psychology interest me so much and even more if it is related with politic and history. On the other hand, I really like to learn about in how the psychology can contribute in this historical processes.

A person or expert in your field that I admire

I would like to talk about Martín Baró, he was born in November 7 of 1942 in Valladolid, Spain and he died in November 16th of 1989 in San Salvador, where he was murdered by the Salvadoran army. He was a scholar, social psychologist, philosopher and Jesuit priest.
He said that psychology should be developed to address the historical context, the social conditions and aspirations of the people. For Martín Baró, the solution to the mental health problems in societies characterized by oppression, is the transformation of society to transcend the historical reality of oppression. Psychologists cannot ignore the influence that difficult contexts have on the mental health. If they do, then they become in accomplices to the social injustices that may have caused these mental health problems. His work inspired the development of liberation psychology in Latin America and community psychology throughout the world
I like Martín Baró because he did a big contribution to social psychology by understanding the subject in his historical context.

My favourite picture

Shimi, the charming dog

Well, this is a picture of my dog called Sofia, but in my house we tell "Shimi". She is a "salchicha" dog, but the real name of his race is dachshund. She is 9 years old and she is very happy and playful but she is angry with people she does not know, especially with children :(

This photo is very funny and I really like. I took this picture one morning 3 years ago (time goes fast) in my mom´s room and my mother is behind Shimi. She was putting on makeup to go to work. 

I like this photo because is a lucky shot, it seems like my dog is flirting with me and I find it very funny, she stands on two legs... looks like a human hahah!, but a human with big ears and very hairy. In conclusion, in this picture Shimi is fabulous and sexy.