The fuzzy future

Well, before to start answering the main questions, I would like to talk about the troubles in the sociological field, related with the work that finally a sociologist execute. In the last time, I hear that the current tendency for the sociologist is to work in public politics, designing and evaluating  social programs. In this sense, this Faculty have a special subject in the fourth year –and during two semesters- to train people to work in the State - or to work for it. I feel fear for this situation because I wouldn’t work as an administrator or somthing similar, and also I don’t agree with the ideology behind the pubic politics,like the focalization, solving the social problems –that are huge- in parts.

Now, answering the questions, I would like to work in everything –less in public politics-, but in specific something related with investigation, mixing the sociological theory with the economics theory. Perhaps working with statics or qualitative studies, but I don’t know in this moment. In relation with the topics fields, I’am interesting in the Education, Work and the inequalities in the sociality. If someone ask me for an organization in where I would like to work, it’s the CEPAL. 

about  the aspects that I will consider for choosing a job is the proximity between the work and my house –for use my bike- and the offered salary –of course-, weighting the time and the type of job assignate with the tackled topic –if is interesting to me or not. Finally, in a job interview I would say that my strengths are: I’am a great searcher for solution –I like this- and the thing that I don’t know I will learn fastly – or I will try at least-; and I would say about the weaknesses: I need that the topics are interesting and challenge me –like a game.

I am dark green or pale green, but not pure green...

Yes, I recognize that I have spirit for the environment care but I can’t define myself as an ecologist. I think back in my education and I can’t find a teaching about this topics. Maybe, in my times of college, the care of the planet was a secondary worry behind the development of the science, technology and productivity –the capitalism ideology had win. But in this time, is a big problem specially because of the phenomenon of the global warming and the climate change, a worldwide issue.

Well, I think that the people learn most of time about environmentally friendly practices from the Internet and/or friends, because in this country doesn’t exist a conscience about the problem. In this sense, I learn some habits about the earth care, like how to dump the oil inside a bottle –and not in the dishwasher- or accumulate the organic material in a special garbage dump –compost- for use as organic fertilizer. Well, also I use the bike for my displacement in the city, although Santiago is the worth city for moving in bike because it doesn’t have the street with a special space for the bikes.

 

Currently, I´m not participation in any environmental organization because I don’t have time for more activities, but I don´t discard a participation in the future, I would like to have an organic garden, to grow some vegetables, ideally not transgenic ones.

Finally, the two things that I’m now doing to reduce my carbon footprint are: to use the bike and to use low consume light bulbs. And the big missing issue to do in our sociality is change the disposable logic, because everything around us has been made to last every time  less, so then you need to buy new stuff.