I have a bunch of classes on Wednesday, but I fit in some wandering in between, popping over the Museo de Arte PreColombino, which I couldn't believe I hadn't visited yet because guidebooks are always ranting about how its the one museo you have to see.
Which I would probably agree with. It's expensive by Santiago standards though, a whole luca for students! The collection was really great although I'm not sure if everything was on display yet: some of the building was still being fixed up from earthquake damage. It amazed me to see the level of detail in the artifacts on display and the variety of cultures/civilizations, most of which I had never ever heard of. Since they let you take pictures without flash, here are some of the highlights!
Globalization and Copper, as usual, was interesting today. We were having a very discussion based class open ended question day and talked about what makes Chileans Chilean, which is actually a very hard thing to define. The professor also asked the students what they thought should be done to increase participation and civil society organization. Most of the answers were something along the lines of: "fight the commercialistic influence of the US" which is something of a valid critique I suppose. Citizens shouldn't have to buy their way into belonging to the social fabric, which is increasingly becoming the norm. Food for thought.
i like the statue of the very round dachshund :)
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