My Future Job



Minera Dominga: una larga historia de 7 años que aún está inconclusa – Fundación Terram


I would like to work as a social anthropologist specializing in socio-environmental problems, focused on conflicts caused by the installation of extractive mining companies. Therefore, I would like this work, and should be done, on the outdoors in the middle of the territories in conflict to be able to work together with the local communities.
I live in Santiago and the vast majority of these types of conflicts caused by extractivism take place outside the region, and a large part of them are located in the northern part of the country, so I would have to travel frequently to carry out this I work and that motivates me a lot. I am sure that they will be great experiences and I hope to help with them.
All this interests me now for now that I am studying anthropology with a specialty in social anthropology. Regarding salary, there are many memes and it is classic to make fun that anthropologists do not receive a very good salary in their jobs, but this is rather an exaggeration I think, at least when compared to the average salary in Chile. However, it is also true that it is not large and it is not a career that one studies to become rich. Anyway, I would like, later, to study some kind of postgraduate degree either in Brazil or Mexico due to the quality of their schools of social sciences, even though I do not close myself to the possibility of doing it here as well.

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  1. Marión Sánchez22 de junio de 2021 a las 11:27

    Hi, it is admirable that you are interested in working on the conflicts such as those caused by mining in our country, as it has historically affected our inhabitants an the environment.

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