COVID-19 and Migration: How Spread of the Virus Reduced Mobility of Migrants in Chile
by Social distance and border closure as health measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 had profound consequences on the lives of migrants living in Chile …
Author: Marta Apablaza Riquelme
Rita Lages: “Migration forces the Nation States and Societies to question themselves”
Migration or human mobility is a complex phenomenon that encompasses a multiplicity of economic, social and security aspects. According to the “World Migration Report 2020”, …
Overwhelmed, tired and bored: This is how young people in Chile feel during the pandemic
A scientific study in Chile established that young people -18 to 29 years old – feel more fatigue, worry and boredom during the pandemic than …
“Ollas Comunes” in Chile in times of the “new normal”
Due to the advance of COVID-19 – during 2020 – neighbors, friends and families from popular neighborhoods in Chile organized “common pots”, a form of …
El resurgimiento de las “ollas comunes” en Chile: solidaridad en tiempos de pandemia
Durante 2020, debido al avance del COVID-19, personas de barrios populares de Chile han estado organizando “ollas comunes” como una forma de asegurar alimentación a …
The resurgence of “Ollas Comunes” in Chile: Solidarity in times of pandemic
During 2020, due to the advance of COVID-19, people from popular neighborhoods in Chile have been organizing “Ollas Comunes” or “Soup Kitchen” as a way …
Same sky, different insights: Danish-Chilean research collaboration on astronomy
Chile has outstanding geographical and climatic qualities to do research in astronomy. Denmark has great resources and human capital to do cutting edge scientific research. Even though Chile and Denmark are 12.724 kilometres apart, if you look deeper, you can find great research and scientific collaboration between both countries.
Helene Risør: Traces of a Danish anthropologist at the end of the world
Helene Risør, an academic from the School of Anthropology at the Catholic University of Chile, has spent more than ten years away from Denmark. At the University of Copenhagen, Helene Risør, finished her PhD in Social Anthropology, in 2010. Currently, the majority of her research revolves around the social and political life of one of the southernmost countries in the world, Chile.