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When I was in second year, I had a subject that was my favorite, because I enjoyed it so much, that subject was called Social Psychology. The objetive of the subject was to analyse discourses of anything, like Tv, politics, companies, etcetera. In class we did many things, first we were doing a theorical review about different authors that helpt us to understand the analyses of discourses.  After that, we analysed films, documentaries, memes, comedian routines etcetera, to do a critical analyses with the theorical contents, with the objetive of knowing what they want to say or what  those institutions  want to get  with those discourses. The  most used theory in class was poststructuralism because with that we could  analyse power discourses in different moments and contents.  I like that subject because with the contents that I learned I could analyse everything, like comercial appearing every day on tv and this is so much fun. As well as, ...

It's difficult for me to mention an expert that I admire on my field or a teacher important in my formation as Social Worker. But I consider a person important in my studies, as a social worker and personal formation too, She is Judith Butler. She is a  post-structuralism philosopher that  dedicates to investigate gender, feminism and queer theory. She was born 24th of February in 1956, in Cleveland, USA. She has written a lot of books, for example, Gender Trouble or Bodies that Matter: on the Discursive Limits of Sex. I met her work in the university, because in the class me and my classmates read her book. It was obligatory and I like her theory proposes very much , as well as, I felt that theory can be useful for more than only a class or academic formation. This year, she came to Chile to show a seminary about gender and I could see her, this event motivated me to academic development and in the future works in this topic with investigations from the social work. ...