ABOUT ME

Hello. Some short ideas about me... Well, first of all, I like my life, in spite of the usual uncertainties. I work as a professor of sociology and research on urban issues and social movements, although there are many fields in which I am interested and devote a lot of my time: literature, sports, activism... Solidarity, equality and social justice are some of my main concerns not only as general purposes, but also as part of the my daily behaviour as a social and natural being.Regarding my personality, I am very curious about social and political issues, the natural and the urban environment, but also like to be quiet and read alone for hours (increasingly more trough the "screens", though I still love good and provocative books). Nothing of that is contradictory to love dancing, watch movies and attending music performances when possible.

PHILOSOPHY

Critical quietness and doubtful realism.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am still trying to learn how this system works, but I think is not too different from other ways of sharing your home with friends or friends of friends. Some people told me about their experiences and I hope to tell others in the future about mine...

Interests

Running, cycling, dancing, reading poetry and reading everything, cinema, going to underground music concerts, to derive in cities without consuming, to explore cooperative ways of living, demonstrations, photopgraphy...A grasp of that may be found in my blog on poetry: http://ateopoeta.blogia.com

• books
• literature
• poetry
• concerts
• dancing
• environment
• running
• movies
• reading
• blogging
• music
• cycling
• sports
• teaching
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Fela Kuti, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Van Morrison, Caetano Veloso...Un lugar en el mundo, Pan y Rosas, Cielo sobre Berlín...Julio Cortázar, José Ángel Valente, Jorge Riechmann, Sylvia Plath, Gonzalo Rojas, César Vallejo...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Colombia, Cuba and China were some of the places where I felt more challenged to ma ke a great effort of comprehension... too complex realities!

Teach, Learn, Share

All about social, urban and political issues.