Blog 8: Personal Opinions

Hello everyone, today I am going to talk about a couple of my opinions on the topic of human relationships.

In recent years I believe that the way we relate to each other has become more important. From my point of view, it has been the feminist movement that has been mainly responsible for bringing the debate around human relationships into the public eye. I think it is very important for all of us to rethink our relationships, to evaluate each person's responsibilities and to be conscious of the places of enunciation in any type of relationship.

Regarding the last point, I think that asking ourselves the place of enunciation from where we say or carry out an action is fundamental to relating in a healthy relationship with others. As chile was a colony, the power relations installed from the foreigner, not only permeate in the political sphere, also in the reproduction of colonial dynamics in our relations. Understanding the power structures that have emerged from colonial domination, and the position of subalternity that has been explored by postcolonialism, can help us to understand the place of enunciation that we have as individuals.

I personally believe that product of our context, the reflection on human relations must be based on the place of enunciation. I think that postcolonialism and decolonialism provide useful resources for this reflection.

Finally, I recommend reading the great philosopher Gayatri Spivak and her essay “Can the subaltern speak?”

Thanks for reading.