Valentina Obreque is an
undergraduate student of anthropology in the Universidad de Chile. She is interested
in the study of the cultures in all the expertise fields, especially from the
archaeology, in which she would like investigate topics related with burial phenomena
and symbolism or ideology.
She has been a student of
this university since last year, for this reason she do not have academic experiences
about the career. Although, she would like to work as voluntary in the Museo de
Historia Natural to have some experience in the field that she is studying. Also,
she would like to help some students with their thesis, because she wants to
learn about advanced topics in the professional field.
She has investigated
different issues, first of all, she has written an article about the influence
of Polynesia in South America, specifically in the Mapuche area. Plus, she has
written about the perception of the Jesuitas about the native people in south
of Chile, in the colonization process. Adding to this academic information, she
enjoy to work making investigations, do it with partners.
Currently in this
semester, she and other classmates will write a research the medicinal use of specific
plants in Chiloe’s Island.
