When I was invited to take up a course on Intercultural Mediation at the Fundación Universidade da Coruña I had no idea of a new social and cultural perspectives that were about to open up to me.Firstly, it meant my return to living Cultural Anthropology full time, once again. For years I had been looking forward to this and there I was in a classroom discussing and learning more of immigration policies, problems (which I could rather well identify with) and other related issues. Not much longer my internship started at the Fundación Juan Soñador, a non-governmental organization here in La Coruña. For the last week I was confronted with life situation I had taken for granted or totally was unware of. Learning about immigration policies at a deeper level as well as the outcome of some hairy situations people who have come to Spain due to political and social dire needs have hit me deeply. It is easy to become involved, however, one can be more helpful if he/she takes one step back to look at the particular issue with human care but trying to be objective.
This is just the beginning. I will be discussing this matter with more care from now on...
