The Global and the Blog

Well, this is the first post in English in this blog. Restricted and opened that was the question, and finally the solution is going to be two blogs: one restricted in Spanish for the design studio group, with the students as co-authors, and this one open, in English. The theme of the post could not be better for the opening: A Global History of Architecture by F. Ching, Mark Jarzombek, and Vikramaditya Prakash.

I am going to comment the book after the summer vacations. Now I just want to point out that if we believe in an education centered in the learning process, and need to count on what the students already know, his/her cultural background are essential. If our students come form all over the world a global vision of the history of architecture is basic. The only way European thinking can be useful in global era is converting Eurocentrism in a responsible stand. Welcome to globalization.