ACTIVITY 8 - BLOG

Mrs. Virginia Gutiérrez likes it working with different types of communities; She was also passionate about studying, researching, getting up early to schedule his day, writing for long hours, so she stood out by writing several family books and Colombian culture. She liked teaching, she was a high school teacher and medical school and she liked to make friends and share with her childrens, since she was a very loving and affectionate woman. Among the things she dindn´t like, we can mention discrimination, violence and in general the violation of rights to any type of population. She did not like being protagonist or popular, so she ran away from photos and interviews, however, he received several awards and recognitions throughout his career and his face was the image of a Colombian ticket.

Virginia Gutiérrez de Pineda She is the woman interesting, dedicated to social work whit indigenous communities. She had eyes black color, short hair and brown color.  She  was tall and very elegant.

She got up at 5 every day. She had her breakfast and immediately took a bath. She brushed her teeth and then went to study and work. In her free time she read about Science, Social and Ethnology.  She was very dedicated in her work, mainly in topics such as the status and role of Colombian women, women in education, work and law in Latin America. She was a tenacious woman, disciplined and of character. She spent a lot of time in the academy, dedicated to social research, without forgetting her home.  She was very judicious with household chores. She was aware of her children's tasks.

Mrs. Virginia Gutiérrez de Pineda was one of the most influential people of her time for the following reasons: As an anthropologist she was a pioneer in medical anthropology and in work on family in Colombia. She was elected in 1967 as the woman of the year in Colombia, she won the Alejandro Ángel Escobar prize, the Camilo Torres medal, the merit medal of the Inter-American family congress and twice as a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation. His twelve literary works focused on different aspects of Colombian culture and society, were pioneers in the scientific investigation of the complex and diverse national reality. Mrs. Virginia gave a new dimension to the regional and contributed unpublished elements to understand the evolution of Colombian economy and society during the last two centuries. In 2015, in honor of its merits, the Bank of the Republic chose its image to appear on the $ 10,000 peso bill that began circulation in 2016.

Virginia's house Virginia lives in a treehouse, these houses aren't very common, starting with the fact they are built between the trees, for some people these houses are seen more as a refuges but for others they are the perfect place to live. Virginia loves her treehouse this house is made of wood, of the best quality, in the outside maybe you might think it is not big enough, but once you get in you will found out that there is enough space for you and other five people to live. It has an elegant rustic decoration, the kitchen and the dinnig room are in the same place, next to them you'll find the living room and two bedrooms both of them with two beds and a gorgeous closet

Colombian Anthropologist Virginia Gutiérrez de Pineda       (1921/11/04 - 1999/09/02) She was born on November 4 to 1921 in Socorro, Santander, Colombia She studied baccalaureate at the National Pedagogical Institute of Bogotá, between 1935 and 1940, in the Escuela Normal Superior between 1940 and 1944, and in the National Technological Institute, here she received the degree of anthropologist in 1944. Thanks to a grant from the Foundation Guggenheim, entered the University of California, Berkeley, where she obtained a master's degree in Social and Medical Anthropology (1953-1954). In 1962, at the National Pedagogical University, she received her doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences.