This activity from the “Psychology and Contemporary Society” cycle invites you to a space for conversation and discussion on the topic, in a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere.

“Minorities, active metaminorities and social change” is the title of the conference that will be held next Wednesday, October 31, at 11:30 a.m., as part of the “Psychology and Contemporary Society” cycle organized jointly by the Directorate of Liaison with the Medium and Extension and the Department of Psychology of the University of La Serena.  

On this occasion, the academic Mg. Francisco Donoso will delve into the innovative role not only of “active minorities” (Moscovici), but also that played by the configuration of minorities within minorities, what he has called “active metaminorities.” In the words of the academic, the activity will address “how is it possible that, in various contexts, many social, political and cultural changes have been initiated and led by persecuted, discriminated minorities, lacking power, prestige and resources?”

The presentation of this research, which is the result of its FONDECYT Regular 1121026 project, will take place in the Exhibition Hall of the University of La Serena, located at Benavente 950, La Serena.

For more information, go to the ULS Extension Center, Calle Los Carrera 207, La Serena, call 2204171 or write to the email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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The cycle of programs is financed by the Social Media Promotion Fund of the Government of Chile and the Regional Council.

This Sunday, October 28, at noon, Radio Universitaria FM will broadcast the fourth and final chapter of the program: “Sixto Cortés Alcayaga, a figure of folklore in our University and the Coquimbo Region”, a cycle that highlights the legacy of the person who was director of the Folkloric Ensemble of the University of La Serena and founder of the Tuna San Bartolomé.

This cycle of programs is part of a project financed by the Social Media Promotion Fund of the Government of Chile and the Regional Council, and is led by the teacher and musician, Raúl “Talo” Pinto.

“Sixto Cortés Alcayaga, a figure of folklore” is broadcast on 94.5 FM in La Serena and Coquimbo, and its online signal: http://www.userena.cl/index.php/comunicaciones/radio-universitaria.

Project financed by the Social Media Promotion Fund of the Government of Chile and the Regional Council.

124 exhibitors nationwide were presented in this version organized jointly by the Editors of Chile, the Municipality of Providencia and its Cultural Foundation.

The Spring of the Book is a fair that seeks to highlight, highlight and show the importance and strength of national independent publishing. On this occasion, the Publishing House of the University of La Serena was presented again with different titles that have been published by the institution since its inception.

The activity is an instance where different activities are carried out, among them different national and international guests present and book launches are held, in a pleasant atmosphere, with free entry and aimed at the whole family.

The manager of the ULS Editorial, Alejandro Abufom, stated that “clearly we as a university and regional publisher have to be here, because it is an instance that allows us to show the more than 120 publications that we have, it also allows us to make contacts with other editors. in order to make possible co-editions, and we make contacts to be able to bring new books to the bookstore, but more than anything it is to show what the University of La Serena does.”

124 exhibitors nationwide were presented in this version organized jointly by the Editors of Chile, the Municipality of Providencia and its Cultural Foundation.

About Chilean Editors

Editors from Chile (www.editoresdechile.cl) is a trade association that integrates more than seventy independent and university publishers. Its mission is to promote the development of the national and Latin American publishing industry through collaboration and exchange, promote cultural diversity and bibliodiversity, promote the cultural and social role of the book, understanding reading as part of the integral development of the human being, among others.

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For the third consecutive year, the OTEC of the University of La Serena is in charge of delivering the courses required by the National Forestry Corporation of the Coquimbo Region.

CONAF officials received two intense and productive training courses, with the aim of improving or updating their knowledge in subjects that are directly related to their work area. Both activities were taught by speakers from the Training Office of the University of La Serena, with the collaboration of some guests and based on a set of requirements and needs presented by the requesting institution.

On this occasion, different work teams carried out the courses “Planning of Protected Wild Areas” and “Dynamics of Restoration of Degraded Environments”, created exclusively based on the needs raised by CONAF.

Regarding the first course, taught by professional Cesar Chávez, in collaboration with Maximiliano Sepúlveda, teams from the 4 protected areas of the Coquimbo Region participated: park ranger of the Pan de Azúcar National Park, Humboldt Penguin National Reserve, Pichasca Natural Monument and Reserve National Las Chinchillas, in addition to personnel from the Regional Office in protected areas, the Management of the Fire Department, and the Administration Department, since they are part of the team that works on the conservation of protected areas.

In this regard, Maximiliano Sepúlveda, head of the Department of Conservation of Biological Diversity at the National Level and active collaborator in this course, commented: “basically the course tries to strengthen the capabilities of the teams in a methodology that is international, which we are incorporating. "It's been 2 years now in CONAF, which are open standards and this course is based on strengthening that language and those capabilities in the park ranger teams, regional teams as well, and people who work in the office."

The second course was taught by the academic from the University of La Serena, Dr. Francisco Squeo, in collaboration with the Department of Biology and the Department of Agronomy of the ULS, some students of the Doctorate in Applied Biology and Ecology, and some postdocs from the Department of Biology and special guests.

Francisco Squeo highlighted: “we deepen from a theoretical point of view what an ecological restoration is and we see the alternative steps to get there. And the contents also include case analysis where the research carried out within the academy can be applied almost directly or with some interpretation in natural systems.”

The methodology of the courses was mainly a presentation by the speakers, supported by audiovisual material, case analysis and active participation of the students.

Finally, the person in charge of the Training Office, Pablo Sánchez, commented that “it is important that public institutions trust their main annual training in our OTEC, which joins CONAF, FOSIS, INE, DIBAM and hopefully others soon; This gives us peace of mind and motivation that we are carrying out our task in a good way.”

For more information about the courses closed to companies that can be managed through the Training Office of the University of La Serena, contact 51 2 204172, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or go to the offices located at Amunátegui 890, La Serena.

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The space is led by Raúl “Talo” Pinto and it highlights the legacy of the teacher and musician, Sixto Cortés Alcayaga, director of the ULS Folkloric Ensemble and founder of the Tuna San Bartolomé.

Radio Universitaria FM will broadcast this Sunday, October 21, starting at noon, the third chapter of the program cycle titled: “Sixto Cortés Alcayaga, a figure of folklore in our University and the Coquimbo Region”, a project of the U station from La Serena financed by the Social Media Promotion Fund of the Government of Chile and the Regional Council.

The space led by Raúl “Talo” Pinto, highlights the legacy of the teacher and musician, Sixto Cortés Alcayaga, who was director of the ULS Folkloric Ensemble and founder of the Tuna San Bartolomé.

The guest for the third chapter will be Vladimir Fernández Barraza, former student at the University, professor of Mathematics and current director of the Christ School, who belonged to the Folklore Projection Group for many years and is currently still part of the Tuna San Bartolomé.

“Sixto Cortés Alcayaga, a figure of folklore” is broadcast on 94.5 FM in La Serena and Coquimbo, and its online signal: http://www.userena.cl/index.php/comunicaciones/radio-universitaria.

The fourth and last day of said regional event considers the presentation of the young national conductor, Miguel Ángel Castro Reveco, who will conduct a valuable repertoire of six works.

With an attractive artistic program around Jorge Peña Hen's invaluable composer legacy - which has included talks, a documentary exhibition, an educational and piano concert, the launch of an album with works written by the maestro himself for String Quartet and a wide variety of artists on stage -, the Musical Festival in honor of his memory, his acclaimed figure as a leader, a born creator and irrefutable talent as a composer and musical arranger, will end four days of exchange and knowledge with a great symphonic concert in La Serena.

This is the fourth day of the regional event with free admission and open to the whole family, which is organized by the Mismar Cultural Association in the territory with the aim of socializing and sharing with students, soloists and national and international learned groups, as well as as well as with the community of the entire region, the least known facet of the creator of the first children's symphony orchestra in Chile and Latin America. The 'Jorge Peña Hen Musical Festival: A tribute to the maestro' comes to seal the work of two years of musicological research, which included the recovery of 41 complete works, the preparation of its catalog of scores, transcription and musical edition of each one of the master's priceless pieces.

The last evening of the Musical Festival will be held this Friday, October 19, with an interesting talk called 'Life and work of maestro Jorge Peña Hen', which will take place at 12:00 p.m. in the premises of the Liceo Gregorio Cordovez, home of the teacher's studies in which there is an important legacy of his memory, visualized both in the musical work that the educational establishment carries out with the boys, girls and young people who study there, as well as by its infrastructure, since it has a theater that carries the name of the composer murdered 45 years ago at the hands of the Caravan of Death.

Later, at 20:00 p.m., at the Municipal Theater of La Serena, the Mismar Cultural Association will put the finishing touch with Concert No. 4: 'Symphonic Works', by the University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra and the Ensemble Member of the same house of higher education, directed by the prominent Chilean tenor Gonzalo Tomckwiack. The talented musicians will be under the baton of the young Chilean maestro, Miguel Ángel Castro Reveco, who will dazzle attendees with a powerful musical program consisting of six diverse works. The concert will open with 'Tonada' (e. III), and then perform the 'Suite for Strings' (c. XII) and its three movements: 1st Allegro, 2nd Pavana and 3rd Tempo from Cake-Walk, and the famous pieces with choral ensembles: 'Christmas Altarpieces' and 'Chanson d' Automne'; to later culminate with 'Two pieces in concert' and the performance of the overture of the children's opera “Cinderella”.

According to the words of the executive secretary of the La Serena Regional Symphony Orchestra Foundation, Rodrigo Díaz Cuevas, the participation of the professional orchestra of the Coquimbo Region “in this notable Festival in tribute and rescue of the pedagogical and musical work of Jorge Peña Hen , in its broadest sense, it is very pertinent for us to rescue his work and keep his figure in memory, it is a dignifying political-cultural act. It dignifies the community that takes and will take knowledge of his work, since it sought human development in our country in an equitable manner. What Peña Hen envisioned since his university youth is today becoming a reality through the multiple schools throughout the country that have opened their educational doors to orchestral teaching and practice. “He broke with academic prejudices so that many teachers and managers worked to create a broad socio-musical base from childhood,” he deepened.

For the outstanding national tenor Gonzalo Tomckwiack, this new participation in the Festival, this time together with the University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra, “is always gratifying, especially with pieces such as the 'Christmas Altarpiece' which, by the way, It has not been performed for many years, and 'Chanson d' Automne', where it has been very interesting and beautiful to sing in French. I think it will be a very emotional moment for all of us who are close to the maestro's work, and we are also very excited to work with a young and talented director like Miguel Ángel Castro.”

For his part, the director in charge of closing this sublime tribute to the illustrious son of La Serena, indicated that “it is always an honor to participate with professional casts, the orchestra and the vocal ensemble have a lot of experience and everything will surely sound very good.” . I am very happy to participate in this closure, I am also with some expectation and anxiety since it is a well-compressed job in a very short time.” Likewise, Miguel Ángel Castro Reveco added that the final program includes two choral works by Jorge Peña Hen: “The 'Christmas Altarpieces' and 'The Autumn Song' ('Chanson d' Automne'), and these require a body vocal, of a mixed choir, and what better than to collaborate with a stable ensemble from the region to integrate these two casts and be able to revive these works by the maestro," said the national guest director.

It should be noted that the realization of the 'Jorge Peña Hen Musical Festival: A tribute to the maestro' is a project designed and carried out by the Mismar Cultural Association, financed through the 2018 Music Funds of the Ministry of Cultures, the Arts and Heritage. Its development included extensive musicological research, rescue, transcription, editing and publication of a large part of the maestro's work as a composer, which was covered by the FNDR 2016 Competitive Culture Funds of the Regional Government of Coquimbo.

For more information about the Jorge Peña Hen Musical Festival, just visit the page www.culturamismar.org, or follow the news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as @culturamismar, all activities being completely free.