SOCIAL GROUP, 29th April 2011

Today we have been finishing our field work. We split in two groups, three of us went to Mogán old town, and other two went to Arguineguín. In Mogán we interviewed the director of Tahoma Club, a local association which also is the main social group on town. They are doing many activities from dancing parties to theater workshops. Probably the most important thing is we were told about integration of immigrants. They have some of them, from different countries (UK, Germany, Sweden, Danemark, Norway, Portugal, Morocco or Brazil), and what is more important, they are totally integrated. We were told how local people are more interested in them, in their culture, so that helps to complete a full integration in a diverse local society. Also, they are cooperating with other clubs, like Mogán Bonito –situated in Playa de Mogán- or the Norwegian club, in Arguineguín. It is this place where the other two of us went. We were talking with the Norwegian church priest, and it was really helpful to understand how they are organized. There is a whole community of Norwegians living in Arguineguín and places around, many of them due to climate conditions –and usually as a consequence of healthy problems-. They are owners of shops, bar and pubs, and are trying to integrate in local society. That, in turn, could be difficult, because they are so many that if they want to, they can live in their own, without mixing with local culture, for not saying some of them do not know the Spanish language. All of this is already helping us to make the final report and the further presentation which will be most likely tomorrow.