"Im Laufe der letzten Jahre haben sich in Lateinamerika zwei Hauptsysteme der Radioschularbeit entwickelt - das von Sutatenza, der allerersten in Lateinamerika gegründeten Radioschule, und das von Radio ECCA, das vor etwas mehr als zehn Jahren in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, entstand. Die Sutatenza AC
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PO (Acción Cultural Popular) verfügt über ein regelmäßiges Bildungssystem, das Schulklassen unterrichtet und vor allem auf die Alphabetisierung ausgerichtet ist. Das ECCA-System dient dem einzelnen Schüler und bittet um regelmäßige finanzielle Beiträge zu den Kosten seiner Ausbildung. In diesem letztgenannten System werden die Ergebnisse häufig überprüft und die Bewertung der Fortschritte des einzelnen Schülers durch einen allgemeinen Tutor vorgenommen. Das Sutatenza-System funktioniert anders. Beispielsweise erhalten die Schüler die Sendung als Gruppe. Weitere Varianten werden vom Autor in diesem Artikel erklärt." (Zusammenfassung)
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"La tarea del libro consiste en explicar inicialmente la conceptualización escogida para los términos Comunicación y Planeamiento. Competiría después aplicar dichos conceptos a una praxis concreta. Sin embargo, la aplicación no se lleva en el libro hasta el nivel del qué hacer propiamente dic
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ho, sino más bien hasta el nivel del porqué hacer. En otras palabras, no se presentan métodos y técnicas para el planeamiento del uso de la comunicación, sino más bien principios y criterios que tratan de justificar porqué deberían adoptarse algunos tipos de comunicación y ciertas rnodalidades de planeamiento. Esta restricción no solamente no constituye una omisión sino que se ciñe coherentemente a uno de los más caros principios del propio tipo de planeamiento defendido, cual es el de dejar suficiente amplitud y libertad a este plano para que las acciones de él emanadas sean adecuadas para la situación específica de cada momento histórico y de cada ámbito geográfico y social." (Introducción general, páginas 26-27)
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"The title of this book raises expectations that are hardly fulfilled. One wonders again and again which target group the author had in mind when writing his work: it seems too impractical for practitioners and too unsound for theorists. For example, many of the names and authors cited lack bibliogr
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aphical information, which is also missing from the summarised bibliography (e.g. Levin, Hruschka). Important works that would appeal to practitioners in particular, such as Ralph Milton's Broadcasting Handbook (cf. CS 2:1969,182), are completely absent, not to mention books on fundamental considerations such as the works of Paulo Freire. The use of the so-called mass media in the development process is not as simple and unproblematic as the author suggests in his introduction. Broadcasting is hardly the miracle cure that people would like to make it out to be, and especially in the case of the frequently cited German projects of this kind, some questions must be asked about the consideration of existing indigenous, cultural, social and communicative values, which must also be taken into account when introducing modern means of communication. For example, is the role of the "change agent" really so important or is two-way communication not much more decisive for the development process (page 39 ff)? Some questions need to be asked. One has the impression that the whole book is too "German", which is probably also due to the fact that some passages have obviously been translated from German into English. Perhaps some of the unevenness is also due to the fact that various radio stations were asked to contribute to the book (e.g. Deutsche Welle, Südfunk, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). Some aid organisations would be happy if the ACPO (- Sutatenza) radio school in Colombia could finance itself "mostly from advertising" (Page 56). But why are there no bibliographical references here either, such as to Musto's work (Berlin 1968) or to publications on such experiments in other continents (e.g. Neurath for India)? Bibliographical references to the Indonesian model by Salmon Padmanagara (page 87) would be welcome, as they are to many others. Maletzke's clear contribution (from page 105) on the evaluation of projects is a pleasant surprise. Some would have liked this section to be more detailed and the entire book to have some of its clarity." (translation from a review by Franz Josef Eilers in: Communicatio Socialis, vol. 12, 1979, nr. 1, pages 83-84)
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"Two projects to produce learning aids are being implemented. The first is a textbook factory (a graphical industry) which at full capacity will have an annual output of some 30 millions books. The second project is also designed to produce learning aids, mainly plastic, metal and optical products.
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Both projects have received financial assistance from Sweden." (GIZ Library Bonn)
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