"La idea fundamental que gira esta obra es la de justicia social dentro de la libertad y la solidaridad. Alarmados por los sintomas del caminar acelerado de la sociedad humana hacia el “admirable mundo nuevo“, de Aldous Huxley, en virtud de los efectos racionalizadores, disciplinadores y uniform
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izadores de la tecnología, los autores creen necesario alertar sobre el peligro de que una sociedad de colmena y hormiguero, dotada de solidaridad impuesta, pero carente de libertad y de justicia, pueda constituir la única alternativa para el futuro. En una sociedad así, la comunicación es, al mismo tiempo, el alfa y el omega. Constituye el plasma vinculador que permite la participación y la solidaridad, interpretada como comunión, representa el camino natural hacia el ideal de ia unidad universal." (Contratapa)
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"Volume 2 examines the setting, operations, and effects of community telecentres. It describes the telecentre experiences of a variety of local and often rural communities, exploring the management structures and mechanisms that have been established to support these telecentres. The book provides p
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rofiles of telecentre usage and discusses the potential and challenges of setting up and maintaining community telecentres in the context of poor information infrastructure and limited human capacity. It will be useful for researchers, policy- and decision-makers, and development practitioners and professionals with interests or active programs in the area of "ICT for development," particularly those with a focus on universal access and universal-service or public-access centres. It will also be a very useful reference tool for scholars, students, and academics." (Publisher description)
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"Three volumes designed to assist workers in the field who are encouraging the development of self-reliant creative communities. The book has as its basic philosophy the belief that we should all participate in making this world a more just place to live in. It integrates the approach of Paulo Freir
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e and how to put this method into practice, Manfred Max Neef's understanding of fundamental human needs, group methods which are essential for participatory education, organizational development, which stresses how to build structures which enable people to become self reliant, and social analysis to help groups find their central problems." (Catalogue Intermediate Technology Publications 2000)
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"The advantages and disadvantages of a wide range of research methods are assessed, and guidance is given on how to decide exactly what information is necessary, and how to obtain it, given the resources of time, personnel, and money available. Illustrated with actual examples from the experience of
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Oxfam and other development agencies, the book is intended to demystify research and to explain how it can be effectively incorporated into the development project cycle, even in small-scale, low-cost development programmes." (Oxfam website)
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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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"There is statistical evidence to show that the expansion of a nation's economy is paralleled by the expansion of its media. Almost 70 per cent of the world's population, spread over 100 countries, does not have basic mass information facilities. These areas are always underdeveloped and lack facili
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ties for formal education. It is a principle of the United Nations that freedom of information is a basic human right, and that is the reason for this report. It describes past efforts, both by special agencies and by United Nations organs, to develop information media, and sketches the problems of developing information media in society, focusing on the problems as they exist in South East Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and other areas. It offers recommendations, first in general terms, and then according to media: news agencies, press, radio, film, and television. The report concludes with a discussion about financing a development program. References are provided." (https://eric.ed.gov)
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