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Voices from the Mountain: Oral Testimonies from Cerro de Pasco, Peru

London: Panos (2002), 49 pp.

"In the area around Cerro de Pasco, where these interviews were gathered, people’s herding lifestyle has undergone great change, principally as a result of Peru’s most important industry: mining. While it has brought employment and infrastructure to the region, the industry paid scant regard to ... its environmental impact: waste from the mines seeped into the water supply, and polluted the springs that run through the pastures; lakes once full of fish, and a magnet for birds, are discoloured, empty of life and their surroundings silent. Fumes from the smelter and other processing plants have polluted the air and stripped the nearby slopes of vegetation. The health of people and livestock has been badly affected, animal numbers have dramatically declined and few farmers now make a living from herding alone. And, as many narrators point out, working in the mines has weakened people’s bonds with the environment on which they previously depended [...] The impact of the mining industry underlies most narrators’ stories, which were gathered in 1995. Some stress social and cultural change; others highlight the economic impact. Almost all bear witness to the effects on the land, livestock and people’s health. The focus on industry, and the positive and negative results of being a mineral-rich highland area, is particular to this collection. But as resource extraction in mountain regions accelerates, these narrators’ experiences will be of interest to many other communities. In Peru alone, the area taken over for mining activities had expanded from 6 million hectares in 1992 to 24 million hectares by 2000. As in other areas in the Central Andes, out-migration is a major issue. Young people’s need for education and employment takes them away from the highlands. Some return, but most—without adequate job opportunities in their home area—end up staying in Lima or other cities. But many would stay if they could, say narrators, and faithfully return to celebrate their community fiestas. These testimonies bear witness to a still vibrant culture, mixing Catholic, Andean and other influences, and distinguished above all by a still powerful bond with the land and the mountain." (Introduction, page 1-2) more

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La acción comunitaria en el contexto del programa de educación bilingüe intercultural por radio: Una experiencia de Fe y Alegría en Paraguay

Federación Internacional de Fe y Alegría (2002), 36 pp.

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Internet und Politik in Lateinamerika: Peru

Roman Herzog

Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert (2002), 127 pp.

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Communicating for Development: Experience from the Urban Environment

Catalina Gandelsonas (ed.)

London: ITDG (2002), 278 pp.

"Much research on urban development is supply-led - generated by the interests of donors and researchers in the North rather than the needs of poor households in the growing cities of the South, Communicating for Development focuses attention on the most fundamental of questions about development: h ... more

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História da televisão brasileira: Uma visão economica, social e política

Sérgio Mattos

Petropólis: Vozes, 2nd ed. (2002), 247 pp.

"O autor expõe a trajetória histórica da televisão, analisando como o panorama sociocultural e político influenciou, direta ou indiretamente, o desenvolvimento dessa mídia. Além do panorama nacional, Sérgio Mattos analisa o papel da televisão no contexto mundial." (Descrição da editora de ... more

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Making Global Faith Universal: Media and a Brazilian Prosperity Movement

Eric Kramer

Culture and Religion, volume 3, issue 1 (2002), pp. 21-28

"One characteristic of Brazilian neo-Pentecostal ministries that draw on the Faith Movement is an accentuation of performative and metonymic linkages between supernatural power and ritual. While sharing elements with a broader transnational Faith movement, this Prosperity theology and its associated ... more

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Arquivos: Paradoxos e desafios frente à organização e acesso à informação

Rafael Simone Nharreluga, Leonor Celeste Silva

Promédia (2002), 154 pp.

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Internet und Politik in Lateinamerika: Argentinien

Roman Herzog

Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert (2002), 129 pp.

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Latin Politics, Global Media

Elizabeth Fox, Silvio Waisbord (eds.)

Austin: University of Texas Press (2002), xxii, 203 pp.

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Prensa y violencia política (1980-1995): Aproximación a las visiones de los derechos humanos en el Perú

Jorge Acevedo Rojas

Lima: Calandria (2002), 145 pp.

Analiza la conducta de los diarios "El Comercio", "La República" y "Expreso" en los años señalados y elabora un conjunto de reflexiones y propuestas respecto al rol de los medios de comunicación en el contexto de un proceso de transición de la democracia y una construcción de una cultura de pa ... more

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Estamos en el aire: 18 temas de la Cátedra de Radio Oswaldo Yepes

Caracas: Los Libros de El Nacional (2002), 179 pp.

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Diagnóstico del servicio comunitario de radiodifusión sonora en Colombia

Gabriel Gómez M., Juan Carlos Quintero

Bogota: Ministerio de Comunicaciones (2002), 253 pp.

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Radios comunitarias: Gestoras de participación y desarrollo social en el Putumayo

Bogotá: Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM);Agencia para el Desarrollo de la Amazonía (ADA);Paulinas;Grupo Comunicarte;Red Cantoyaco (2002), 106 pp.

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Recepción y mediaciones: Casos de investigación en América Latina

Guillermo Orozco Gómez (coord.)

Bogotá: Grupo Editorial Norma (2002), 192 pp.

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La comunicación imposible: Información y comunicación en el Perú (siglo XVI)

Juan Gargurevich Regal

Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Fondo Editorial (2002), 141 pp.

"En el presente estudio Juan Gargurevich se remonta a la primera etapa de la Colonia la cual significó no sólo una ruptura en las formas tradicionales de comunicación del mundo prehispánico, sino también el disloque de los instrumentos comunicativos de los conquistadores. El idioma español tuv ... more

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Comunicación y confianza: El diálogo roto entre gobernantes y gobernados

Buenos Aires: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2002), 167 pp.

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Public Health Communication: Evidence for Behaviour Change

Robert C. Hornik (ed.)

Mahwah, New Jers.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (2002), xv, 435 pp.

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An Essential Link with Audiences Worldwide: Research for International Broadcasting

Oliver Zöllner (ed.)

Berlin: Vistas;Deutsche Welle (2002), 234 pp.

"This book documents the 16th conference of the international audience research association CIBAR that was held at the Deutsche Welle headquarters. Experienced experts give first-hand accounts of their work and show perspectives for the future." (Back cover)

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Historias de la televisión en América Latina: Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Chile, México, Venezuela

Guillermo Orozco (coord.)

Nora Mazotti Contrib.;Capparelli, Sérgio;dos Santos, Suzy;Rey, Germán;Fuenzalida, Valerio;Bisbal, Marcelino

Barcelona: Gedisa (2002), 285 pp.

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A Hollywood brasileira: Panorama da telenovela no Brasil

Mauro Alencar

Rio de Janeiro: Senac (2002), 175 pp.