Sparkle N. Ferreira The Caribbean is a melting pot of people of different ethnic backgrounds, rich cultural heritage and history recorded not only in our publications (formal records) but so too in our music, art, festivals, food, and memories (informal records). A significant amount of information...
Sandra Obradović Within memory studies there has been a gradual move away from the dichotomous divide between individual and collective memory, with work emerging arguing for the importance of acknowledging the interrelations between self and other in processes of remembering. This strand of research conceptualizes...
Charles Okigbo Communication for All is the principle that everyone needs relevant information and communication in their daily interactions with each other and as active participants in the inescapable exchanges that characterize their membership of and participation in society. Human communication, in all its varied forms,...
Berlin (Germany) 2023 At the 73rd International Film Festival Berlin held February 16-26, 2023, the Ecumenical Jury, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, awarded its Prize in the International Competition to Tótem directed by Lila Avilés (Mexico, Denmark, France, 2023). Motivation: The film is a moving portrait of...
A lot of talk about fake news and chatbots like ChatGBT-4, Bing AI, Jasper, Bard and FreedomGPT. One concern is what threats they pose to the integrity of professional journalism. “This tool is going to be the most powerful tool for spreading misinformation that has ever...
“History is not mute. However much they burn it, however much they break it, however much they lie about it, human history refuses to shut its mouth. Time past continues pulsating, alive, within time present, although time present doesn’t wish it or doesn’t know it.” Eduardo...
“For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change”– Audre Lorde Audre Lorde’s admonition that the tools of oppression cannot be effectively...
Since the start of the Russian invasion more than a year ago, over 8.1 million people have fled Ukraine. Nearly 4.9 million have obtained some form of temporary protection in different European countries — a major humanitarian challenge for the region, without counting the more...
“Get your skates on!” I sometimes hear, especially from harassed parents trying to speed up apathetic children. I can’t call communication rights advocates apathetic, but we should feel pushed to move faster and harder in response to rapid digital technology developments. It is, of course, fair to...
[caption id="attachment_51407" align="alignleft" width="190"] MD 2023/1[/caption] Media Development 2023-1 Utopia or Bust: In Search of Inclusion Two “utopias” are examined in this issue: the potential impact on communication policies of Latin America’s Pink Tide 2.0 – the resurgence of a turn towards left-wing governments in Latin American democracies...