27 Jun 2014 Film as storytelling and ritual
The spring issue of the quarterly publication Media Development considers the art of storytelling in the context of church and of cinema.
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10 May 2014 Radios comunitarias e indígenas, legítimas pero “ilegales”
La comunicación comunitaria indígena es, en muchas comunidades de Oaxaca, México (foto abajo), una defensa anclada al derecho de los pueblos al territorio ancestral. El territorio entendido como fuente de subsistencia pero también como elemento simbólico de pertenencia, de apego afectivo en el...
10 May 2014 In search of enlightenment: Church or cinema?
The cinema and the Church have a lot in common – they are both “storytelling organisations” as Julia Helmke (photo right), president of the Protestant film organisation, Interfilm, puts it. In an interview, she tells us what makes a good film and when...
10 May 2014 Changing media landscapes in Latin America
In a recent interview, Denis de Moraes, Associate Professor at the Cultural and Media Studies Department of the Universidad Federal Fluminense of Rio de Janiero, Brazil, described Latin America as a continent which today represents “a laboratory of hope for the democratization of...
10 May 2014 Advancing global dialogue on the rights of Indigenous People
The youngest mechanism for Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations is the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP). Established in 2007 by the Human Rights Council, the Expert Mechanism provides the Council with thematic advice in the form of studies...
10 May 2014 La sociedad de la información: ¿Es también de los pueblos indígenas?
“Desde principios de la década de los noventa, numerosas ONGS en el Perú han introducido la capacitación y/o formación de líderes como tarea prioritaria (…) El peso que va asumiendo esta particular apuesta por el desarrollo, llevó a que … se considerara pertinente...
10 May 2014 La apropiación indígena de la comunicación: De acompañantes a sujetos comunicacionales
“La rebelión la hicieron nuestros padres, ahora la revolución lo hacen y lo harán los hijos, porque nuestros padres no tuvieron la oportunidad de conocer la verdadera historia (…) aquella que nos habla de los indios, los campesinos y los originarios” (Omar Ramírez,...
10 May 2014 Creating an enabling environment for digital self-determination
At the contemporary historical moment, innovations in networked digital technologies are rapidly diffusing around the world, impacting terrains of economics and politics, languages, mobilities, and cultures. As part of this process, organizations are establishing infrastructures and services in indigenous territories. These developments are...
10 May 2014 Digital self-development and Canadian First Peoples of the North
This article analyzes the sites of struggle through which First Peoples have negotiated communication and cultural rights for broadcasting (1991), telecommunications, and Internet infrastructure in rural and remote indigenous communities in Canada’s Northern territories, focusing mainly though not exclusively, on Nunavut, the Inuit...
10 May 2014 Media Development 2014/2 pdfs
Media Development 2014/2 Indigenous media and digital self-determination The aim of this issue of Media Development was to begin to explore how Indigenous / First Nations / Aboriginal people are building their own media and communication networks. It was conceived as a way of reviewing some of...