Communication and advocacy work for peacebuilding

Este artículo forma parte de la conferencia titulada «Comunicación para el desarrollo humano y el cambio social. El papel de la comunicación en la incidencia política para la construcción de la paz», pronunciada en el “II Congreso Internacional de Comunicación Social para la Paz”, celebrado en Bogotá (Colombia), del 21 al 24 de septiembre de 2009.Este artículo, enmarcado dentro de las teorías de la Comunicación para el Desarrollo, trata de establecer las condiciones básicas para la investigación social en proyectos mediáticos de intervención política orientados a la construcción de la paz en zonas de conflicto.This paper, framed within development communication theories, tries to establish the basic conditions for social research into political intervention media advocacy projects keyed to peacebuilding in conflict areas

Non-scriptural Elements in the towneley cycle

This study discusses non-biblical material in seven of Towneley's plays. Five of these plays, Mactacio Abel (II), Processus Noe cum Filiis (III), the two shepherds' plays (XII, XIII) and the Processus Talentorum (XXIV), are (influenced) by the Wakefield Master, whereas the Processus Prophetarum (VII), and the Suspencio lude (XXXII) are not. It is argued that although each of these plays conforms to a theme current throughout the cycle - to convert and ask for mercy - the -plays attributed to the Wakefield Master also pursue a different thematic concern of their own. The non-scriptural elements can be described in terms of allusions to, and traces of, folklore customs, folktales and legendary material, social criticism and comment, inclusion of fictional characters introduced by the playwright(s) and a vivid portrayal of characters with human dimensions,, By focussing on the significance of these features, their reason for introduction, their sources, and on whether a partially illiterate audience could have been familiar with them, it is suggested that although most of the material is traditional, the Wakefield Master used it in a unique way. Introducing new elements, or modifying material already present in the cycle, he reveals a predilection for depicting interpersonal conflict. This frictional relationship between man - man, based on a difference in commitments and found only where the Wakefield stanza is present, is reflected in man's relation to God. The study suggests further that the author of the Processus Prophetarum may have used a breviary as his source, and that the Judas legend on which the Suspencio lude is based resembles a particular offshoot of the OEdipus legend. Of the twenty-one plates illustrating points of view, one involving a close folklore analogy to Mak's tossing in the Secunda Pastorum has hitherto received no attention, whereas some others dealing, with the Noah legend have not been discussed before in English

Fatigue in low-grade glioma

Contains fulltext : 80675.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and severity of fatigue in long-term survivors with a low-grade glioma (LGG), and to analyze the relationship between fatigue and demographic variables, disease duration, tumor characteristics, former tumor treatment modalities, antiepileptic drug (AED) use, self-reported concentration, motivation, and activity. Fifty-four patients with stable disease (age range, 25-73 years) who were diagnosed and treated more than 8 years ago were included in this study. Fatigue was analyzed with the Checklist Individual Strength (CIS). Thirty-nine percent of the LGG patients were severely fatigued, with older patients being most affected. Severe fatigue was associated with AED use, and with reduced self-reported concentration, motivation, and activity. No relation was found between fatigue and gender, histology, tumor laterality, disease duration, type of neurosurgical intervention and radiation treatment. Fatigue is a severe problem in a large proportion of long-term surviving LGG patients

Mapping the new field of Communication for Development and Social Change

All those involved in the analysis and application of Communication for Development and Social Change - or what can broadly be termed "development communication" - would probably agree that in essence communication for social change is the sharing of knowledge aimed at reaching a consensus for action that takes into account the interests, needs and capacities of all concerned. It is thus a social process. Communication media are important tools in achieving this process but their use is not an aim in itself—interpersonal communication too must play a fundamental role. The basic consensus on development communication has been interpreted and applied in different ways throughout the past century. Both at theory and research levels, as well as at the levels of policy and planning-making and implementation, divergent perspectives are on offer (for comprehensive overviews, see Fraser & Restrepo-Estrada, 1998; Lie, 2003; Servaes, 2001, 2003). In this paper we attempt (a) to summarize the past of Communication for Development and Social Change; (b) to identify the roadmap for the future of Communication for Development and Social Change (c) by looking at the key purposes, functions and competencies needed to steer communication for social change. This attempt builds on earlier exercises hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation, the Pan American Health Organization, and the Change Project of the US Agency for International Development in 2002

Communication Policies, Good Governance and Development Journalism

This article tries to problematise the link between communication, governance and development. The critical importance of a free and balanced flow of information to an engaged and active civil society, through an independent media and transparent government, has long been acknowledged. Communication plays a pivotal role in improving governance in developing countries. The article assesses different communication strategies for the implementation of sustainable development. It distinguishes between short-term and long-term objectives in view of the Millennium Development Goals and new challenges such as globalisation, ICTs and liberalisation. In order to assess this in a more applied way, the article briefly outlines a set of media performance indicators, developed by UNESCO, and refers to recent events in Kenya to argue in favour of a communication for development perspective which focuses on the self-development of local communities. The basic assumption is that there are no countries or communities that function completely autonomously, and that are completely self-sufficient, nor are there any nations whose development is exclusively determined by external factors. Every society and community is dependent in one way or another, both in form and in degree. © 2009, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.status: publishe

Comunicação intercultural e diversidade cultural: um mundo, muitas culturas

In this paper the author compares Sartreʼs and Bourdieuʼs theories about both the subject and his phenomenologic dimension.Neste artigo, o autor considera e analisa as teorias de Sartre e a de Bourdieu, em relação ao objeto de pesquisa: o sujeito e sua dimensão fenomenológica