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Last night’s episode of “Mariana De La Noche” had an incredible fire scene that looked awfully difficult too shoot. This fire scene sets up a connection between the hero, Ignacio and the evil mine-owner, Marcia. Marcia will seek to destroy the love between Ignacio and …
The Religious Communicators Council is holding their annual meeting in Birmingham, Alabama as it celebrates its 75th anniversary. The day prior, I’ll attend the annual meeting of the NARA, North America Regional Association of the World Association for Christian Communication and hear Nancy Snow speak …
Found out today that there is a running joke among the vast majority of Paraguayans. They call President Bush by the Guaran� term: �Bushe� (boosh-eh) which means lazy, stupid. AM
Am trying to learn a few phrases in Guaran�. Everyone speaks Spanish here in Asunci�n, but among themselves they speak guaran�. The churches are built according to Spanish architectural forms, but the ornamentation and the merchants surrounding them use native religious artifacts that are far …
Am in Porto Alegre, 6 am, waiting for a flight to Paraguay. The federal security workers and immigration officers are on strike, so all flights are delayed for hours. Few people to check bags, to check passports, …..lines, lines, lines. I’m reading “Breathing Space” by …
Getting ready to go to University of Unisinos, Brazil to meet two doctoral students who were awarded Fellowships by the International Study Commission on Media, Religion and Culture. Viviane Borelli is looking into the mediated religious aspects of popular public gatherings in football stadiums. Ignacio …
Heads up: A group of Latin American catechetical leaders is to announce soon the first “Laboratory: Faith in Media Cultures.” This one-week lab will take place in San Jos�, Costa Rica in March 2005. It will examine current projects in catechesis and religious education as …
Just got back from Buenos Aires where I visited an on-line, e-learning project for an advanced catechetical certificate. In Spanish, the ISCA, Instituto Superior de Catequesis Argentino offers three on-line courses. You can register for a course only if you are in a group of …
Was with Mary Lampe in NYC where we presented samples of new media work, new directions in microcinema and video art. Mary is executive director of SWAMP, Southwest Alternate Media Project in Houston. She is exec. producer of “The Territory,” which is a great show. …
Dee Dee Halleck has written an excellent and remarkably brief description and analysis of the origins and evolution of indymedia in article that appears in the current issue of Media Development. The essay is “Indymedia: Building an international activist internet network.” I am convinced that, …