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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, …
I love the new 30 second spot about truth that moveon.org is going to start running. Ad�n
Last night during the Lehrer News Hour, Lutheran Pastor Heidi Neumark talked about her book, “Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx.” Neumark is the pastor of the Transfiguration Lutheran Church in the South Bronx, where the congregation is a mixture of Hispanics …
I find it helpful to try to understand and keep abreast of movements and ideas with which I disagree. This essay by Douglas Spotted Eagle outlines the parameters of current copyright law and includes comments regarding churches and schools. If one were bounded by the …
I’ve been swamped with 2004 office work. Estoy super ocupado! But there’s time for taking care of this now: The Olive Garden features Gallo wines�including Gallo of Sonoma�as �wine partners� at its restaurants throughout the United States and Canada. In its television ads, this huge …