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Mulheres da comunicação: Região Nordeste

Nilda Jacks, Lírian Sifuentes, Guilherme Libardi, Gustavo Said, Leila Sousa (coord.)
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Will It Be Different If I Give It Another Name? Methodologic Notes from Research with Riverside Communities in the Amazon Forest (Brazil and Ecuador)

Ana Cristina Suzina
Forum for Development Studies, volume 52, issue 1 (2025), pp. 7-30
"What makes a piece of research decolonial? Do participatory or co-creative approaches make research participatory and co-creative? These reflections are raised in this article, which looks back at methodological choices made and adapted during a three-year study with riverside communities in the Am ... more
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Understanding Pope Francis’ Framing of Technology in Laudato Si’ and Fratelli Tutti in Light of Shannon Vallor’s Technomoral Virtues

Richmon Rey B. Jundis
Religion and Social Communication, volume 23, issue 2 (2025), pp. 399-425
"In an era defined by rapid technological advancements, technosocial issues have emerged, positioning technology as a doubleedged tool that can either foster human flourishing or contribute to moral and societal decline. These challenges provide an opportunity for the Catholic Church to reassess its ... more
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Kirchengeschichte und Digitale Spiele

Benedict Totsche, Katharina Pultar, Stefan Michels, Lukas Boch (eds.)
Stuttgart: Kohlhammer (2025), 263 pp.
"Analog zu Film- und Theaterwissenschaften setzen sich die "Game Studies" mit dem Medium und seinem Einfluss auf die Gesellschaft auseinander. Anders als in der Geschichtswissenschaft gibt es im Bereich der Kirchengeschichte erst seit Kurzem Bestrebungen, sich dem Phänomen der Darstellung von Verga ... more
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Human Development Report 2025: A Matter of Choice. People and Possibilities in the Age of AI
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Pedro Conceição et al.
New York: UNDP (2025), xi, 307 pp.
"This year’s Human Development Report examines what distinguishes this new era of AI from previous digital transformations and what those differences could mean for human development (chapter 1), including how AI can enhance or subvert human agency (chapter 2). People are already interacting with ... more
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Screening Precarity: Hindi Cinema and Neoliberal Crisis in Twenty-first Century India

Megha Anwer, Anupama Arora
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (2025), x, 289 pp.
"Screening Precarity explores the role that Hindi films play in how precarity is mediated by film, and what that mediation reveals about both contemporary India and the social life of the movies. This study moves away from the history of Hindi cinema's articulation of precariousness, focusing instea ... more
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Oral history in South Africa: Autoethnography, methodologies and ethics

Kogielam K. Archary, Kogielam K. Archary, Stewart L. Kugara, Christina Landman, Pfarelo E Matshidze, Sekgothe Mokgoatšana, Munyaradzi Mushonga, Radikobo Ntsimane, John R Phori, Motlatsi Thabane, Chitja Twala, Sekgothe Mokgoatšana
Cape Town: AOSIS Publishing (2025), 228 pp.
"Colonial and apartheid-era historical narratives in South Africa often disregard oral testimonies, leaving significant gaps in understanding the country’s rich and complex past. This scholarly book explores the methodologies and ethics of oral history to address these omissions and to elevate ora ... more
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Televisión con memoria: Entrevistas a creadores de ficción histórica en Chile y Colombia

Mónika Contreras Saiz (ed.)
Berlin; Bogotá: Laboratorio de Investigación de la Memoria y Métodos Digitales (GUMELAB); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); FES Comunicación (2025), 395 pp.
"La televisión latinoamericana no solo entretiene, también recuerda. En Chile y Colombia, series y telenovelas han hecho de la pantalla un espacio donde se discute la historia reciente, la dictadura, el conflicto armado, el narcotráfico, la corrupción. En Televisión con memoria, la historiadora ... more
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Showrunning for Social Impact Entertainment: The Collaborative System of Rosy Ocampo & El Instituto
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Heriberto López Romo, Alejandro Garnica Andrade
Coyoacán, Mexico, DF: Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales; Population Media Center (2025), 580 pp.
"In our years of working with producers, we at El Instituto have seen a consistent industry demand for insights into what makes content resonate with audiences. This book, Showrunning for Social Impact Entertainment: The Collaborative System of Rosy Ocampo & El Instituto, explores the career and pro ... more
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Cines de pequeña escala: nuevas estéticas, prácticas y plataformas en la región andina

Christian León, Diana Coryat, Noah Zweig (coord.)
Quito: Editorial El Conejo; Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar Ecuador (2025), 363 pp.
"Este libro examina el surgimiento de los cines de pequeña escala en los Andes, que abarcan las periferias digitales de Ecuador, Bolivia, Perú y Colombia. Analiza críticamente las prácticas audiovisuales heterogéneas y los agentes subalternos, dilucidando las tensiones, contradicciones y resist ... more