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Voices from the Mountain: Oral Testimonies from Cerro de Pasco, Peru

London: Panos (2002), 49 pp.

"In the area around Cerro de Pasco, where these interviews were gathered, people’s herding lifestyle has undergone great change, principally as a result of Peru’s most important industry: mining. While it has brought employment and infrastructure to the region, the industry paid scant regard to ... its environmental impact: waste from the mines seeped into the water supply, and polluted the springs that run through the pastures; lakes once full of fish, and a magnet for birds, are discoloured, empty of life and their surroundings silent. Fumes from the smelter and other processing plants have polluted the air and stripped the nearby slopes of vegetation. The health of people and livestock has been badly affected, animal numbers have dramatically declined and few farmers now make a living from herding alone. And, as many narrators point out, working in the mines has weakened people’s bonds with the environment on which they previously depended [...] The impact of the mining industry underlies most narrators’ stories, which were gathered in 1995. Some stress social and cultural change; others highlight the economic impact. Almost all bear witness to the effects on the land, livestock and people’s health. The focus on industry, and the positive and negative results of being a mineral-rich highland area, is particular to this collection. But as resource extraction in mountain regions accelerates, these narrators’ experiences will be of interest to many other communities. In Peru alone, the area taken over for mining activities had expanded from 6 million hectares in 1992 to 24 million hectares by 2000. As in other areas in the Central Andes, out-migration is a major issue. Young people’s need for education and employment takes them away from the highlands. Some return, but most—without adequate job opportunities in their home area—end up staying in Lima or other cities. But many would stay if they could, say narrators, and faithfully return to celebrate their community fiestas. These testimonies bear witness to a still vibrant culture, mixing Catholic, Andean and other influences, and distinguished above all by a still powerful bond with the land and the mountain." (Introduction, page 1-2) more

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Prensa y violencia política (1980-1995): Aproximación a las visiones de los derechos humanos en el Perú

Jorge Acevedo Rojas

Lima: Calandria (2002), 145 pp.

Analiza la conducta de los diarios "El Comercio", "La República" y "Expreso" en los años señalados y elabora un conjunto de reflexiones y propuestas respecto al rol de los medios de comunicación en el contexto de un proceso de transición de la democracia y una construcción de una cultura de pa ... more

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Comunicación y confianza: El diálogo roto entre gobernantes y gobernados

Buenos Aires: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2002), 167 pp.

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Latin Politics, Global Media

Elizabeth Fox, Silvio Waisbord (eds.)

Austin: University of Texas Press (2002), xxii, 203 pp.

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Internet und Politik in Lateinamerika: Einleitung und vergleichende Betrachtung

Roman Herzog, Bert Hoffmann, Markus Schulz

Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert (2002), 86 pp.

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La comunicación imposible: Información y comunicación en el Perú (siglo XVI)

Juan Gargurevich Regal

Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Fondo Editorial (2002), 141 pp.

"En el presente estudio Juan Gargurevich se remonta a la primera etapa de la Colonia la cual significó no sólo una ruptura en las formas tradicionales de comunicación del mundo prehispánico, sino también el disloque de los instrumentos comunicativos de los conquistadores. El idioma español tuv ... more

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