"Presenta las ponencias del seminario «Industrias culturales: máquina de deseos en el mundo contemporáneo». Entiende a las «industrias culturales» como dispositivos de producción de subjetividades y como agentes centrales en la reproducción social. Además, sostiene que es en las industrias
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culturales donde hoy en día se produce la «educación sentimental», y donde se moldean los valores y las ideologías sociales. Las ponencias focalizan su análisis en la cultura como mercancía, es decir, en los productos culturales ya no como «obras de arte» o como quehacer de «grandes autores», sino como simbolizaciones devenidas en cosas que, de acuerdo con la teoría marxista del fetichismo de la mercancía, encubren que su valor existe únicamente como producto social." (Descripción de la casa editorial)
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"Indigenous peoples from all corners of the globe continue to struggle for acknowledgement and recognition of their unique visions of water, both at home and in national, regional and international forums. But almost without exception, their voices remain obscured by a mainstream discourse rooted in
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the conception of water as a mere commodity. Water and Indigenous Peoples is based on the papers delivered on the occasion of the Second and the Third World Water Forums (The Hague in 2000 and Kyoto in 2003). It brings to the fore some of the most incisive indigenous critics of international debates on water access, use and management, as well as indigenous expressions of generosity that share community knowledge and insight in order to propose remedies for the global water crisis." (Back cover)
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"This report records and analyzes the results of a study in which partners of the Justice Initiative in 14 countries filed a total of 1,926 requests for information. In each country, seven different requesters twice submitted up to 70 questions to 18 public institutions. Requesters included NGOs, jo
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urnalists, business persons, non-affiliated persons, and members of excluded groups, such as illiterate or disabled persons or those from vulnerable minorities. The requests were for the types of information that public bodies hold—or should hold." (Summary of findings, page 11)
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