The language of liberation has been transformed and political programs that were once just wishful thinking are beginning to have a concrete realization in Latin America, however the urgency of the message of liberation has become more apparent. Cl audio Chipana The philosophy of liberation in Latin America […]
In Focus
In Focus
Efigenia, the face of the invisible journalists
All deaths hurt, but those that carry the horror of violence are overwhelming. And the pain is sharper and mixed with anger when certain murders don’t carry the right ‘label’ for a good debut in the media, nor merit the words of governors, politicians, of national or international human rights […]
Media and immigration in the United Kingdom
Immigration is a complex issue, and it is the media which principally constructs the image of immigrants, and consolidates stereotypes. Mónica del Pilar Uribe Marín The media is responsible for the promotion of significant attitudes and feelings like acceptance, tolerance and interest in other cultures. But the media […]
Reflections on identity and diversity
Identity implies a review, a discussion and the existence of certain symbolic factors reaching across the whole region – with all the implications that this discourse and this symbolism bring with them in terms of actions and collective activity programmes. Claudio Chipana A lot of emphasis has been […]
On the roofs of La Candelaria
The people of this neighbourhood in Bogota and the nomadic tourists observe, by surprise, when they look up into the sky, the figures in glass and latex of Jorge Olave. Armando Orozco Tovar This neighbourhood, old and located in the centre of the capital of Colombia, is […]















