Posted in Fundação Perseu Abramo, biblioteca digital, books, education, history, library, livros grátis, media, media democratization, philosophy, politics, sociology, technology, thinkers, tagged biblioteca digital, books, education, Fundação Perseu Abramo, history, library, livros grátis, media, media democratization, philosophy, politics, sociology, technology, thinkers on September 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Biblioteca Digital da Fundação Perseu Abramo
São 43 livros de graça para download.
Carta Maior
Em comemoração aos 10 anos da Editora Fundação Perseu Abramo, lançamos a Biblioteca Digital da Fundação Perseu Abramo.
São 43 livros do nosso catálogo disponíveis na íntegra para download gratuito. A iniciativa, inédita em termos quantitativos, busca aumentar o alcance de nossas publicações e [...]
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Posted in Kiva, Muhammad Yunus, Premal Shah, against poverty and inequality, banker to the poor, chamada global para ação contra a pobreza, drishtee.com, economy, gente que faz o bem, global call to action against poverty, grameen bank, human rights, media, politics, poverty, racism and prejudice, reuters, social issues, social movements, socially responsible, sociology, technology, thinkers, tagged against poverty and inequality, banker to the poor, chamada global para ação contra a pobreza, drishtee.com, economy, gente que faz o bem, global call to action against poverty, grameen bank, human rights, Kiva, media, Muhammad Yunus, politics, poverty, Premal Shah, racism and prejudice, reuters, social issues, social movements, socially responsible, sociology, technology, thinkers on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Kiva.org, described by founder Premal Shah as an “eBay for microfinance,” has been operating for two years but saw traffic surge after Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize last year as the founder of Grameen Bank.
“Overnight the volume of the traffic to our site pretty much doubled,” Shah said of the Nobel [...]
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Posted in Bertrand Russell, Milton Santos, Noam Chomsky, Silvio Tendler, blog, books, documentary, eReader, ebook, education, exploitation, geography, globalisation, hegemony or survival, history, language, linguistics, media, mit, movies, politics, psychology, racism and prejudice, revista carta capital, social issues, sociology, technology, the observer, thinkers, war, tagged Bertrand Russell, blog, books, documentary, ebook, education, eReader, exploitation, geography, globalisation, hegemony or survival, history, language, linguistics, media, Milton Santos, mit, movies, Noam Chomsky, politics, psychology, racism and prejudice, revista carta capital, Silvio Tendler, social issues, sociology, technology, the observer, thinkers, war on August 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t ask Chomsky. Please.
(I am reminded, at this point, of the British newspaper editor who told me he’d once phoned Chomsky to ask him to write a piece about ‘globalisation’. ‘That is not the right word,’ Chomsky replied, and put down the phone without ever explaining what the correct word was.)
(Lembrei-me, nesse ponto, de um [...]
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Posted in Betinho, Cecília Meireiles, Chico Science, Darcy Ribeiro, Instituto de Nutrição Josué Castro, Josué de Castro, Milton Santos, Noam Chomsky, Silvio Tendler, UFRJ, books, caliban produções, documentary, education, exploitation, geography, globalisation, history, media, movies, politics, psychology, racism and prejudice, social issues, sociology, technology, thinkers, tv, war, tagged Betinho, books, caliban produções, Cecília Meireiles, Chico Science, Darcy Ribeiro, documentary, education, exploitation, geography, globalisation, history, Instituto de Nutrição Josué Castro, Josué de Castro, media, Milton Santos, movies, Noam Chomsky, politics, psychology, racism and prejudice, Silvio Tendler, social issues, sociology, technology, thinkers, tv, UFRJ, war on August 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
O mundo global visto do lado de cá
SP (Cine Bombril – Arteplex), Santos (Cine Miramar), Campinas
(Cine Jaraguá), Rio (Arteplex), Brasília, Curitiba e Porto Alegre.
Mais e também nas tvs “abertas”, que são concessões públicas
–apesar da confusão com o poder e da manipulação da informação.
Milton Santos e o seqüestro da [...]
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Posted in biology, psychology, sociology, technology, thinkers, tagged biology, psychology, sociology, technology, thinkers on August 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Biology Professor Charles Allen:
– If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet. It won’t change the desire or the direction but it can greatly speed the passage.
Se a humanidade optar por ir para o inferno numa carroça, a tecnologia irá levá-la de avião. [...]
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Posted in Bertrand Russell, Milton Santos, Noam Chomsky, blog, books, cultural products, documentary, education, exploitation, geography, globalisation, hegemony or survival, history, language, linguistics, media, mit, politics, psychology, racism and prejudice, social issues, sociology, technology, the observer, thinkers, war, tagged Bertrand Russell, blog, cultural products, documentary, education, exploitation, geography, hegemony or survival, history, language, linguistics, media, Milton Santos, mit, Noam Chomsky, politics, psycology, racism and prejudice, social issues, sociology, technology, the observer, thinkers, war on July 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
…rien n’est 100% certain.
Un Grand Maître.
“A picture is worth a thousand words”, but…
…nothing is 100% certain.
A Great Master.
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iPod Vibrator. Ohmybod!
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