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Nasa: Communication for Life.

The article reports on how the Nasa people have transformed the use of electronic media by placing it at the service of their communities. The Nasa were prompted to react against violence in their community after members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) launched a cylinder bomb i...

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Published in:NACLA Report on the Americas Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 25 - 28
Main Authors: ROZENTAL, EMMANUEL, ALMENDRA, VILMA
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Fall2012
Subjects:
Colombia
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia
Digital media
Bombings
Paez (South American people)
Indigenous peoples of South America
Metaphysical cosmology
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article reports on how the Nasa people have transformed the use of electronic media by placing it at the service of their communities. The Nasa were prompted to react against violence in their community after members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) launched a cylinder bomb into a hospital in the town of Toribío. The Nasa also decided to confront the military and the FARC, urging them to leave their community.