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Communication Studies
Franquisme Via Satèl·lit (Franquism Via Satellite)
Author: Xavier Duran holds a degree in Chemical Sciences and a PhD in Communication Studies by the UAB. He is currently a science journalist and in 1999 became director of the TV3 programme "El medi ambient". He has published several essays and popularization books, as “The Poliedric Brain”, “Environmental Connections”, “The Stories that Words Hide” and “ The Artist in the Lab. Brushstrokes on Art and Science”
Summary: The launching of Sputnik (1957) and the landing on the Moon (1969) are events of great technological but also economic, political and military impact. The differences between both events and the situation of Barcelona’s press and society when they happened are used by the author as a political reading of journalist treatment of the two events.
Publisher: Pagès Year of issue: 2007
Art and History
Dinosaurios del Levante Peninsular (Dinosaurs of the Peninsular East)
Author: Catalan Institute of Palaeontology: Several Authors
Summary: Coordinated by researchers of the Catalan Palaeontology Institute (ICP), this book makes a thorough review of the last twenty years of excavations and paleontological research in Catalonia and Valencia. In the different chapters writing , the authors of the ICP have collaborated with researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the University of Barcelona, the University of Valencia and the University of Zaragoza.
Publisher: Institut Català de Paleontologia Year of issue: 2008
Philosophy
Cómo hacer cosas con recuerdos (How to make things with memories)
Author: Manuel Cruz is Professor of Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Barcelona, author of more than a dozen books and member of the editorial board of many national and international. journals on his specialty. He collaborates with the Spanish newspapers "El País" and "La Vanguardia" and the Argentinian newspaper "Clarín". He is also collaborator of "Radio SER" and director of the "Barcelona Metropolis" magazine.
Summary: Our era is saturated with discourses on memory: books, conferences, museums or laws are some of the ways in which memory enters the public arena, stating the intense “memoristic” will of our society. Manuel Cruz establishes a distinction between demanding uses, pure archivistic vocation and political manipulation, on one side, and the potential of memory to generate future, on the other.
Publisher: Katz Editores Year of issue: 2008
Communication Studies
Debates sobre periodismo científico (Debates on science journalism)
Author: Foundation Dr Antonio Esteve
Summary: The third debate on science journalism organised by Foundation Dr Antonio Esteve dealt with issues like the scandal provoked by the publication of false works on therapeutic cloning by Woo-Suk Hwang. In these debates, the Foundation brings together representatives from both journalism and science. Hugo Cerdà, Enrique Coperías, Joaquim Elcacho and Pablo Francescutti were the four representatives from the communication field. Jaume Baguñà, Acaimo González, Francisco Murillo and Francesca Vidal represented the scientific community.
Publisher: Fundación Dr Antonio Esteve Year of issue: 2008
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