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Learningaboutdailylifeand

self-educationsomefadedmemories

onearlychildhood70'sandtheUNESCOCourrierMagazine...

byYoeF.Santos

onMonday,July2,2012at6:58pm·

OFcourseweareproud...forworkonsolidarityfieldsTODAY.

WEAREACOMMUNITYINB2Bclosedtohate,tocomments

illiterateandthementalitiescavernarias,

-IntolerantordiscriminatoryKatz(2010)-that"dohumor"orvulnerablecoast...Firsttime(1970s)"TheUnescoCourier"IsawinLosAlcarrizos,whenhewas

EVENinthe8thGRADEofprimaryORELEMENTARYSCHOOL...ThefirsttimeIsawandIreadaCollectionUNESCO´sCourier...wereduring70s,IthankProfessorBolivar-ProfessorofSocialSciences,

inanelementaryschoolinLosAlcarrizos-bythisactforsocio-culturalASFORME,

asanindividual,thatbeingthebiggestfavor



thatmademe

anyteacherotherthanteachmetoread.PreviouslyIhadearliertriedtomakemeorself-buildme

asareader,butIhavebad

SystemmemoryDominicanPublicLibrary

-Atthemunicipallevel,forthesameperiod,atleastinLaVega:

everytimeIwenttothe

DonLuisDespradelpubliclibrary,wasclosedor

somethingbadhappenedthatcouldnotread,except

NationalLibraryinSantoDomingo,Ihadnocuriosity,

inthepublicsystem,libraries,andalwayssawthere,

sittingintheirjobs,then

advertisingstudent,

FrankCepeda,

aregularattheNationalLibrary.Espasa-CalpeEncyclopediaseems,atthetime,



akindofskyscrapers,

wasasperfectasIhadseen,inmyentirelife,hardcover

theorderoftheirencyclopedicdictionaries.ThefirsttimeIsaw

andIreadaCollection

theUNESCOCourier...werethe70s,Ifoundmynameand

attentiontothephraseortitle:"AchildisNOTaproperty

butapossibilityoffreedom."

(ButImyselfwasachild,inthat

Preferredtimeofreading,

thereforeIwasveryINSPIRATIONALthought)Inanotherofthosemagazines,Ifoundanother

Ihavetakenas

Vocationallightandinspiration:"ALLsocietiesgives,OFFTOCHILDREN,CHILDRENRETURNED,

LATER,THEsociety"

ANDANOTHER:"ALLaudiovisual,isfromthetimebirth

AnexportPRODUCT"



Someofthesewords

ofthisSpanisheditionofthetroughmetotheDictionary

morethanonce,becausethatseemedbeoneorthematic

ortratativethought,

forTEACHERSNOTFORKIDS.Anyway,Iwas

in8thgradeofprimaryeducationandneithersoundedthink

orreadthequestions

-Respondingtomypersonalcuriosity-Ihadtoread,

thatdatetotoday...butIneverhaddreamonthosetimes,

WRITEorpoetry,oranything,

wasbarelyONLY:

ABSOLUTELYANYchildANONYMOUS,

thatthemost

survivalagenda,

jumpthewallwas

Irepresented,"passthecourse"andwantedNO

fail,theSubject

SpanishLanguage,



withProfessorRenanAlcantara."Icametoentertainyourfamily,Astheworldfallsapart...NOBODYpromisedusarosegarden,Wetalkedaboutthedangerofbeingalive....Roadsideismorefunandcheaper..."FitoPaez"AttheSideoftheRoad"ThethemeRenanAlcantara

withthe"Composition"ofAñorga

astalismanaswewouldKapelutz,or

ManualsAngelLacalle,

weretrue:

SOMETHINGHARD,

butthelifetimeIhavedonesomuchgood-Likeroadswith

JuanJoséEstévezandRafaelDuarte,later-

tolearntowritewithadegreeofcoherenceand

withminimal

spellingerrors,atleast



untilwe

totheInternetandeunaccenteddestroyedinmillions

peoplesuchtraining,forlifecommunicative

orculturalcitizenshipinglocalize.I.EachagehasITSOWNPROBLEMS...ANDITSOWNCHARMS..."(...)Let'sbelikeabonze...

CLAIMfullymyrighttoparticipateinthe

contradictionsofmytime...NOpower,alittle

PRUDENTofknowledgeMAXIMUMpossibletaste..."RolandBarthes"ThePleasureoftheText"

"InauguralLecture"Givingthanksisalso

oneofthelovelynotes

This28thanniversary,forusandwe

inCCIAV,asafoundationandanetwork,althoughIcansay

Iwasluckyaswell,privileged,entering



contact

"THEUNESCOCOURIER"collectionformat,

onpaper,ofcourse...TIMESWERE...

in8thyearofprimaryeducation,asapublication...LUCKYAND

PRIVILEGED,Iamnowlookingback,

ifwethinka

generationago,childrenoftheage,-LikeDiogenesCespedes

asrecountedinhismemoirs-stillgotoschool

fordingriversandonhorseback,inthiscountry.

II.Ofcourse,nowitsyourturntostartknitting...andtochaseyourOWNdreams......Ofcourse,youhaveitmorecomfortable,DIGITALNATIVE-aremorethatprivilegedbecause

TODAY,youcan,withoutspending

apennyoftransport,withoutrunninganyriskof

road,athomeorinacallcenter,



READANDSEEK,

topicsofinterestontheinternet.MANYTHINGSYOUORPRACTICES-THATOUR

GENERATIONNEVERHAD-Childhood......-Readinmultiplelanguages,-Takepictureswithyourcellphone-Film,-Laughandcontinuetositconnectedtotheinternet,

-Youcanshop,-Grants,-Guidedtourstomuseums,-Listenyourfavoritemusic,-Seemoviesofyourpreference...III.Youhavetakenaleapinoptions

-consumptionandproductionandexchange-

culture...inthelast20years.NEEDTOKNOW:Asyoumanageyourtimeandyouroptions?

viewtothepreservation

anddisclosureofyourculture-Andyourownpersonalstory-

historicalandculturalmemory,



inYOURPROCESS

Internalself-educationorself-learning,as

survivalpathwaysof

YOUROWNDREAMS...intheappropriationofthelegacy

ofthescientific-technicalscientificandtechnological

foryourselfandothers,sotooare

incyberspace.Everydaylife,

IFYOUARECURIOUSorkeepaliveyourOBSERVERcapacitiesasPOWERyouwillbuildManyusefellessons,foryourunderstandingthepresentandtheFUTURE...Iwaslucky,

because,asItellyouonethingItelltheother-

tomeetManolínPeguero

whowasfromthe60sapersonallibrary,

whereIstartedtoloveitbyknowledgeofthe

history,beingthere,myfavoritepeople

ArabsandtheancientSpain,thelivesofheroes,sages



andwarriorsasNapoleonandotherelementsthatplayed

mysensitivity,both

SpanishCivilWaras

andthetwoWorldWars.

Indeed,before10yearsofage,

whenIbecameakindofcute,

asaPublisher

-Andoccasionally

lecturer,inunits

limitedto2or3minutes,

fromtheadultworld,

intheKingdomHallofWitness

Jehovahchurch,thereligionofmymother,

whilemyfatherwasalways

apracticingCatholic,

-Oftheco-foundersofthecompany

KnightsofAltagraciainSantiagodelosCaballeros

andthenIthinkyoufinditeasier

understandastolerantandopen

theecumenicalorinterreligiousdialogue,

Iamnotantianything,

maybejustanti-tuberculosis...

saidafamouscomedian

GOODFORANYTHINGISTHATHELPEDME...tohaveatype

otherleisureandFUN...

improvingreadingcomprehension.Butinthe70s,afterthedeath

mymaternalgrandfather,wewere,



inSantoDomingo,

wasthereintheUNESCOCourier,Ifoundmynameand

attentiontothephraseortitle:"AchildisNOTaproperty

butapossibilityoffreedom"collectingevidenceandthenfollow

toolstoautoconstruirme

fromreading...thatwasbecoming

pressingagain,curiousandquick...

"Sciencedoesnotimprovewhenlifepeopleisonlyaperversion"NikolaTeslaWeonourpart

-Likethemillionsofpeople

workinginanimation

socio-cultural,culturaljournalismandsimilaroptions-

onlycontinuetopromoteanddefend:-THENEUTRALITYOFTHEINTERNET

-QUALITYOFFLOWS

SYMBOLICMOVETHEREFORYOUanditsconnectionwiththe

curatoria,editingandmotivation,



reading,creativityandinnovation...MAYBEONLY

REPEATTHISGESTUREFRATERNALDE

THATSAMETEACHERItoldyouingradeschoolMostimportant,where

motivationsandorientations-TOWARDSNEWVOCATION.

"Noteachersbelieveinmiracles"

E.RaulZaffaroni"NoIhavenospecialtalent,exceptformyOWNcuriosity"AlbertEinstein"Oldagebeginswhenyoulosethecuriosity(...)Digginginthesame,

theonlyplacewhereWeareUNIQUE..."JoseSaramago(InterviewonSpanishTelevisionNetwork,2004)"THETIMEISTHEBASISOFTHECREATIViTYONTHEARTISTS

PHILOSOPHERS,SCIENTISTS"IlyaPrigogine

"(...)Themanofscienceastheartist,havegetusedandadapttolivinginaworldslightlymessy,iswhatIcallthecreativetension,CREATIVEstress(...)"ThomasS.Kuhn(1954)



Bestregards,happyallday.THOSERE-BUILDINGPROCESShadhelpmeforunderstand

andkeepontouchwithuncertainofneworemergentparadigms

andtheproblemsrelativestobureaucraticslowmotionforadaption

ONREALTIMEsolutionsonEducationalSystem,

permanentlythoughtasaproblemleadedbyadults,

forsatisfyotheradults,puttingorkiddingandkicking

onmarginestheREALPROTAGONISTthechild,theyoung,

theadolescentonthelearningprocess...

withinscholarsystem,thanksadult-centric

prejudicesandmisogynisticvision,andsoon....isthememory

andtheinspiringstoryofcreativity,

weseektoshareOURINFORMATIONFLOWS

WITHPEOPLEANDORGANIZATIONSwhowouldinterestedinsuchtopicsasPRIORITY,individual

andcollectively,INB2B,

basedonlearningbyplaying,collaborative,inter-and

transdisciplinaryanchoredintheparadigm

Fordistorpost-emergent,ie

-WEDONOTACCEPTREADERS

AUDIOVISUALLYILLITERATE,

TALKINGaudiovisually,-NEITHERtechnophobic,ofanyage,



-ORABOUTTOHATESPEECHESORDISCRIMINATEVULNERABLEcitizens

FROMKATZ(2010),FOREXAMPLE.-Wedonotwant

"Tourists",attachedtothecontemplativelife,Withouttrying,do

nothingtohelpsolvetheseproblems,aware-Asweknowfrom

ascenefromSchindler'sList,"Ifwecansave

onelife,allthestrugglesand

effortshavebeenworthwhile."

SoweareinterestedinpeopleCAPABLEOFdream

HEADANDTHINKWITHTHEIROWNASINDIVIDUALS

SENSITIVEANDABLETOSEETHE

Multilateralism

SKIPTOANALYSISOUTSIDE

"Intellectualsbungling"



(AnderEgg,2001)TodecideonGLOCALIZE,individualsandorganizations

Ortheydoandconcernandwork

CONCERNEDBYWE

AndOURTASKS-withthesamedevotion,

wecarebythemandthey,

"Thewordisancient,

iscalledsolidarity"(R.Barthes);therefore,itiseasy

whetherthesharedcontents,producedor

storedinour

channels,weareusefulorifyoucanhelp

toreachmoreandmorepeopleandinstitutions,

anywhere

HATEthere,stigma,

prejudice,ignorance,discrimination,



technophobia,misogyny,

thepotentialforconflictAgainstthatgenerateviolence,RIGHTSANDFREEDOMS:children,youth,

teenagersorpeopleororganizationsinneedofhope

orexpandingtheirhorizonsofthinking,formakingdecisions

and/orproductionofknowledge...WITHENOUGHTHATWE.INTHESEinterested

ISSUESANDSensibilizARTE...WHATTOCOME

ACHIEVINGTHECOMMUNITY

INTERNATIONAL-FROMTHEANIMATION

SOCIO-CULTURALINVESTIGATIONCOMMUNICATIONS

DEVELOPMENTAND

THEAPPROPRIATIONANDUSES

SENSEOFICTs-tothequalityoflife,

education,



leisureandculture:ThisisthereasonforthereleaseoftheMembershiptenured

forCCIAV,sinceMay1,2012-Closureandnoise

ourchannels

incyberspace,from2011-keepinfocusinsuch

contextsandunmetneeds

froma

ofindividuality,

theirrepetitibilidadandhistoricity-Thechild,thechild,theadolescent

andtheyoungmanandhismanytalentsandintelligence-forcreativity,

entrepreneurialmanagement,innovation,socialmarketing,theedutainment,

asCO-PARTICIPATE,

EQUALco-star

INDIGNITYANDRIGHTStoanyotherbeing



humanbefore,todayandtomorrow

anywhereonearth,intherichheritage

mankind'scultural,INGLOCALIZE,fromtheinternalization-Andpracticedvalues

democraticandhumanisticasconstructionfreecitizenship,democratic

andinformed24/7,paralleltoYourpersonalcontribution,

fromeverydaylife,ASASINGLEGRAINOFSAND,everyoneandanyone,eachHAS,

incontributingtothepreventionofviolenceandthecultureofpeace.NEVERBELIEVEthathasnotbeenhard...butasGandhisaid,

"Thereisnoway

topeace,peaceistheway""Ihavethearrogance

torepresentany(...)ALL



helpstobuild,inhis

immediateenvironmentfromtheactivecitizenship,culturaland

communication,24/7,within

andoutofcyberspace:IFyouloveyourbrother,teachhimtoread..."LatinAmericalostthetrainof

universalliteracyandindustrialization

inthenineteenthcentury...nowinthetwenty-

twonewtypesofilliteracies,

otherthanthefirstletters,

facingourfuture:

audiovisualandilliteracy

computerilliteracy-communication"ArturoUslarPietri(1994)"LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean

willberefilleddictatorships,

ifyoutharenotempowered,(...)

Ionlybelieveintwothings:

onyouthanddemocracy..."GloriaPeña(2010)

InterviewRemolacha.net"...Thebestschool

contraceptive...wehavetoovercomeschoolapartheid...

Givethewomanandthechild,



fullcontrolofyourdestiny..."Jerome(2006)"HowiseducationintheXXIcentury?"UNESCODirective124"Violenceisthefear

totheidealsofothers(...)IFIhadknownorbelieved

thatpromoteviolence

orbringpeace,hadadvocatedviolence(...)"MahatmaK.Gandhi

ops!OFCOURSEweneveraregoingacceptaspartner,donororcontributor,individualsororganizations,anchoredonMiddleAgeastheproposition:

"NOTHINGconnectonelectricy,hasanyconnectionwithliteratureandculture"

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