This project for children was created by Luis Szarán. Through the formation of music schools, musical groupings and cultural associations, it facilitates the shortcut to the musical education to more than 3.000 participants of scarce resources, in 72 communities of the Paraguayan countryside. Sonidos de la Tierra, is based on the concept of 'education through the arts' began in 2002 in 18 towns, with support from the AVINA Foundation. Today, with alliances with more than 100 other local, nation more...
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Increasingly in the US the multiple roles of historic preservation are becoming better known - downtown revitalization, neighborhood stabilization, job creation, heritage tourism, affordable housing, local economic development, sustainable development and others. But less understood is the potential role that historic preservation could play as a central part of the international policy of the United States. So maybe 10 weeks before the general election is a good time to write about those roles. more...
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The Diego Echavarría Misas School and its neighborhood have been “contaminated” by the ICTs. When you pass by the school, you immediately see a big sign announcing that the Open Classroom is also open for free to the whole community, from Monday to Saturday, after school hours. Teachers and students are committed to the good use of the Open Classroom. While some students give advice and pay attention to the proper use of the equipment, teachers are giving training courses to some inhabitant more...
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World Museums is a popular photography group (80+ members and more than 500 photos) on Flickr. The focus of this group will be museums around the world. Show us places you've visited. If you work with a particular museum, show us what goes on behind the scenes or how you connect with the community. Bonus points for photos that have a caption!Photos will be uploaded to specific Planeta.com pages, particularly those dealing with museums.
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The Centre for the Study of Culture and Society was established in India in 1996 by a group of scholars interested in developing new approaches to studying culture in India. This interest has been energised by our sense that the social sciences and humanities disciplines as they exist are no longer adequate to the task of engaging seriously with the problems of our time. Today both the political frameworks of the post-colonial nation-state (democracy, secularism, development) and the institution more...
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By Simon Martin (Author), Kathleen Berrin (Author), Mary Miller (Author). Maya artistic expression during the second half of the first millennium reached the highest peaks of opulence and cultural refinement in the New World. Living in a tropical rain forest, supported by a society of astonishing wealth and complexity, the ancient Maya kings and queens commissioned extraordinary works of art and architecture in order to memorialize themselves and to ensure their place in history.
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Author: Peter D. Harrison. Once one of the greatest cities in the world, Tikal was strategically located in the central region of the Maya lowlands and served as a major trade center and architectural style-setter. Over 3000 known surface structures exist, and as many as 10,000 ruined buildings and platforms may lie below the surface of the site. Recent discoveries in Maya archaeology include insights into the urban nature of the society and the agricultural methods used to support such a large more...
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