1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910338019303321

Titolo

Embedding space in African society : the United Nations sustainable development goals 2030 supported by space applications / / edited by Annette Froehlich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

9783030060404

3030060403

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 pages)

Collana

Southern space studies, , 2523-3718

Disciplina

338.9607

338.927

Soggetti

Economic development - Environmental aspects

Sustainable development - Africa

Astronautics

Astrophysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Responsibilities and mandate of COPUOS and the Conference on Disarmement -- The developments of the forums -- The future of the UN space-related framework -- Final considerations.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a detailed insight into how space and its applications are embedded, and can be further embedded, into African society in support of the SDGs, while taking into account the specific features, needs, and diversity of that society. Contributions drawn from across the continent and further afield provide analyses of the particular social situations in a variety of different African countries and regions, and highlight areas where space applications support the SDGs, and where they can further do so. The chapters cover a wide array of relevant and timely topics including basic needs like water quality, education, and capacity building, as well as financial, security, and legal aspects, together with facets of space technologies and infrastructure in Africa. Embedding Space in African Society will be of great interest to students and professionals in sustainable



development, governance, and space studies.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910483565603321

Autore

Jiménez-Martínez César

Titolo

Media and the Image of the Nation during Brazil’s 2013 Protests / / by César Jiménez-Martínez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030382384

3030382389

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 pages)

Disciplina

306.0981

327.2

Soggetti

Communication

Digital media

Ethnology - Latin America

Culture

Communication in politics

Diplomacy

Media and Communication

Digital and New Media

Latin American Culture

Political Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: The June 2013 Protests and the Image of Brazil -- 2. Theorising the Image of the Nation: Contestation, Media and Visibility -- 3. Before the June Journeys: The Contested Visibility of the ‘New’ Brazil -- 4. The Visible Nation: The Media Coverage of the June Journeys -- 5. Strategies of Mediated Visibility: Replacement, Adjustment and Re-appropriation -- 6. Conditions of Mediated Visibility: Routines, Norms, Technologies and Commercialism -- 7.



Conclusion: Beyond the Visible, Beyond the June Journeys.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the struggles over the mediated construction and projection of the image of the nation at times of social unrest. Focusing on the June 2013 protests in Brazil, it examines how different actors –authorities, activists, the national media, foreign correspondents– disseminated competing versions of ‘what Brazil was’ during that pivotal episode. The book offers a fresh conceptual approach, supported by media coverage analysis and original interviews, that demonstrates the potential of digital media to challenge power structures and establish new ways of representing the nation. It also highlights the vulnerability of both ‘old’ and ‘new’ media to forms of inequality and disruption due to political interferences, technological constraints, and continuing commercial pressures. Contributing to the study of media and the nation as well as media and social movements, the author throws into sharp relief the profound transformation of mediated nationhood in a digital and global media environment. .