Making Waves: Title page & Copyright

Published in 2001 by The Rockefeller Foundation, 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10018-2702

Book Design: Landesberg Design Associates

Cover Illustration: Cathie Bleck

Gumucio Dagron, Alfonso

Making waves: participatory communication for social change/Alfonso Gumucio Dagron.




Includes bibliographical references.




ISBN 0-89184-051-6

1. Social change — Cross-cultural studies. 2. Communication —Cross-cultural studies. 3. Radio — Social aspects — Case studies. 4. Theater — Social aspects — Case studies. 5. Television film — Social aspects — Case studies.6. Internet — Social aspects — Case studies. I. Title.

303.4833 G974 2000

Acknowledgements [top]

Aside from those who helped provide information on their particular experiences and who have reviewed the draft chapters, most of whom I have mentioned under References in each case story, I want to mention the people who supported this venture along its various stages of development.

Denise Gray-Felder at The Rockefeller Foundation understood the importance of the research project and provided the means with which to do it. She and her entire team, in particular Karen McAndrew, Susan Muir, and Brian Byrd, were the guardian angels of the process until the book was delivered to the printer.

It was not an easy task getting information on the fifty experiences portrayed in this book, especially on those that I couldn't visit myself. I'm grateful to a number of people who contributed by providing a reference, a logo or a piece of information that I needed. And I am also indebted to those in various countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America who assisted me in getting to the remote communities where many of these participatory communication experiences are rooted.

At the risk of forgetting some names, I would like to mention in alphabetical order: Carlos Andrade, Guy Andrianjanaka, Alonso Aznar, Delia Barcelona, Luis Fernando Bossio, Pamela Brooke, Sylvia Cadena, Manuel Calvelo, Tony Collins, Inés Cornejo Portugal, Mona Dahms, Ron Ehrke, Frank Endaya, Warren Feek, Colin Fraser, Lydda Gaviria, Bruce Girard, Grace Githaiga, Martha Lucía Gutierrez, Lars Johansson, Verena Knippel, Garrett Mehl, Bianca Miglioretto, Don Moore, Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki, Tracey Naughton, Tanya Notley, Farida Nyamachumbe, Sonia Restrepo, Don Richardson, Jose Rimon, Raúl Román, Walter Saba, Federico Salzmann, Jodi Stewart, Sally Stuart, Louie Tabing, Lucila Vargas, Aurora Velasco, Dominickde Waal and Peter Walpole.

If this book were viable through the collaboration of all the above-mentioned people, the communication experience itself spread overall of Africa, Asia and Latin America is only possible because peoplein the communities actively participate and believe that their voicesshould be heard and that their culture should be valued.

About the Author [top]

Alfonso Gumucio Dagron is a development communication specialist with experience in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

He worked for seven years with UNICEF in Nigeria and Haiti, and as an international consultant for FAO, UNDP, UNESCO, and other United Nations agencies. He was the project director of Tierramérica, a UNEP/UNDP regional project on sustainable development and served as communication adviser to Conservation International (Washington, D.C.). Mr. Gumucio is familiar with issues of child rights, indigenous populations, arts and culture, human rights, community organisation, health and sustainable development.

His major country experience also includes Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, New Guinea, Mexico, Guatemala, and Bolivia, his home country.

He is the author of various studies on communication and has also published several books of his poetry and narrative. His short essays and articles have been printed in more than one hundred publications, mainly in Latin America. As a filmmaker he directed documentaries on cultural and social issues.

Since 1997 he has been part of the Rockefeller Foundation discussion group on Communication for Social Change.

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