groupes en action

(in english, français, portuguese, arabic)

CODESRIA, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa is headquartered in Dakar Senegal. It was established in 1973 as an independent Pan-African research organisation with a primary focus on the social sciences, broadly defined. It is recognised not only as the pioneer African social research organisation but also as the apex non-governmental centre of social knowledge production on the continent … (full text Homepage).

News; Publications Programme; CODICE; Conference papers; About the Bulletin;
Database of African Social Scientists; Documentation and Information Centre;
Research Mandate and Objectives; Working Group on Finance and Education;
STRATEGIC PLAN 2002 – 2006; Strategic Plan 2007-2011, a 40 pages text;
Past Events, Training and Grants;
Address: CODESRIA, Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop x Canal IV, BP 3304, CP 18524, Dakar, Senegal;
Contact.

Training, Grants and Fellowships; CODESRIA has responded to the training needs of African researchers by building a formidable training programme.  Continuer la lecture de « Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa CODESRIA »

Linked with Razia Bondrey Bhatti – Pakistan (x – 1996).

Chowk is a platform to publish, discuss and debate writings on a variety of issues that are important to the people of India, Pakistan, and other South Asian countries. It is a place to express and exchange ideas, discover eclectic thoughts, get useful information, meet new people, engage in social change, enjoy and educate yourself … (about 1/2).

Homepage and latest articles;
Sitemap;
Articles; Columns; Fiction; Gallery; Unplugged forums;
Chowk writers; Chowk members/interactors; FAQ;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Chowk is committed to promote the right to express. It nurtures ideas and voices that are original, investigative, and independent of doctrine and dogma. Chowk does not propose, favor or defend any ideology. Readers and writers arrive at their views through debate in an open and free environment.  Continuer la lecture de « CHOWK »

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a guide to the political left

Linked with Leslie Cagan – USA.

The resources on this page are devoted to defining the left, which is one of the purposes of this website. For additional conceptual articles about the left, see ISSUES: « Progressive » and « Liberalism, » and particularly the articles by Barry Loberfeld and David Horowitz … (about /guide 1/2).

Homepage;
Guide; Newsletter; Links; Individuals; Groups; Issues; Politics; Media;
A close look at the American Civil Liberties Union; FrontpageMag;
COMPARISON OF LEFT V. RIGHT FUNDING; FUNDING THE LEFT;
Contact.

About /guide 2/2: … Welcome to DiscoverTheNetworks. This site is a « Guide to the Political Left. » It identifies the individuals and organizations that make up the left and also the institutions that fund and sustain it; it maps the paths through which the left exerts its influence on the larger body politic; it defines the left’s (often hidden) programmatic agendas and it provides an understanding of its history and ideas. Continuer la lecture de « DiscoverTheNetworks.org DTN »

Linked with Joênia Batista de Carvalho – Brazil, and with Manifesto for Endangered Languages.

The Foundation for Endangered Languages supports, enables and assists the documentation, protection and promotion of endangered languages. This website announces our varied activities, and includes our newsletter Ogmios and details of our conferences. (Homepage).

Membership details; Proceedings; Grant Applications;
Appeals and News from Endangered Communities;
Call for Papers – FEL XIII: Endangered Languages and History;
Bibliography; Newsletters; Links;
Contact: For general enquiries contact Nicholas Ostler.

Manifesto: … 1.3. The Need for an Organization (scroll down):

• We cannot stem the global forces which are at the root of language decline and loss.
• But we can work to lessen the ignorance which sees language loss as inevitable when it is not, and does not properly value all that will go when a language itself vanishes.
• We can work to see technological developments, such as computing and telecommunications, used to support small communities and their traditions rather than to supplant them.
• And we can work to lessen the damage: o by recording as much as possible of the languages of communities which seem to be in terminal decline; o by emphasizing particular benefits of the diversity still remaining; and o by promoting literacy and language maintenance programmes, to increase the strength and morale of the users of languages in danger.   Continuer la lecture de « Foundation for Endangered Languages »