André Lemos is Associate Professor, Faculty of Communication, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. PhD in Sociology, Sorbonne (1995), Visiting Scholar University of Alberta and McGill University, Canada (2007-2008). Coordinator of Cybercity Research Group (UFBa/CNPq) and Researcher level 1 at CNPq. Member of Prix Ars Electronica, Wi. Journal of Mobile Media and Canadian Journal of Communication Board. This Carnet is online since March 1st, 2001.
Aqui em Edmonton circulam varios jornais gratuitos como See, 24hours, Vueweekle...Hoje peguei o Metro e folheando as paginas vi uma foto do rei Pele que me chamou a atencao...Trata-se de um ping-pong para "discutir" (!) a democracia, o "Why democracy?".
Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images Brazilian soccer legend Pele is regarded as one of the best players ever to grace the field.
A primeira pergunta foi: "Who would you vote for as president of the world?". A resposta:"The president of the world for who I'd vote is God, no question". Ele so nao disse qual Deus seria...o dos catolicos, dos mulsumanos, dos judeus...? A partir dai, o que se entende por "democracia" pode variar bastante.
Metro e CBC estao fazendo esse ping-pong com 10 pessoas famosas. Ja passaram pelas questoes Vivienne Westwood, Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Jesse Jackson, Margaret Atwood, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Daniel Libeskind, Ken Loach e Naomi Klein. Mais informacoes podem ser encontradas aqui.