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Re: [microsound] latinoamerica



My bad:  www.bulbo.tv

At 10:26 AM 3/31/04 -0800, you wrote:
I read the list and I teach at a Southern California university: rock en espanol, hip hop y mas, Julieta Venegas, Tijuana No, Manu Chao, Los Aterciopelados, Los Crudos, www.bulbo.tv....digital culture (from San Diego/Tijuas to Buenos Aires), Deleuze and De Landa. Not everyone on the list believes Latin America has no access to computers nor that Latin America is outside of digital culture.

D.  Emily Hicks (AKA La Marquesa)
Chicana/o Studies
Latin American Studies
San Diego State University

At 08:23 AM 3/31/04 -0800, you wrote:
> Hi everyone, I am really confused about certain comments.
> Is anybody here under the impression that people in places like, let's say
> for instance: latinoamerica; have no access to computers? Believe it or not,
> people used to ask me if we had credit cards in latinamerica, I used to say:
> "Yes, we have one, but only the chief is allowed to use it".
% yes, this is unfortunately true...Mexico, Central and South America always
seem to be omitted (or downplayed) from tech statistics...on the flip side:
I was once told that Brazil's music industry is bigger than Germany and the
UK combined...and there are many top notch computer music research centers
in South America...so I don't think of Latin America as being
tech-impoverished...


%% regarding credit cards: if you want to go to a country that has very few
credit card owners and lacks the infra-structure to buy things on the
Internet then go to Bosnia...that being said though you can buy Windows XP
for ~10 Euro at the local market in Sarajevo ;)


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