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On Being SavageSouth MeridianThe Writings of a Savageby Paul GauguinDa Capo March 1996, 348 pages, $16.95 [28 September 2007] by Marcelo BallvéIn today's world, in which most native people live not in forests or on islands but in cities, savagery has become a state of mind more than anything else. Perhaps a little 'savagery' would be good for modern civilization.
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Learning from Latin America’s Media PiratesMarcelo Ballvé03.Dec.07 Today’s illicit “DVD factory” in a corner of Paraguay might tomorrow become a node in a democratic, grassroots distribution network for Latin American media. 
Living on the MarginsMarcelo Ballvé05.Nov.07 The protagonists of tomorrow are people who are off-line, somehow off the grid, unsophisticated or simply unimpressed by the general spectacle of information-overload and conspicuous consumption. 
Playing from the HipMarcelo Ballvé27.Aug.07 Jorge Ben always sounds like he's playing from the hip, not from the head, not really from the heart either.
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