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Grants for cultural journalists (Art & Society theme) to visit Latin
America (deadline: 1 Jul)


Avina Grants for Journalistic Investigation - Call for Submission: Art and
Society for investigative research and writing about Latin America

Casa Daros and the Avina Foundation launch the Art and Society Category
with a focus on education

Enrolment is open until 1 July for participation in the Avina Scholarships
for Journalistic Research on Sustainable Development, a project created to
provide the communication media and news professionals with research
production on relevant themes involving the identification of sustainable
development models for Latin America.

This year, a new category - Art and Society, focused on educational themes
- has been added to the other five categories included in last year’s
edition. The new category is the result of a partnership between the Avina
Foundation and Casa Daros (Rio de Janeiro), the local representative
Daros-Latinamerica, in Zurich, Switzerland, where an important collection
of international research papers are preserved. The purpose of the
category is to encourage the publication of reports that stimulate
contemporary artistic production in Latin America.

Casa Daros – directed by Cuban-born Eugenio Valdés Figueiroa and Isabella
Rosado Nunes from Rio de Janeiro, – is going to be the platform for
meetings, reflections and lots of dialogue on how to articulate art,
educational and communication actions and stay abreast of artistic
production activities in Latin America through expositions, workshops,
forums, seminars and other events. Education is a channel for these
activities, inspired by a line of thought developed by Paulo Freire who
said, “Teaching is knowing how to listen” and, “Education is a process
that is part of horizontal interaction”. It is in this sense that
education and the practice of art share a common nature. Using its on
resources, Casa Daros will perpetrate this philosophy that is part of the
premises that guide Daros-Latinamerica, in Zurich regarding the continuous
circulation of the research collection and increasing the visibility of
art production in Latin America.

Headquarters for the Avina Foundation is located in Panama and has
associated with many social and business leaders in their sustainable
development initiatives in Latin America.

Prize money distributed by the Avina Scholarships for Journalistic
Research on Sustainable Development total US$ 250 thousand divided into
six thematic categories. Besides “Art and Society”, other themes include:
“Climate Changes”, “Transparency”, “Inclusive Businesses”, “Social
Inclusion” and “Latin American Integration”. The largest scholarships are:
US$ 6 thousand for TV proposals and US$ 4 thousand for works presented by
journalists working for newspapers, magazines, internet, radio and news
agencies.

Registry for the submission of papers for the Scholarship edition must be
done through the Avina website, http://www.Avina.net (or directly through
the following) by 22:00 hours (time zone: Brasilia, Brazil), on Tuesday,
1st of July of 2008.

The jury is composed by well-known specialists in the art and education
areas who will choose the best proposals according to rules and conditions
that can be found in the Avina website. Other themes will be judged by two
jurists, each with proven excellence in their specific area.

Results will be disclosed in September of 2008 in the Avina website. The
II Avina Scholarships Latin-American Meeting will be held in November
(location to be announced). The event will bring together the winning
authors to share information and exchange experiences.

Who can submit proposals? Reporters, photographers, “freelance”
journalists, writers, editors and executive editors. In all cases, the
proposals should have a geographical focus – Latin America.

Rules and further information are available in the Avina website
(http://www.avina.net).

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