Prospects for the popularization of science and technology in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Abstract11is paper descnbes the net for the popularization of science and technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (POP/UNESCO), which is in operation in the Region since 1990. hiere have been significant challenges in Latin America dealing with political, social, and economical aspecis; and no...

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Autores principales: Giamello, R., Merino, G.
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Asociación de Docentes de Ciencias Biológicas de la Argentina 1999
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revistaadbia/article/view/40799
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Sumario:Abstract11is paper descnbes the net for the popularization of science and technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (POP/UNESCO), which is in operation in the Region since 1990. hiere have been significant challenges in Latin America dealing with political, social, and economical aspecis; and nowadays they occurfrequently as a consequence of the rapid cultural transformations which take place in the world. One suchchallenge amis to achieve the incorporation of science and technology as an integral part of the culture inLatin American countries. To achicve the incorporation of society to a science an technology culture it isnecessary to generate divulge strategies capable of movilizing the political, institutional, social, and economical structures, so as to understand the complex and global situatioris which affect the world. Thescience and technoLogy literacy constitutes nowadays a social and etliical right of humankind.