Centro Gumilla

Centro Gumilla
Established 1968 (1968)
Headquarters 1010 Avenida Oeste 7
Caracas, Venezuela
Publications
 Revista Comunicación
Temas de Formación Sociopolítica
Affiliations Jesuit, Catholic
Staff
26 (7 Jesuits)
Website Gumilla

Centro Gumilla is a center for research and social action of the Society of Jesus in Venezuela.[1] It was founded in 1968 and is the first of the CIAS created in Latin America under Superior General Pedro Arrupe to direct Jesuit efforts more toward the service of the poor.[2]

Research

The Centre carried out a study of the effectiveness of communal councils under Chavez's government.[3] Also, Gumilla Center Foundation has become a partner with the Centre for Studies on Growth and Population Development under the Ministry of People's power for Communes and Social Movements in an effort to find what best contributes to the welfare of the Venezuelan people.[4][5] In its range of publications, projects, and case histories, Centro Gumilla tries to foster organizational growth and community empowerment.[6] It reports on topics like the growth of socialism in Venezuela,[7] the way those moving from a rural to an urban environment form communities,[8] and violence in the schools.[9] Researcher Luis Carlos Diaz at the Centre was singled out in 2013 for his large following in the popular media.[10] Another of its staff, a former member of the disarmament commission, was interviewed by BBC on "When Venezuela became so violent".[11]

It is also the venue for public forums on topics like election results and the future of the country.[12] Changes in contemporary journalism are also in the purview of the centre's interests.[13] It declared that "Venezuela is going through a crisis of freedom of expression," a topic on which it will hold its seventh Conference on Investigative Journalism at the Javeriana University.[14] Other projects of the centre include sponsoring photo contests on human rights.[15] The Venezuelan public library catalogues 109 books, articles, and other media on studies carried out by the Gumilla Centre.[16] Recent publications include Understanding the Network Society reviewed in El Nacional.[17]

Direct action

The Centre also holds workshops to help young Venezuelans.[18] From 1964 to 2006 a group of Jesuits associated with Centro Gumilla formed cooperatives for the empowerment of local peoples.[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ Arrieta, F.J.V. (2004). Justicia social en Venezuela: la preocupación social de la Compañía de Jesús en Venezuela, 1968-1992 (in Spanish). Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. p. 144. ISBN 978-980-244-380-2. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Centro Gumilla". cpalsocial.org (in Spanish). Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ Block, Elena (2015). Political Communication and Leadership: Mimetisation, Hugo Chavez and the construction of power and identity. New York: Routledge. p. 284. Retrieved 23 May 2016. P. ix.
  4. ↑ "Firmado convenio de investigación entre Fundacredesa y Centro Gumilla". Fundación Centro de Estudios Sobre Crecimiento y Desarrollo de la Población Venezolana (in Spanish). April 10, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ Interview with international media. Accessed 24 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Levine, D.H. (2014). Popular Voices in Latin American Catholicism. Princeton Legacy Library. Princeton University Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-4008-6261-0. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ Embassy in Bolivia carries Gumilla report. Accessed 24 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Trigo, Pedro (March 15, 2012). "Countercurrent Subject and Community". Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice. 3 (1). Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  9. ↑ La Prensa on violence in the schools. Accessed 24 May 2016.
  10. ↑ BOB award. Accessed 23 May 2016.
  11. ↑ BBC on violence in Venezuela, 24 January 2014.
  12. ↑ Noticias Barquisimeto News on forum. Accessed 9 June 2016.
  13. ↑ ProDaVinci report on contemporary journalism. Accessed 23 May 2016.
  14. ↑ El Espectador. Accessed 24 May 2016.
  15. ↑ PROVEA. Accessed 24 May 2016.
  16. ↑ Public library catalogue. Accessed 24 May 2016.
  17. ↑ El Nacional review. 5 June 2016.
  18. ↑ "Centro Gumilla realizó taller de desarrollo personal para Warao en Tucupita". Radio Fe y Alegría Noticias (in Spanish). December 30, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  19. ↑ Andes, S.J.C.; Young, J.G. (2016). Local Church, Global Church. Catholic University of America Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-8132-2791-7. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  20. ↑ Important contributions on cooperatives in Venezuela. Accessed 23 May 2016.

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