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This is a case study programme. In June 1971 Professor John Sparkes went to Brazil to visit Mr Mendonca, Head of the Brazilian Space Agency (INPE) which initiated project SACI. The resulting interv...iew was recorded on video tape in Brazil and excerpts are shown in both the tv programmes on this case study. Project SACI is the use of a large geostationary satellite placed over the equator to transmit radio and tv programmes to schools throughout the whole of Brazil, In this programme Professor Sparkes concentrates on why project SACI came into existence. Before discussing with Mr Mendonca the details of project SACI, Professor Sparkes introduces a short film on Brazil to briefly highlight some of the geographical, industrial and ethnic problems which project SACI will have to face.
This is a case study programme. In June 1971 Professor John Sparkes went to Brazil to visit Mr Mendonca, Head of the Brazilian Space Agency (INPE) which initiated project SACI. The resulting interv...iew was recorded on video tape in Brazil and excerpts are shown in both the tv programmes on this case study. Project SACI is the use of a large geostationary satellite placed over the equator to transmit radio and tv programmes to schools throughout the whole of Brazil, In this programme Professor Sparkes concentrates on why project SACI came into existence. Before discussing with Mr Mendonca the details of project SACI, Professor Sparkes introduces a short film on Brazil to briefly highlight some of the geographical, industrial and ethnic problems which project SACI will have to face.
| Module code and title: | T100, The man-made world: a foundation course |
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| Item code: | T100; 11 |
| First transmission date: | 26-03-1972 |
| Published: | 1972 |
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| Duration: | 00:23:32 |
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| Producer: | Tony Jolly |
| Contributors: | F de Mendonca; John Sparkes |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Brazil; Equator; Ethnic problems; Geographical problems; Geostationary satellite; Industrial problems; Multicultural society |
| Footage description: | J. Sparkes at INPE, Brazil. He is speaking with F. de Mendonca who gives some of the background to Project SACI. Shots of the TV studio at INPE making pilot TV programmes for Project SACI. Shots of Brazil's Space Research Station with Sparkes providing the dialogue Film shots of Brazil today with commentary. Shots of Sao Paulo airport and the city itself. Shots of modern high rise flats and old Portuguese houses. Aerial shot of the stadium. Shots of Rio de Janeiro. Aerial shots of the beach and people bathing. Shots of the Amazon area and people living along the river. Shot of native fishing in the Amazon with a bow and arrow. Shots of Brazilia and a Major transcontinental road leading to it. Shots of latex rubber being tapped and coffee being picked and processed. Shots of industrial development in Brazil. Shots of Brazilians of various racial stocks with commentary on the effect the multiracial society will have on education. de Mendonca discusses some of the problems of education in Brazil today. Sparkes gives a brief background of SACI and explains the technical aspects of programme transmission. He uses diagrams as an aid. de Mendonga continues to discuss the problems of providing education in Brazil. He explains why the northern region near Natal was chosen for Project SACI. Sparkes sums up the reasons for SACI's existence. Shots of people migrating to the cities in Brazil. Shots of slum districts in Rio and Sao Paulo. Shots of building construction underway. Sparkes and de Mendonca discuss the social problems inherent in this migration. Mendonga takes up the issue of "rising expectations" in Brazil and elsewhere. The need for training Brazils youth for "useful" occupations rather than giving them traditional university education is mentioned. de Mendonca advocates an interdisciplinary approach to solving Brazils problems in education. The SACI project has taken such an approach and de Mendonga relates some of the problems that arose when people of varied backgrounds worked together on the project. The political implications of education through television are discussed by Sparkes and de Mendonca. Sparkes and de Mendonca sum up. |
| Master spool number: | 6LT/70482 |
| Production number: | 00521_2505 |
| Videofinder number: | 2156 |
| Available to public: | no |
