*Fair presents work that discuss relationships between technology, environment, and society
*National and international independent publishers participate in the fair
*Some works were not accepted by any publishers as they address political issues
*Writers calls for fairs to be open to all subjects
*National and international independent publishers participate in the fair
*Some works were not accepted by any publishers as they address political issues
*Writers calls for fairs to be open to all subjects
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00:00in Colombia the International Book Fair reaches its final stretch topics such as
00:10racism and artificial intelligence have been among the central themes more
00:15details with our correspondent Hernando Bar this stand at the International Book
00:24Fair in Bogota is one of the few independent publishers present whose
00:28authors and texts invite continuous debate and analysis of current and
00:33historical issues more than an official history more than commercial books there
00:42are other types of publications that show the reality of Colombia the critical
00:45thinking of their authors academics other views of the official version of what is
00:49being built in politics economics social movements feminism environmental issues
00:53and that there is a public that is beginning to explore and learn about
01:00these types of proposals
01:01precisely in these literary spaces we find a text whose subject matter has reached
01:15the attention of the attendance as it warns about the relationship between
01:19technology environment and society and the responsibility of the big industrial
01:25corporations in these affections I question this dominant logic the use and
01:32critique of technology and call for us to think a little about how much it costs to
01:36use a cell phone a computer and now the misnamed artificial intelligence what is
01:41its waste of energy its waste of water its energy footprint its carbon footprint what
01:47is also the dehumanizing effect it has on people how it generalizes capitalist
01:52alienation depersonalization and objectification
01:55in our tour through this literary ecosystem in the pavilion of the guest country for this version
02:06Spain we came across a text that was attentively detailed by some readers and whose subject matter is of great interest in a problem that is still valid today
02:17racism is not only an issue of skin color but goes beyond that and then
02:27investigate so that we can ask ourselves whether or not we are being racist and
02:32focuses on the issue of Spain because it is a place where many immigrants arrive and
02:37are being racist outside the pavilions of this fair we invited Liliana a writer whose work was not accepted by any publisher for promotion a book that critically addresses elements of the rupture and continuity in economic policy issues investor confidence defense and security policy and the rupture of
03:07in the presidential periods of uribe and santos from 2002 until 2012 in 2008 the assault on the raw reyes camp in sucumas ecuador defined a policy of interventionism that was maintained during the uribe government in colombia where the military forces violated the sovereignty of ecuador and in turn there were very strong confrontations with venezuela the intention of reviewing these aspects
03:37these of the writers in the work that the practice of this
03:44of the research and the r affectionate which is this of us and it is something that once
03:47the illyana calls attention to the fact that fairs such as these or the publishers present
03:54do not limit or discriminate against writers because of their themes or even economic issues
04:00since she has encountered multiple impediments for her work to be visible in this version
04:05of the book fair, which ends on Sunday, May 11.