University extension as a Tool for Strengthening Located In A Network Relationships

The following considerations, emanating from one component to link the University reform in Argentina (which celebrates the eightieth birthday), with exponential strengthening of interpersonal relationships (institutionalized or not), among those living in areas of influences possible links between Porto Alegre and its hinterland and the port of Valparaiso. He tried to suggest, about the contribution that can make information technologies, increasingly accessible to potentially affected people. The image of "a broker of ideas", probably taken the concept of "transit corridors" or "land bridge" seems to us of great fertility, in order of increasing quality of life of those living on or in the adjacencies, brokers traffic between the ports of Valparaiso and Porto Alegre, through Argentine and Uruguayan territory. Virtual, necessarily has a foothold in reality. And in the case before us, we are before a runner (multiple alternatives), which has been consolidating, practically since the late espanhola domination in these latitudes. That was the time of the foundations of La Carlota, Rio Cuarto, Villa Mercedes, San Rafael was the time also of the much quoted crossing Luis de la Cruz, in 1806.

I cross the Andes to Buenos Aires, and had to aim to Melincué (in the southern province of Santa Fe), as Buenos Aires, and all the Rio de la Plata was invaded by the British. It was from Buenos Aires to Santiago de Chile, where he departed the proposal for a Union of peoples of the South in the early days of the emancipation process. Closer to our days and even more closely related to human settlements, the subject of our discourse, the grooves are set by the railroad and the telegraph companhero in the last third of the previous century and first decades of this. Already in these times (and change ferrobarco trails through) was able to travel or transport by road from Porto Alegre to Valparaiso. By way of bounding, entered the train and the telegraph came from Rosario to Villa Maria, in 1867 in Rio Cuarto in 1873, in Villa Mercedes in 1875 to St. Louis in 18882, and around the city of Mendoza in 1884 . On May 20, 1910, carrying the President of Chile, Montt, who traveled to the Argentine First Centenary celebrations, the first railroad was opened Trasandino.

So by the side of the railway stations throughout the area covered by the "corridor" would go the daily unfolding of successive generations, between the vagaries of world situations, domestic policy and advances in the technique. Since then began to urdirse countless networks of interpersonal relations, conveys many praiseworthy by our public welfare institutions (now rediscovered as NGOs). In Argentina, the diffusion of primary education, it would follow that of the secondary schools (high school students) and the later appear universities. the Del Litoral (Rosario today), the de Cuyo (Cuyo unfolded Today, San Juan and San Luis), and closer to our contemporary National University of Rio Cuarto. You should also record the contribution to this vital flow of media, first newspapers, then the short-wave broadcasting and amplitude modulated and then more air television. The direct dial national FM radio stations, cable channels, and the increasing use of personal computers are recently incorporated. Via modem personal computers have been embedded with direct dial national and even international. And in this issue, it seems that we are in the beginnings without Asuncion treaty and the protocols of Ouro Preto, or rather giving life to what would later advance protocolizarian foreign ministries, the managers of this corridor were the truckers .

In the consciousness of people aledanha the "corridor" was becoming flesh those endless passages of trucks with the flags of Argentina, Brazil. Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay perhaps spontaneously painted on their bodies. This awareness (darsecuentidad) of people, is that Mercosur would explain how quickly it has become flesh, in the popular sectors. So a radio station in Rosario, is identified as "capital of Mercosur", so multiply Mercosur meetings of the most diverse areas of community life. Thus, for example in La Carlota, a crossroads, there is a barbecue (churrascaria) who wears the title "La Posta del Mercosur." There is no doubt that the American union, in this "corridor" has taken root and apparently very deep. Perhaps what is moving, not to be seen boarding the plane that almost from Porto Alegre, goes straight to Santiago de Chile. Maybe more if they perceive something moves quickly through vehicle. But suppose that some players of the "trekking", decide to join the two "points" of this land bridge by foot, bike or horseback. Surely, they would see, as we see crossings in those places there is already a very intense life in those countless people.

And soon to look at in some detail, would prove that educational institutions are ubiquitous. And here we approach the culmination of education: The university. And in the meeting, we asked about what are the contributions that it can do to make the lives of those who make up these communities is more full. In these days, marks the eightieth anniversary of the university reform, which from the universities of Cordoba and La Plata, radiating to all America. They are well known components of university autonomy and the tripartite government of the Reformation, but may not be so the component of the University Extension. It was aimed to overturn the university services to the community. In a lecture delivered by 1932 at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina, one of the protagonists of the Reformation. Saul Alejandro Taborda, and warned about the encapsulation of the University, referred to as a "hortus conclusus" and loaded the ink on the specific shortcomings of the university extension. We now make the vital influence in the world and particularly in the specified geographic area on which we focused our attention, it poses a challenge to the University Extension component and thus the concept of the university itself.

That influence is very different to that of for example 1918, when there was no conceptual tools or with technological ingenuity, and a qualified human capital, unknown at that time. Although it should not be overlooked that the present contains elements of the above as part of a cultural continuun. In these days, the concept of interactivity, power to the university. It is technically viable ongoing feedback between the university and community. Distance education, permanent and term, are also viable by the dynamic concepts available technology. The concept "was a school BEFORE, NOW is the school a" is almost perogrullezco, stating the BEFORE you went to college, now the University is one. "The Ommnia docet, strengthened by the information technologies, becomes even more viable the concept of university extension. An additional opportunity, to break the defendant "hortus conclusus" and declaimed and not really open university personalities, framed by the public welfare organizations, seated in each, despite the redundancy. human settlement. not for reviews, readings, nor have guessed, is that we are talking about what we mean. We start from specific experiences. The common people of our towns and rural districts Pequenho, valued very high, still, to the institution university.

The University as an institution, can penetrate easily (thanks to university autonomy, at least in Argentina) through the institutions of public good, and get to the same families of students or potential students. All contents of concern to this and other similar forums, can be downloaded by those institutionalized interpersonal networks in concrete and the university as hinted above may be fed by so vital protein yield. Fortunately, the technological paraphernalia communications that we provide us, this task of persuasion, advice, facilitation, dissemination. On a list that does not involve any precedent, we have the ductile email and mailing lists (mailing lists), with chat rooms (whose potential begin to deploy our teenagers), the electronic bulletin boards (BBSs), which Web sites can be mirrored Internet), the FM community radio (community radio), cable channels (ready to spread Internet as a new alternative). There's even room for the "rediscovery" of shortwave broadcasting and amateur radio. That is, interpersonal networks (institutionalized or not) existing can dump and enrich their collections. making a creative use of available technology available. Alli is an action space available for university Extension.

And in this regard, we must say that what we are trying to describe succinctly and with the limitations of the monograph, or being implemented this part, or was executed at some earlier stage of our evolution. There is thus "the broker of ideas", a challenge for the university, and therefore to them who turn their existential time, their desires and utopias.