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Articles by faculty members published in the journal “Interruptor”

April 30, 2014
Dr. Amir Hamed, Professor of Rhetoric and Persuasion in the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Communication, served as editor of the first issue of the magazine “Interruptor,” covering April–June 2014. This publication was selected through the Ministry of Education and Culture’s competitive grant program and has by has Uruguayan Postal Service.

The journal’s editorial board also includes Gustavo Espinosa, Sandra López Desivo, Dr. Aldo Mazzucchelli, Professor of Humanities at the School of Communication and Design, and Carlos Rehermann.

The journal contains the following articles:

- “The Lumpen Tycoon of the Uruguayan Jungles” by Dr. Hamed.
-“Mystery Train or the Incommunicability of America” by Dr. Mazzucchelli.
- “Against the Illusion of Immediacy: Virginia Patrone” by Dr. Mazzucchelli and Sandra López Desivo, editor of H Encyclopedia and contributor to El País Cultural (supplement to the newspaper El País).
- “Information vs. Enlightenment: Where Has the Interview Gone These Days?” by Dr. Hamed.
- “Dogs and Teachers: Educating in a Cynical Society” by Dr. Mazzucchelli.
- “The Misfortunes of Opinion: Knowledge as a Duty” by Dr. Hamed.
- “Language Patrols: The Victim at the End of Utopia” by Dr. Mazzucchelli.
- “Illustrious, Miserable Races: So Many Millions Who Cannot Write” by Dr. Hamed.
- “Let’s Vote for Political Scientists: Analyzing Without Analyzing” by Dr. Mazzucchelli.
- “Rest in peace, earthlings: all news is canceled” by Dr. Hamed.
- “The teacher’s letter: rights and syllables” by Dr. Mazzucchelli.
- “Zombies: elegy for the penultimate man: the agents of nothingness” by Dr. Hamed.