We should therefore debate the mediatic treatment that this long and difficult political issue has had. Indeed both j oumalists themselves and the institutions they represent are becoming part of the problem, at the same time both victims and instigators. The workshop session will hopefully allow us to continue our discussion, with perhaps a foray into the possibilities for the future of Basque literature and strategies for freeing it from its bonds. New technological developments have normally created the conditions for deep cultural changes. We are experiencing a new technological revolution and its impact upon culture is clearly visible at many social spheres.
Some effects are clearly positive, such as the speed and availability of communications.
Others are more negative, such as the increase in social control and political monopoly that could be exercised by controlling the technology behind the internet. In the minds of a few, Basque is intrinsically linked to antique and technology to modern. This may put some deadweight in the debate. We would like to escape from such stereotypes. The aim of this session is not to engage in a long debate over gains and losses but to learn from different experiences in order to be more efficient in our work and expand the outreach of our ideas.