Geographic barriers
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In many areas of the world, geographic isolation affects how easy one can translate and promote the Biblical message. For some people groups limited access makes travel to and from their villages extremely difficult. Terrain, thick foliage, and extreme weather conditions may hinder communication. In isolated island or coastal areas small boats may be the only way to access a people group. In some jungle or mountainous areas one may be able to travel only by foot. In such cases, these Geographic barriers become key factors in the development of a media program.
National borders
In some cases, political boundaries separate members of the same people group into several countries. In other cases war, government visa requirements and other restrictions may make frequent visits difficult or impossible. Certain media types like audio cassettes, CD’s, and radio broadcasts may be excellent solutions to serve people in these areas.
Internal Notes
15,Sep.2004 jvd description from p.19
My Tongue is the Pen Geopolitical barriers are often an important consideration in the selection of media as the following illustrates:
- "The target communities were in very isolated regions, but would also need to have airstrips nearby so that critical equipment like generators, projection equipment and so on could be delivered within a reasonable distance to the location where they were to be used. These airstrips in turn needed to be in areas with as many surrounding villages as possible in order to attract and reach the largest number of people possible for the effort expended. The terrain over which people would come was quite rugged and so to allow time for people to travel to the site, the film would need to be shown in the late afternoon or early evening, and very likely on more than one evening. A factor somewhat related to geography was that the region received a high amount of rainfall and there were no indoor facilities near big enough to accommodate the crowds expected to arrive. Thus it needed to be shown outdoors, using enlarging capabilities, and allowing for security from the rain at least for the critical equipment. Geographic isolation, difficult terrain, needed airstrip access, high rainfall area and no adequate indoor facilities."
This second example comes from Andrew Sims 9/10/04 jvd
Edited by DM Nov 29 2004
