[Air-l] CFP: 5th Int Conference OurMedia: Democracy and the Media

[Marcus Foth]

OURMedia / NUESTROSMedios
5th International Conference
Democracy and the Media
www.ourmedianet.org
  An International Conference
Bangalore, India5-9 December 2005


CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS and PRESENTATIONS
*** DEADLINE: August 31, 2005 ***

OURMedia/NuestrosMedios is a transnational network with over 400  
academics, activists, researchers, practitioners and advocates  
working across every continent and in more than 40 countries. Its aim  
is to research, strengthen and support media and information/ 
communication technologies (ICT’s) that support social justice, human  
rights, community autonomy and grassroots empowerment.

OURMedia Annual Conferences have taken place since 2001 and have  
become active spaces for enabling strategic collaboration and  
analysis. Past conferences have been organized in Washington D.C  
(2001), Barcelona (2002), Barranquilla, Colombia (2003) and Porto  
Alegre, Brazil (2004). This year the conference will take place in  
Bangalore, India from December 5-9, 2005.


CONFERENCE THEME AND OBJECTIVES
In line with previous meetings, Our Media 5 Conference, Democracy and  
the Media is aimed at building strategies and collaborations among  
researchers, non-governmental organizations, practitioners, artists  
and advocates for the promotion of communication rights, effective  
access to ICTs, and community and citizen participation in the media.  
This year’s specific focus is on community and grassroots  
communications for social change and current models and experiences  
in community participation and advocacy on media and ICT in the  
region will be showcased.

Presentations will be mainly in English, with Spanish translation.


PANELS
The Conference Planning Committee is seeking proposals for three  
types of sessions:

1)     PANELS: There will be 10-12 moderated panels allocated during  
the 3-day conference which may be organized around individual paper  
presentations, or small roundtable debates/discussions where  
panelists respond to a series of questions/problems established in  
advance.

2)     PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS: are being framed as facilitated  
discussion groups, or group presentations on major case studies of  
relevant projects action plans or program implementations.

3)     SCREENINGS: media projects or excerpts of no more than 20  
minutes that reflect the topics of the organization and annual  
conference theme.


TOPIC AREAS
  For Presentations and Participatory Sessions, the Conference  
Planning Committee is seeking proposals that address one or more of  
the following topics:

·   ICT and Communication for Social Change – local, regional,  
international
·   ICT for Development
·   Communication Rights – advocacy, campaigns, strategies  - global  
overview
·   Community Media / Citizens Media – theory and practice
·   Connecting Research and Advocacy for Citizens' Media – case studies
·   Media Policy, Transnational Governance and copyright regimes
·   Media Education / Communication and Learning
·   First Nations / Indigenous Communications and Media
·   Interactive media in collaborative and participatory research and  
practice.
·   New media arts activism and tactical media
·   Politics of media production and distribution processes
·   Technology and Knowledge
·   Health communications
·   Comparative media studies
·   Media diversity and democratization of media and IT
·   Peace and community building through media
·   Grassroots networking

PROPOSALS for PAPERS, Presentations and PANELS
  Your proposal or abstract must include:

·   Name(s) of presenters, panelists AND session coordinator/moderator
·   Contact information (organization, address, phone/fax, email)
·   Short bio (150 words or less) for each  participant named,  
including country where they are based, institutional affiliation,  
nature of their work and/or field of expertise or  study
·        Description/abstract of your session (no more than 500  
words) that includes: title, topic to be covered and detailed session  
plan. Please be sure to reference the relevant topic areas as listed  
in this announcement.

Please also indicate if you are already an OURMedia member and if you  
have attended past OM conferences.

***DEADLINE***
Proposals and abstracts must be submitted by WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2005
Email to
  Juan Francisco Salazar :  j.salazar at uws.edu.au
and
Rev Dr. John Joshva Raja :  joshvajohn at hotmail.com




CONFERENCE FEES The full registration fee for the 3 day Conference is  
$200 USD per person.  This includes basic food and accommodation for  
5 days and 4 nights at the United Theological College. An additional  
US$15.00 is payable to cover transport costs for a field trip planned  
for Day 4.


This years OM Conference will be hosted by the Department of  
Communication of the United Theological College, Bangalore.


For more information see the OURMedia Website : http:// 
www.ourmedianet.org/



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Marcus Foth
MA(DigitalMedia) BCompSc(Hons) BMultimedia
m.foth at qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/

Research Associate
Creative Industries Research and Applications Centre
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