Building Community – Shaping Change: The Role of Community, Citizen and
Alternative Media in Regional Transformation
A pre-conference by the Community Communication Section of the
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
and the UNESCO Chair for Community Media at University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad, India
July 13-14, 2014
This conference will bring together scholars and practitioners,
academics and activists, researchers and advocates. It addresses
international, regional and local media scholars who participate in the
IAMCR conference in Hyderabad (15-19 July) and community, citizen and
alternative media practitioners from India and beyond, for
conversations, collaborations, and co-production. The conference will be
practice-oriented and include project presentations, strategy meetings
and skill-sharing workshops.
Deadline for submissions: 15 April 2014
Submit proposals to the following email address: [log in to unmask]
See the detailed call below, attached, and at
http://iamcr.org/section-home-seccomm-201/1210-iamcr-2014-preconf.
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Building Community – Shaping Change
The Role of Community, Citizen and Alternative Media in Regional
Transformation
A pre-conference by the Community Communication Section of the
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
and the UNESCO Chair for Community Media at University of Hyderabad
In collaboration with UNESCO, the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre
for Asia (CEMCA), Ideosync Media Combine and the Ford Foundation
Hyderabad, INDIA
July 13-14, 2014
The current socio-political environment across the globe is
characterized by significant transformations. Geopolitical change has
seen the breaking down of some the world’s walls and the erecting of
others, changes to traditional loci of power and to social structures in
the context of mobility and migration. Regions have emerged as new
geopolitical forces as well as social reference points – both inside
nation-states and as clusters of several countries.
Community, citizen and alternative media are becoming more relevant in
this context as they connect the local with the national and global, and
relate to realities of migration, mobility, and new community
formations. From local community radio, to trans-border diaspora media,
to regional networks and online communities, these diverse media forms
create new social and mediated spaces. From participatory theatre to
mobile phones, from community newspapers to video activism, they explore
diverse media platforms to build community and shape change.
How do they respond to regional transformations? What new communities do
they create? How do they affect current political developments in India
– from the popular movements in the North to gay rights issues – and
worldwide? How do they support the empowerment of women in diverse
socioeconomic contexts? What are the challenges of mobilizing
communities for participating in media? What pathways and frameworks
exist for evaluating and self-evaluating their activities?
Changing political and policy contexts also affect the practical and
legal conditions for the existence and emergence of community and
citizen media. How do they deal with their increasingly prominent role,
as demonstrated by their legal recognition as 3rd media sector in many
countries and by the new focus on participation in both media and
political processes? But also, how are they affected by persistent media
control and censorship as well as increasing surveillance and filtering
on the internet? How does the political and social context of the South
Asian region shape policymaking in different countries such as India,
Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Maldives?
What kind of regional and sub-regional alliances and collaborations are
being forged to advocate for enabling policy frameworks, build
capacities of communities, and ensure long-term sustainability? As the
policy environment and the technical/financial conditions for the
emergence of community media (and particularly, community television and
video) vary strongly across the globe, what are possible and plausible
visions for the development of a more diversified and pluralistic
community media landscape?
This conference will develop answers to these and other questions by
bringing together scholars and practitioners, academics and activists,
researchers and advocates. It addresses international, regional and
local media scholars who participate in the IAMCR conference in
Hyderabad (15-19 July) and community, citizen and alternative media
practitioners from India and beyond, for conversations, collaborations,
and co-production. The conference will be practice-oriented and include
project presentations, strategy meetings and skill-sharing workshops.
Call for Proposals
This conference will be composed of your contributions and depends on
your ideas! We call for a variety of proposals:
1. Project presentations, project evaluations, and critical reflections
of innovative projects
2. Workshops, roundtables and panel discussions
3. Video screenings, music, theatrical performances, public/street art
4. Academic paper presentations (we encourage practice-oriented academic
work that directly connects with practitioner experiences and needs)
We are particularly interested in innovative forms of sessions that
allow for constructive collective debate among all participants.
If you would like to submit a proposal, please submit a brief summary
(300-500 words), in which you state the type of proposal, explain its
content and goal, and include (if appropriate) a list of panel/workshop
participants.
Deadline for submissions: 15 April 2014
Submit proposals to the following email address:
[log in to unmask]
The Organising Committee will review all proposals and make a selection
by 15 May 2014.
This 2-day event will be held as a pre-conference to the annual IAMCR
conference. The themes and debates from this event will be presented
(and discussed further) at the Community Communication Section of the IAMCR.
Information on IAMCR
IAMCR: http://www.iamcr.org
IAMCR 2014 Conference: http://iamcr2014.org/
IAMCR Community Communication: http://www.iamcr.org/section-home-seccomm-201
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