News about the IAMCR pre-conference 'Building Community – Shaping  
Change' (13-14 July, Hyderabad):

A large number of community media organisations and citizen media  
practitioners from India and beyond have confirmed their  
participation. You can submit proposals until Sunday 20 April!
Please submit your proposal to the following email address:  
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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), the World Association of Community Radio  
Broadcasters (AMARC), Ideosync Media Combine and the Ford Foundation

Hyderabad, India
July 13-14, 2014

We call for a variety of proposals:
- Project presentations, project evaluations, and critical reflections  
of innovative projects
- Workshops, roundtables and panel discussions
- Video screenings, music, theatrical performances, public/street art
- Academic paper presentations (we encourage practice-oriented  
academic work that directly connects with practitioner experiences and  
needs)

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.

For more information on the conference, go to  
http://iamcr.org/section-home-seccomm-201/1210-iamcr-2014-preconf