Chevere que siguieran tambien escribiendo en español, portugues y porque no en otras lenguas... Gracias por la información. Fernando. --- El vie 1-ago-08, Amparo Cadavid <[log in to unmask]> escribió: De: Amparo Cadavid <[log in to unmask]> Asunto: Re: Next ourmedia location? A: [log in to unmask] Fecha: viernes, 1 agosto, 2008, 10:25 am Hello everyone! We will have next IAMCR and ALAIC in Mexico. I propose make next Our Media in Bogota. Universidad Javeriana and many others will organize it. Amparo On 8/1/08, G <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Dear OURMedia/NUESTROSMedios friends, (apologies for English only. Could anyone give a rough summary in spanish?) I just returned from the IAMCR conference and wanted to raise the possibility of ourmedia/nuestrosmedios 2009 in mexico. Are there any ourmedia people in mexico who could organize it? I know we often have this discussion of whether to organize ourmedia close to an academic conference, and we have in the last 2 years decided against it. However, I think this coming year is a particularily good opportunity and we should reconsider the possibility: € IAMCR is currently very ourmedia-friendly IAMCR just elected a new board with people close to us: Annabelle Sreberny as president and John Downing and Ruth Teer-Tomaselli as vice-presidents. IAMCR is generally trying to become more open to grassroots networks, and re-orient itself back towards a more activist stance in general. The 2009 conference theme is "Human Rights and communication" and there is talk about having at least one keynote speech and perhaps even a plenary session about alternative/community/citizens media. The community communication section co-vice chairs are myself and Ellie Rennie and the chair, Per Jauert is also very interested in working with ourmedia. There are a number of other benefits that should not be dismissed: € Cost solidarity Even if established academics only make up a small part of our consituency, it is good to have many attend. Every person that can pay a higher participation fee and their own travel expenses helps cover the cost of those who cannot. Also academics can often help with fundraising. € Promoting OURcause to the wider academic community Several people at the conference came up to me and asked about ourmedia, noting that they would love to attend it in the future. They had become interested in alternative, community and citizens media thanks to the Barcelona and Porto Alegre conferences (which were back to back with IAMCR and promoted through the IAMCR network.) € Enabling academics to keep their commitment to ourmedia For established academics, universities will only pay for academic conferences (for US scholars, even IAMCR is sometimes not prestigious enough), or they have a limited conference budget. The problem is even bigger for younger researcher-activists who need IAMCR for their resume, even if they feel closer to ourmedia. I talked to at least 8 people who said they could not come to Ghana for such reasons. Having ourmedia separately forces many people to choose, often against their own inclination. € grassroots-academic synergy IAMCR organizers may be open to helping ourmedia arrange for space and such (as I think happened in Porto Alegre,right?). If we have ourmedia before IAMCR and we come out with some sort of a declaration, we may be able to get IAMCR to endorse it. The community communication section is planning social events and field-trips, which would be perfect to co-organize with ourmedia, and help connect academic and grassroots activists, which is part of our mission after all. As I said, I am very sorry not to be able to attend this year for personal reasons but I am looking forward to updates from Ghana! All the best, G PS: IAMCR 2009 will be held july 21-24 at universidad nacional autonoma de mexico. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! MTV Blog & Rock >¡Cuéntanos tu historia, inspira una canción y gánate un viaje a los Premios MTV! Participa aquí http://mtvla.yahoo.com/