Please excuse any unavoidable cross-postings... > The Department of Communication and Language Arts, University of Ibadan, > Nigeria; the Institute for Media and Society (IMS), Lagos, Nigeria; the > African Languages Technology Initiative (ALT-I), Ibadan, Nigeria; and the > Nigerian Community Radio Coalition jointly invite you to an international > conference to commemorate the 75th Birthday Anniversary of Prof Alfred > Opubor, first Nigerian professor of Mass Communication. > THEME: ³IF COMMUNITY MEDIA IS THE ANSWER, WHAT IS THE QUESTION?² > Those were the words of the first Nigerian Professor of Mass Communication, > Professor Alfred Opubor, and the title of one of his most discussed articles > Though that question was raised in 2000 in a book published by UNESCO, the > issues that gave rise to it are still as urgent and improperly understood as > they were then. The recent political events in the MENA (Middle East and > North Africa) region, the recent historic civilian-to-civilian transition in > Zambia, the seemingly unending failure of the big media to significantly > bring about participation and access; the recourse to neoliberal policies by > African Œdemocracies¹ and the impact of that on the big media; are some of > the issues that necessitate a thorough re-examination of that decade-old > witticism. If community media is the answer, what indeed is the question? > And how is it being answered? Are there more questions than there were? What > are they? > SUB-THEMES: Paper abstracts and proposals for project demonstrations are > welcome on the following subthemes: > · Community Media and new media technologies > · Community media, policy and regulation > · Community media, social media and social protest > · Community media and empowerment/development: actual stories and > potentials > · Community media and the management of conflict > · Community media, community/civic engagement and democracy > · Research approaches in (and to) community media > · Community media and gender > · Community media and popular culture > · Community media and diasporas > > DATE: 27-29 March, 2012 > VENUE: Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Nigeria > TIMELINES: > Deadline for submission of abstracts = Nov 30, 2011 > Notification of writers of successful abstracts = Dec 20, 2011 > Deadline for submission of full paper = Feb 20, 2012 > > FEES: heavily subsidised to cover conference materials, lunches and teas. > Academics: N5,000 > International participants: $50 > Graduate Students: N1,500 > > Undergraduate Students: Free > > Abstracts or proposals for project demonstration should not exceed 300 > words. Abstracts should be sent to both: [log in to unmask] and > [log in to unmask] > For more information on venues, hotel accommodation, presenters and lead > speakers, timetables etc, visit: http://alfredopubor.org > You can access the book in which Prof Opubor¹s Chapter (If community media > is the answer...) was published here: > http://www.unesco.org/webworld/publications/community_media/index.html > > Ayobami Ojebode, Ph.D > Chairman, Local Organising Committee. >