[cr-india] AMARC participating in the OURMedia 6 International Conference

[George Lessard]

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Subject: [InfoDerechos] AMARC participating in the OURMedia 6
International Conference
From:    Gustavo Gómez <gusgomez at chasque.net>
Date:    Sat, April 7, 2007 12:55
To:      "AMARCInfoDerechos" <amarcinfoderechos at lists.amarc.org>
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AMARC participating in the OURMedia 6 (OM6) International Conference
sent by Suman Basnet, Regional Coordinator, AMARC Asia and Pacific

The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) is
participating in the OURMedia 6 (OM6) International Conference to be held
in Sydney, Australia from April 9 to 13, 2007. AMARC members from across
the globe will be contributing as key note speakers and presenters on
topics and issues related to community radio.


The theme of the OM6 conference is "Sustainable Futures: Roles and
challenges for community, alternative and citizens' media". It is being
hosted by the School of Communication Arts of the University of Western
Sydney with support from the Centre for Cultural Research (UWS) and the
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Technology,
Sydney. The conference will discuss how research into "citizens' media"
can assist in understanding the cultural changes currently taking place
with regards to open public participation and social inclusion.

Presentations by AMARC members will range from the role of community
media/radio to enable an inclusive and just Peace to Participatory
Research for Community Radio Program Series for Social Change, from
Community Broadcasting in Australia to Rural Communication Media in Papua
New Guinea, from Best practices for regulatory frameworks in Community
Broadcasting: towards the making of broadcasting regulation standards to
Community Broadcasting - New technologies & Social Action and from
Community Radio in the Forefront of the National Movement for Freedom:
Experiences from Nepal to Community Radio in Asia and Pacific: Challenges
and Best Practices.


So far AMARC members Mavic Cabrera Balleza, President of AMARC-Women's
International Network (WIN), Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Founding Director,
femLINKPACIFIC: Media Initiatives for Women, Fiji, Raghu Mainali,
Coordinator, Community Radio Support Centre, Nepal, Luis Evaristo dos
Santos Soares, Coordinator, Community Radio Centre, Timor Leste, Timor
Leste, Kosala Keerthirathne, Kotmale Community Media Centre, Sri Lanka,
Barry Melville, General Manager, Community Broadcasting Association of
Australia, Stanley Kaka & Jenny Wanis, Community Radio Centres, Papua New
Guinea, Wilna W Quarmyne, Ghana Community Radio Network & Radio Ada Ghana,
Gustavo Gomez, AMARC ALC, and Suman Basnet, Regional Coordinator, AMARC
Asia and Pacific regions have confirmed their participation.

AMARC will be posting presentations and audio recordings on its website
(http://amarc.org).


-ENDS-

About OURMedia: OURMedia is an international network and forum founded in
2001 by a group of academics interested in advancing the democratic
potential of community, or "citizens' media." It is now a network of over
500 people from 50 countries and has generated an extensive body of
practical and theoretical knowledge, primarily in English and Spanish. The
OM6 Conference will bring together international and national experts,
researchers, policy makers, and community development practitioners to
discuss ways to ensure a sustainable future for community and citizen's
media.


About AMARC: AMARC is an international non-governmental organization
serving the community radio movement in over 110 countries, and advocating
for the right to communicate at the international, national, local and
neighbourhood levels. AMARC has an International Secretariat in Montreal.
It has regional sections in Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific and
offices in Johannesburg, Buenos Aires and Kathmandu.

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