[cr-india] Dates Correction: CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "Building Community-Shaping Change: Role of Community, Citizen and Alternative Media in Regional Transformation, " IAMCR Pre-Conference, Hyderabad

Tue Mar 11 00:27:09 CDT 2014

Please note that the pre-conference announcement circulated earlier gave
the dates wrongly as July 14-15. It should have been *July 13-14, 2014.*
Kindly note.

Vinod

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Vinod Pavarala <vpavarala at gmail.com> wrote:

> *CALL FOR PROPOSALS*
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> *Building Community - Shaping Change*
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> *The Role of Community, Citizen and Alternative Media *
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> *in Regional Transformation*
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> A Pre-conference by the
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> *Community Communication Section of the International Association for
> Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and *
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> *the UNESCO Chair on Community Media at University of Hyderabad*
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> In collaboration with
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> *UNESCO, the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA),
> Ideosync Media Combine and the Ford Foundation*
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> *Hyderabad, INDIA *
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> *July *
> *13-14*
> *, 2014*
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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.
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>
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> *Call for Proposals*
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> This conference will be composed of your contributions and depends on your
> ideas! We call for a variety of proposals:
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>    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)
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> We are particularly interested in innovative forms of sessions that allow
> for constructive collective debate among all participants.
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> 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*
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> *Submit proposals to the following email address: *
> *BuildingCommunity at iamcr.org* <BuildingCommunity at iamcr.org>
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> The Organising Committee will review all proposals and make a selection by
> 15 May 2014.
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> 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.
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>
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> *Information on IAMCR*
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> *IAMCR: *http://www.iamcr.org
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> *IAMCR 2014 Conference:* http://iamcr2014.org/
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> *IAMCR Community Communication*:
> http://www.iamcr.org/section-home-seccomm-201
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> --
> Dr. Vinod Pavarala
> Professor of Communication &
> UNESCO Chair on Community Media
> Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication
> University of Hyderabad
> Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046
> Phone: +91-40-23135501/23011553
> http://www.commuoh.in/
> http://www.uccommedia.in/
> http://www.communityradioindia.org/
>
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-- 
Dr. Vinod Pavarala
Professor of Communication &
UNESCO Chair on Community Media
Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication
University of Hyderabad
Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046
Phone: +91-40-23135501/23011553
http://www.commuoh.in/
http://www.uccommedia.in/
http://www.communityradioindia.org/
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