[WSIS CS-Plenary] [Amarc-info] OMVI Call for papers (VERSION EN ESPANOL EN CORREO
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Sophie Toupin
sophie at amarc.org
Thu Sep 28 22:34:04 BST 2006
*OURMedia **INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE*
*Sydney** , Australia** – April 9-13, 2007*
*Sustainable Futures:*
*Roles & Challenges for Community, Alternative and Citizens' Media in
the 21st Century *
*CALL FOR PROPOSALS **AND EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST*
*Deadline for Submissions: October 31, 2006*
* *
*OUR MEDIA NETWORK*
*OURMedia / NUESTROS Medios is an international network and forum
founded in 2001 by a group of academics interested in advancing the
democratic potential of community, alternative and 'citizens' media.
Recognising that the intellectual and policy frameworks for citizens'
media are often out of touch with the on-the ground reality, the purpose
of OURMedia is to connect scholars, practitioners and policy-makers
towards defined outcomes. OURMedia 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. *
*Past OURMedia conferences have been organized in the United States
(2001), Spain (2002), Colombia (2003), Brazil (2004) and India (2005).
These conferences have consisted of scholarly and academic
presentations, engagements by media activists and community cultural
development officers, policy workshops, community roundtable debates,
media labs, research-led forums and field trips to local media
initiatives. *
* *
*THE CONFERENCE*
*In line with previous meetings, OURMedia / NUESTROSMedios 6th
Conference (OM6) will be aimed at building strategies and collaborations
among researchers, non-governmental organizations, practitioners,
artists and advocates for the promotion of communication rights,
effective access to ICT, community and citizen participation in the
media and community engagements that foster social change and cultural
revitalization. *
*This conference theme aims to explore the cultural and social
significance of independent community and alternative media and the
major challenges in the decades that lie ahead. *
*OURMedia 6 IN AUSTRALIA*
*The OM6 Conference will bring together international and national
experts, researchers, policy makers, activist and community development
practitioners to discuss ways to ensure a sustainable future for
community, alternative and citizen's media. Alternative media in
Australia has a long tradition of citizen engagement and community
participation, providing different outlets for news, art and cultural
practice. The Australian community broadcasting sector is over 30 years
old. It is founded on the principles of access, diversity, localism and
independence. Community media in Australia has traditionally been a
highly resilient sector of the media, managing to exist in spite of
regulatory and technological barriers. The sector is now the largest
sector of the Australian media: in 2005 there were 341 community radio
stations, 54 additional stations holding or seeking temporary licenses,
76 remote Indigenous community television licensees and 6 generalist
community television stations. *
*Alongside this, innovative online networks and new media environments
are developing enabling new kinds and increasing levels of
participation. The community and alternative media sector in Australia
is made up of groups from a diverse spectrum of society, including:
community associations and advocacy groups; culturally and
linguistically diverse communities; Indigenous broadcasters; Gay and
Lesbian groups; religious groups; independent producers; social
activists, artists, educational institutions; seniors; and youth-run
organizations. An OURMedia conference in Australia will have a special
focus on community and participatory media in Australia and the Pacific
with a highlight on community media in the Western Sydney region. *
* *
*COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN SYDNEY*
*With a population of over 1.8 million, Western Sydney is a region made
up of people from over 160 different nationalities and is home to 60
percent of Australia's urban Indigenous population. It is the most
culturally and linguistically diverse region in Australia.*
*The region has over 200 community arts/media/cultural registered
organizations and may be considered one of the key areas of economic,
information and communication growth within Australia. In recent years
it has also become a multicultural hub for community arts development,
ethnic community broadcasting associations, community-based education
and applied cultural research that links researchers with community
partners. *
* *
*UNIVERSITY** OF WESTERN SYDNEY** *
*The conference will be hosted by the School of Communication Arts,
University of Western Sydney (UWS) in association with the Centre for
Cultural Research at UWS, a member of the Consortium of Humanities
Centres and Institutes. The University of Western Sydney is ember of
AUCEA, an alliance of Australian universities committed to supporting
university community engagement to promote the social, environmental and
economic and cultural development of communities. *
*A central aim of the University of Western Sydney (UWS) is to link arms
with community, public services, industry and business across Greater
Western Sydney to exchange knowledge, harness community expertise, and
contribute to the region's development, prosperity and social capital.
The School of Communication Arts also houses the studios of Channel 31
Television Sydney (TVS), a free-to-air community TV station. *
* *
*CONFERENCE SUPPORT*
*Other Australian universities providing funding and support are:*
• *RMIT** School** of Applied Communication*
• *QUT Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation *
• *UTS Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences*
• *UTS Research Initiative on International Activism *
* *
*Other institutions and community organizations supporting the hosting
of OURMedia 6 in Sydney are.*
• *Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE)*
• *AMARC (Asia-Pacific)*
• *Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA)*
• *ETC - Education Television Consortium*
• *3RRR Community Media Services*
• *C31 Melbourne*
• *MetroScreen*
• *Community Spectrum Taskforce*
*CONFERENCE THEME*
*Sustainable Futures: Roles and Challenges for Community, Alternative
and Citizens ' Media in the 21st century *
*While the 1980s saw many communication academics entranced by the
antics of the mass media, the new millennium began with a newfound
interest in researching and theorizing alternative media forms, also
known as citizens' media, radical media, médias libres, participatory
media, community media, or grassroots media. The scope *
*of alternative media has now broadened with the advent of digital media
technologies. *
*Media participation is becoming an everyday occurrence for a growing
number of the world's population, expanding community networks and
growing new networks based on interest rather than geographic locality. *
*These networks are using and producing new content forms that are
specifically designed for citizens' **participatory use (discussion
lists, blogs, vlogs, open publishing forums, webzines etc). At the same
time, the open source and creative commons copyright movements have
reinvigorated alternative media debates, advocating and pursuing
accessible, collaborative communication spaces. *
*Changes are also occurring across broadcast, cable and satellite
delivered media. Community radio and television policy, once confined to
a small number of countries, is making headway into government agendas
across the globe. At the same time, existing community broadcasters are
being confronted by the challenges of digital transmission – they must
restate their claim to broadcast spectrum and, if successful, grapple
with the costs of digital transmission technology. *
*In bringing together international and national experts, researchers,
policy makers, activists, alternative media practitioners and community
development workers we will aim to debate the roles and challenges for
community media. *
*Important questions we aim to address during the 4-day long conference: *
• *How is the future perceived by scholars, activists, policymakers and
practitioners who are building knowledge of and developing media for,
with and by the people? *
• *How do we understand 'community' and community media in national &
transnational contexts? *
• *Do we need formal structures to harness and progress broader
participation in the media at the community level? *
• *What community and citizen engagement models and strategies work;
which do not? *
• *How do new media technologies replace or enhance community media? *
• *What needs to be done – in terms of content and policy development –
to make the most of digital broadcasting technology (including emerging
wireless media)? *
• *How can practitioners ensure that policies work for and not against
the sector? *
• *What are the impacts of New Technologies on community organization,
mobilization? *
• *What does the future hold in technological and policy terms, e.g. in
terms of intellectual property rights, civil society participation in
policy, or opening digital spectrums to community media broadcasters? *
* *
*CONFERENCE STRUCTURE*
*The conference will be structured around several types of sessions. The
session conveyors are looking for papers, panels, presentations and
workshops that demonstrate innovative cultural research, practices,
models for effective community building, experiences and processes of
social change and community empowerment, and/or artistic practices in
community media. *
*Keynote speakers will include the leading thinkers, practitioners and
experts in these fields. *
*Panels: **Sessions involving a group of registered participants who
conceive and design a session around the same theme, project, or
research. These presentations will be 60 minutes with 15 minutes for
discussion. These panels may offer specific insights into global/local
projects and initiatives discussing modes of practice, strategies and
tactics for enhancing, promoting or fostering the development of
community, alternative and citizens' media. *
* *
*Academic and Research Papers **will enrich the intellectual and
critical resources to understand community media and push forward
theories and models that engage with social and political work at the
community level.*
*These are 15-minute speaker presentations followed by 10 minute
questions and answers. We encourage dynamic presentations with use of
audiovisual materials. *
* *
*Workshops: **crafted panels for staged conversation, dialogue or debate.*
* *
*FEATURED EVENTS INCLUDE*
*OURMedia 6 Public Forum: A Vision for the Community Use of Digital
Television Spectrum *
*Public forum with Australian and International speakers followed by
open debate sessions among community media practitioners, advocates,
scholars, artists, policy makers and the general public addressing the
critical issue of digital media for community use, access and ownership. *
* *
*Community Cultural Development Forum*
*A forum opened to community cultural/arts officers from local
government areas, community organizations and associations, cultural
planners, policy makers and the general public to address the critical
issue of community media for capacity building. *
* *
*OURMedia 6 Video/Multimedia Festival *
*An international video & multimedia festival for activists, designers,
social change advocates, filmmakers. *
* *
*To send a film, video or multimedia file please contact Juan Salazar at
j **.salazar(AT)uws(DOT)edu(DOT)au** *
*REGISTRATION*
*Full Rate: A$300 (US$230)*
*Discount Rate: A$150 (US$115)*
*Daily Rate: A$100*
*Exchange Rate August 2006:*
*US$ 1 = A$1.3*
* *
*Registration covers:*
• *Attendance to all conference sessions*
• *morning and afternoon tea ( 4 days)*
• *Lunch (4 days)*
• *Welcome Reception (Monday 9 April)*
• *Conference Dinner (Thursday 12 April)*
• *Conference Satchel and Program*
* *
*Please visit the OM website and after September 1, 2006 for more
information on how to register options. *
* *
*VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION*
*The organizing committee is currently looking at a range of different
options. We will provide information for budget, standard and premium
accommodation as soon as possible. Rates vary from A$25 (US$20) per
night for good budget shared accommodation to A$130-$150 (US$100 plus)
per night for premium 4- star accommodation. *
*Please visit the OM website after September 1, 2006 for more
information or go to *
*www.sydneyhotelsaccommodation.com/
<http://www.sydneyhotelsaccommodation.com/>*
* *
*SUBSIDIES AND EQUITY FUNDING*
*The organizing committee is looking at different options to support the
travel and accommodation of participants from developing countries and
community organizations. A limited subsidy scheme is expected to be in
place later in 2006. *
*Discount rates are only available to community organizations and
individuals from developing countries, local students and non-salary
earners and specific local community run organizations. *
*Please visit the OM website for more information.*
* *
*CONFERENCE TOPICS AND STREAMS*
**
*NOTE: Please submit panel, paper or workshop proposals directly to
stream convenors by email. Proposals should contain a 150-word abstract
and a 100-word bio of the presenter(s).** *
**
*NOTE: Note: E-mail addresses are written in a way that prevents
harvesting by spammers. To get actual address, replace (DOT) with . and
(AT) with (AT). E.g. name (AT) domain (DOT) org means the person's
e-mail address is _name(AT)domain.org_***
*STREAM 1: Community Media Research*
*Clemencia Rodriguez (University of Oklahoma) –
**clemencia(AT)ou(DOT)edu <mailto:clemencia at ou.edu>*
*Michael Meadows (Griffi th University) – **–
m.meadows(AT)griffith(DOT)edu(DOT)au** *
*The role for research in community building (applied & action research)
- Community media and innovation in the creative industries -
Participatory Communication in Research - Community cultural research:
theories, models, and strategies - Conceptualizing a 'community' media
sector in transnational contexts - Cultural identities and community
research networks. *
* *
*STREAM 2: Participation and Social Change*
*Alfonso Gumucio-Dagrón (Communication for Social Change Consortium) - ***
*Gumucio(AT)communicationforsocialchange(DOT)org
<mailto:Gumucio at communicationforsocialchange.org>*
*Jethro Petti t (Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University ) -
**J.Pettit(AT)ids(DOT)ac(DOT)uk <mailto:J.Pettit at ids.ac.uk>*
*Participatory Communication for Social Change: International
Initiatives – Participatory design and sustainable community media
initiatives - Development communication - Participatory Monitoring and
Evaluation - ICT and community cultural development. *
* *
*STREAM 3: Community Media and Policy*
*Ellie Rennie (Swinburne University of Technology)-
**ERennie(AT)groupwise(DOT)swin(DOT)edu(DOT)au
<mailto:ERennie at groupwise.swin.edu.au>*
*Sergio Rodriguez (Geomar, Montreal) - srodriguez(AT)geomargroup(DOT)com** *
*Media reform; Communication rights: NGOs and Community Media –
International conventions and national media policies - Funding and
governance models for community media enterprise - Local media ecologies
and the impact of global media markets - Spectrum use and management -
Linking Policy to Community Outcomes. *
* *
*STREAM 4: Media Activism /Civil Society /Social Movements *
*Stefania Milan (European Universi ty Institute, Italy) -
**smilan(AT)ips(DOT)org <mailto:smilan at ips.org>*
*Gabi Hadl ( Ritsumeikan University, Japan) –
**mediactivejp(AT)mac(DOT)com*
*Transnational participatory communication networks - Media Activism:
Tactical Media, Indymedia - Social movements, community counter-public
building and 'our media'. - Intellectual commons vs. intellectual
property rights - Women Networks and empowerment. Social movement
research. *
* *
*STREAM 5: Local Culture /Media Diversity*
*Tanja Dreher (University of Technology, Sydney) –
**tanja.dreher(AT)uts(DOT)edu(DOT)au <mailto:tanja.dreher at uts.edu.au>*
*Antonio Castillo (University of Western Sydney) –* *
a.castillo(AT)uws(DOT)edu(DOT)au <mailto:a.castillo at uws.edu.au>*
*Ethnic community media & multicultural policies - Everyday cultural
diversity & local media production - Media diversity and community
journalism - Peace Journalism - Local Access and Free Press - Community
media in western Sydney.*
* *
*STREAM 6: New Technologies / Media Convergence*
*Leo Berkeley (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) -
**Leo.Berkeley(AT)ems(DOT)rmit(DOT)edu(DOT)au
<mailto:Leo.Berkeley at ems.rmit.edu.au>** *
*Digital Community TV - Interactive Television Research - Podcasting and
Interactive media - Digital Games for change - ICT: strategic uses &
capacity building - Free software, Creative Commons & Open Information
Systems - OURMedia in the information society. *
* *
*STREAM 7: Community Radio*
*Elvira Truglia (Social Justice Committee, Mont real) –
**e_truglia(AT)sympatico(DOT)ca <mailto:e_truglia at sympatico.ca>*
*Histories of community radio - Organizational structures and Models of
sustainability - Radio in Peace-building and social change; poverty
reduction - Distribution: Digital radio and new media challenges -
Program-making and content analysis - Community radio and
cultural/gender diversity and politics. *
* *
*STREAM 8: Indigenous Media, Aboriginal Media*
*Juan F. Salazar (University of Western Sydney) –*
*j.salazar(AT)uws(DOT)edu(DOT)au <mailto:j.salazar at uws.edu.au>*
*Elvira Truglia (Social Justice Committee, Mont real) –
**e_truglia(AT)sympatico(DOT)ca <mailto:e_truglia at sympatico.ca>*
*Indigenous broadcasting, policies and politics - Indigenous media:
distribution, festivals & networks - Indigenous Knowledge and
digitalization - Strategic Use of ICT's for Indigenous Communities -
Indigenous cinemas and collaborative politics of resistance and
self-affirmation. *
* *
*STREAM 9: Young people and grass -roots communication*
*Tanya Notley (Queensland University of Technology) **–
**t.notley(AT)qut(DOT)edu(DOT)au <mailto:t.notley at qut.edu.au>*
*Penny O'Donnel l ( University of Technology, Sydney(**–
penny.odonnell(AT)uts(DOT)edu(DOT)au *
*Representation of young people in community media - Young people, the
blogosphere and creative online networks - Cyberspace, religion and
youth culture - Media literacy, training and community knowledge - Case
studies of innovative or experimental community media by/for young people. *
**
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*ABOUT SYDNEY*
*Sydney** is a cosmopolitan city of 4 million people located in the
south-east coast of Australia. It is Australia's oldest city, the
economic powerhouse of the nation and today home to people from over 160
different nationalities and languages. *
*Average temperature in Sydney during April is 15°- 23°C (60°-75°F) with
an average rainfall of 100mm. and 12 days of rain in the month. *
* *
*LINKS ON SYDNEY*
*www.visitnsw.com.au <http://www.visitnsw.com.au/>*
*www.australia.com <http://www.australia.com/>*
*www.sydneyhotelsaccommodation.com/
<http://www.sydneyhotelsaccommodation.com/>*
*www.sydneyguide.net.au <http://www.sydneyguide.net.au/>*
*http://sydneywebcam.blogspot.com <http://sydneywebcam.blogspot.com/>** *
* *
*VISAS*
*People seeking to attend a conference or event in Australia should, in
most cases, apply for a short stay Business Visitor Visa (subclass 456).
These Visas cost around US$ 60 (depending on the country of application). *
*Depending on your current country of passport, you may be able to apply
for an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) (see countries at
www.eta.immi.gov.au.) to obtain either a short-stay business ETA. *
*OM** Local Steering Committee will assist you in obtaining the visa. We
are working with IECN and the Australian Department of Immigration
(DIMIA). In any case, you are encouraged to apply for the appropriate
visa at least 6-8 weeks before departure for Australia. *
*Your passport must be valid for travel and the period of your intended
stay. For more information on the Department of Immigration and
Multicultural Affairs' Electronic Travel Authority system, see Fact
Sheet 55 - The Electronic Travel Authority or visit
**www.eta.immi.gov.au <http://www.eta.immi.gov.au/>**. *
*For delegates from Latin America see
**http://australia.comolograrlavisadeusa.com/*
*Information in Spanish for Mexico and Central America available at
**http://www.mexico.embassy.gov.au/mctyca
<http://www.mexico.embassy.gov.au/mctyca>*
*stellano/Visas%5fand%5fMigration.html*
*Information in Spanish for Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador available
at **www.chile.embassy.gov.au/sclecastellano/
<http://www.chile.embassy.gov.au/sclecastellano/>*
*busvisas.html*
*Information in Spanish for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay available at
**www.argentina.embassy.gov.au/baircastellano/home.html
<http://www.argentina.embassy.gov.au/baircastellano/home.html>*
*Please visit the OM website after September 1, 2006 for updates and
more information. *
* *
*PUBLICATIONS & REPORTING*
*The local steering committee is organizing different options of media
coverage of the conference, including video podcasts and video
conferencing of some sessions, local press and radio interviews and a
special program on local community TV. *
**
*Selected Papers will be published in 3CMedia, a scholarly e-journal
which aims to provide a forum for promoting, reporting and debating
research in community-based, citizen's and 'third sector' media and
culture. See *
*www.cbonline.org.au/3cmedia/ <http://www.cbonline.org.au/3cmedia/>*
* *
*ACTIVITIES*
*A series of activities with partner community organizations and side
cultural events are being planned. *
*Please visit the OM website after September 1, 2006 for updates and
more information. *
* *
*CONTACT INFORMATION*
*FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT OM6*
*CONTACT:*
*JUAN F. SALAZAR*
*j.salazar(AT)uws(DOT)edu(DOT)au <mailto:j.salazar at uws.edu.au>*
*ELLIE RENNIE*
*_ERennie(AT)groupwise(DOT)swin(DOT)edu(DOT)au
<mailto:ERennie at groupwise.swin.edu.au>_*
*TANYA NOTLEY*
*t.notley(AT)qut(DOT)edu(DOT)au <mailto:t.notley at qut.edu.au>*
*FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUR OUR*
*MEDIA NETWORK:*
*CLEMENCIA RODRIGUEZ*
*clemencia(AT)ou(DOT)edu <mailto:clemencia at ou.edu>*
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