by Admin on 25 April 2012
Ørecomm — Centre for Communication and Glocal Change invites researchers, students and practitioners to its 2nd Festival, 14–17 September 2012. The Festival will start in Roskilde (1 day), move on to Malmö (2 days) and close in Copenhagen (1 day):
Reclaiming the Public Sphere:
Communication, Power and Social Change
Social media activism, clicktivism, media revolutions … Since the advent of the Arab Spring began to unfold late 2010, there has been a dramatic rise in attention to the role of information and communication technologies in social change. Now, looking back, a deeper momentum of critical reflection has arisen. This year’s Ørecomm Festival therefore wishes to provide a space for this critical reflection, focusing upon how the notion of public sphere is being reinterpreted in these years, and how new spaces and new agents in the public sphere are influencing the relation between communicative practices, power and social relations amongst all stakeholders.
Download the Festival preliminary programme and concept note here (3 pages), and look out on this website for updates. Full programme and registration procedure will be available mid-May.
Researching everyday media cultures and social change in Africa: towards a ‘demotic turn’
Wendy Willems will speak on the above subject at an Ørecomm Open Seminar on 31 May 2012, 15–17 hrs, at Malmö University (MEDEA, Ö Varvsgatan 11). For logistical reasons, if you will be present you must register, using the form below.
The seminar will also be webcast — link will be provided here. [ more →]
by Linda Zabriske on 7 May 2012
Education has long been seen as the avenue to improve living conditions and combat issues such as racism or ethnic conflict. With the spread of the Internet and new methods to earn a masters and doctorate, as well as vocational certifications, there is hope that many archaic and what some might call backwards lifestyles and beliefs can be eradicated around the world. [ more →]
“Political Campaign Communication
in sub-Saharan Africa: The Cameroonian Experience in a Global Perspective”
Ørecomm participant Teke Ngomba will defend his dissertation with above title on Monday 14 May 2012 at 10:15 AM, in Building no. 5335, Finlandsgade 21-23, Aarhus (Denmark).
The assessment committee consists of professor Francis Beng Nyamnjoh (University of Cape Town), professor Kees Brants (University of Amsterdam) and associate professor Henrik Bødker (Aarhus University).
Download abstract here.
by Admin on 26 April 2012
Professor Dan Brockington, Manchester University, will speak about ‘How to Save the World: The work of celebrity in development’, at Roskilde University, 9 May 2012 at 10:30-12 (lecture room 23.2):
The proliferation of celebrity within development publicity, media events and representations is one of the noteworthy trends within the development sector of the last thirty years. This lecture charts the rise of celebrity within development and examines how the presence of celebrity within development is mediated, and what consequences the processes of celebritisation have for the development sector.
The public lecture is part of launching the Research Network on Celebrities and North-South Relations. For more information (and how to register if you want a free lunch!) see flyer here. More on Dan Brockington and his work, see website.
