by Admin on 31 August 2010
One of the main Ørecomm partners, ComDev in Malmö, invites all interested to its 10th Anniversary Seminar, 10–11 September 2010. This will take place at Malmö University, K3, Ö. Varvsgatan 11 A, Room U302.
The seminar programme promises a series of engaged, innovative, inspiring number of presentations, lectures, panels on many global, local and glocal themes:
ComDev at K3 – An unconventional partnership. Globalization: The Key Concepts. Voices across borders – A critical perspective on civic agency and social change. Migrant Media and good-enough Cosmopolitanism. Communication in action and globalization, or looking for social change. From Ougadougou to Malmö: Reversing the perspective. What ComDev may lead to – Art, tourism and culture from a West African perspective. Professional advances; Personal encounters – 8 years with ComDev. The Communication for Development (C4D) Network – Sharing Knowlege and Networking (www.c4d.org). Cycle of Change (Film). Loooking 10 years ahead. Drinks and Dinner and Surprises.
The detailed programme is available here (pdf). Should you wish to participate in the Saturday dinner buffet, contact Solveig-Karin Erdal.
by Admin on 30 August 2010
Médiactivistes
Dominique Cardon et Fabien Granjon
La production de l’information est depuis longtemps un enjeu de lutte. Le développement de vastes conglomérats de médias professionnels tout au long du XXe siècle n’a cessé de susciter des inquiétudes et d’encourager le développement d’un «médiactivisme» qui s’est construit en opposition, ou à côté, des médias dominants.
Information production has long been a site of struggle. The development of huge professionalized media conglomerates over the 20th century has consistently been a cause of concern and of the development of a “mediactivism” which has set itself up in opposition to, or alongside, dominant media.
La producción de la información constituye un tema de lucha hace mucho tiempo. El desarrollo de vastas impresas de medios masivos profesionalizados durante el siglo XX ha continualmente provocado gran preocupación y el desarrollo de un “mediactivismo” que se ha construido en oposición a, o al lado de, los medios masivos dominantes.
Ce médiactivisme a dès l’origine pris deux chemins parallèles: celui d’un combat contre l’hégémonie culturelle des espaces publics traditionnels et celui de la production d’un autre type d’information sur des bases militantes, locales et communautaires. Aussi son évolution doit-elle être pensée en interaction étroite avec celles de l’espace journalistique et des transformations du répertoire d’action du mouvement social.
This mediactivism has taken two parallel paths from the outset: one struggling against cultural hegemony over established public spaces, and the other producing another kind of information based in activist, local and community circles. Mediactivism’s evolution also has to be seen as closely interacting both with the field of journalism and with transformations in social movements’ repertoire of action.
Este mediactivismo desde sus origenes ha tomado dos rutas paraleles: una de lucha contro la hegemonía cultural de los espacios públicos tradicionales y la otra de la producción de otro tipo de información basado en movimientos militantes, locales y comunitarios. Su evolución debe también ser concebido en interacción con el espacio periodístico y las transformaciones del repertorio de acción del movimiento social.
Cet ouvrage propose une histoire des médias alternatifs depuis les années 1960. Il s’attache à mettre en évidence sa variété, des expériences de presse révolutionnaire au médiactivisme en réseau du mouvement altermondialiste, en passant par les médias communautaires, l’internet militant, le mouvement des radios libres ou encore la création d’agences de presse dans les pays du Sud.
This work provides a history of alternative media since the 1960s. It sets out to demonstrate its variety, from revolutionary press experiences to mediactivism within the global social justice movement network, while reviewing community media, internet activism, the free radio movement and the creation of news agencies in countries of the global South.
Esta obra presenta una historia de los medios alternativos hace los años sesenta. Se asigna a mostrar su variedad, de las experiencias de la prensa revolucionaria al mediactivismo de red del movimiento otromundialista, pasando por los medios comunitarios, el internet militante, el movimiento de las radios libres o la creación de agencias de prensa en los paises del Sur.
Collection Contester n° 812 € – 128 pages – ISBN 978-2-7246-1168-7 – SODIS 727
Paris, SciencesPo Les Presses, 2010.
by Admin on 27 August 2010
Human Health is one of the four themes within Universities Denmark’s initiative “Building Stronger Universities in Developing Countries”. The ambition of the Theme on Human Health is to contribute to the strengthening of capacities on a consolidated and long-term basis to conduct better research at selected universities and other research institutions. It is expected that the Theme on Human Health will primarily concentrate its efforts in Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique, setting off in 2010 in Ghana and Tanzania.
The Human Health theme will be launched at an open meeting at the University of Copenhagen, 15 September 2010 (10-15 hrs). For details, see the full invitation and programme. Registration is required.
Professors Lisa Richey and Thomas Tufte from Ørecomm are among the active participants in the Human Health theme, now with its own homepage.
by Admin on 24 August 2010
by Admin on 24 August 2010
The School of Public Health at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, seeks to appoint a person with excellent skills in social and behaviour change communication to join its team. The person will contribute to curriculum development, teaching and research. Closing date: 23 September 2010. For more information see the full announcement here.