CfP: The Aesthetics of Human Rights

by Admin 20 March 2012

How do we gain senses of our times as defined by human rights – human rights as a “master term,” as Arjun Appadurai phrased it, or “cultural dominant,” in the words of Frederic Jameson? What, after all, is the aesthetic culture of human rights, and what modes of textual, intellectual-historical, critical-theoretical, sociological and philosophical-aesthetic investigation [...]

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Reminder: Media & Participation Conference:
Lund, 29 March 2012

by Admin 15 March 2012

Media and participation signals the merging of ideas around democracy, power and politics, and producers, audiences and publics. Media and participation includes a broad understanding of our involvement, engagement and interaction with politics and civic cultures. Media and participation also considers the individual, audience and public as an agent of change, engaged in dynamic practices. [...]

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Debate Meeting on Danish Development Policy

by Admin 12 March 2012

NGO Forum and Universities Denmark will for the third consecutive year arrange a debate meeting on the state of Danish development policy with members of the Parliament and the Minister for Development Cooperation. The newly appointed Minister has initiated a new Danish development strategy. What is new in the new strategy, what can it achieve [...]

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Nominations: The Tech Awards

by Admin 10 March 2012

The Tech Awards is a competition for social enterprises creatively using technology to benefit humanity. Laureates have chance to win up to USD 75 000, spend a week in the Silicon Valley for capacity development training, and attend an awards gala. There are six different categories for the awards that include: Environment, Education, Health, Economic Development, and [...]

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CfP: Human[i]ties Perspective 2012: Empowerment in a Globalized Society

by Admin 9 March 2012

Human[i]ties Perspective is an academic conference and career orientation event supported by the DG of Education and Culture of the European Commission. As part of the REALISE IT joint initiative between the Erasmus Mundus Association (EMA) and OCEANS Network, this conference aims to facilitate a collective reflection on some of the key challenges facing [...]

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Report: Empowering Women through ICT

by Admin 9 March 2012

New in the Spider ICT4D Series: Empowering Women through ICT. The publication looks at recently concluded gender focused projects in the rural regions of the global south that were supported by Spider. With specific focus on the outcomes the report considers the impact on the lives of the women who participated in the different projects. [...]

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New blog: social.media.change.egypt

by Admin 8 March 2012

The blog social.media.change.egypt is edited by Nina Grønlykke Mollerup as part of her PhD project about the interface of social media and mainstream media in Egypt. The PhD is carried out in cooperation between International Media Support (IMS) and Ørecomm at Roskilde University, Denmark.

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Vacancies at LSE:
Two lectureships in Media and Communications

by Admin 8 March 2012

The two lectureships are open at London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Media and Communications. The closing date for applications is 12 April 2012.
One position is open to applicants specialising in any area within the field of media and communications. We particularly welcome applications from those with expertise that contributes to understanding the [...]

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PhD scholarships:
Practical Transcultural Communication

by Admin 7 March 2012

Roskilde University, Denmark and the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (L’Institut International de l’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement (2IE)), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso have issued a call for applications from MA students and candidates who would be interested in formulating their PhD research within an ongoing research project on “Practical transcultural communication: Best [...]

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Call for Papers: Digital Citizenship and Activism

by Admin 7 March 2012

The eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (JeDEM) has issued a CfP for a special issue on Digital Citizenship and Activism: Questions of Power and Participation Online.
“Nowadays, when citizens, activists and participants in social movements want to voice their opinions and negotiate their political identities they increasingly do so in hybrid media environments that [...]

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