[FoME] CfP: Community Communications preconference at IAMCR, Hyderabad, 13-14 July 2014

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Building Community - Shaping Change: The Role of Community, Citizen and
Alternative Media in Regional Transformation

A pre-conference by the Community Communication Section of the
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and
the UNESCO Chair for Community Media at University of Hyderabad

Hyderabad, India
July 13-14, 2014

This conference will bring 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.

Deadline for submissions: 15 April 2014
Submit proposals to the following email address: BuildingCommunity at iamcr.org

See the detailed call below, attached, and at
http://iamcr.org/section-home-seccomm-201/1210-iamcr-2014-preconf.

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Building Community - Shaping Change
The Role of Community, Citizen and Alternative Media in Regional
Transformation

A pre-conference by the Community Communication Section of the
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and
the UNESCO Chair for Community Media at University of Hyderabad

In collaboration with UNESCO, the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for
Asia (CEMCA), the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
(AMARC), Ideosync Media Combine and the Ford Foundation

Hyderabad, INDIA
July 13-14, 2014

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.

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.

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?

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.

Call for Proposals
This conference will be composed of your contributions and depends on your
ideas! We call for a variety of proposals:
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)

We are particularly interested in innovative forms of sessions that allow
for constructive collective debate among all participants.

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

Submit proposals to the following email address: BuildingCommunity at iamcr.org

The Organising Committee will review all proposals and make a selection by
15 May 2014.

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.

Information on IAMCR
IAMCR: http://www.iamcr.org
IAMCR 2014 Conference: http://iamcr2014.org/
IAMCR Community Communication: http://www.iamcr.org
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