On-line Participatory Communication Conference (fwd)

kerry (mailto:astingsh@KSU.EDU)
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 21:59:13 -0600 

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Date:         Wed, 29 Oct 1997 21:59:13 -0600
From: kerry <mailto:astingsh@KSU.EDU>
Subject:      On-line Participatory Communication Conference (fwd)
To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU


As we seem to have forgotten how to do it here, maybe it's time for a
refresher course.


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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 13:05:47 -0500
From: JaniceB <mailto:JaniceB@edc.org>
Reply-To: mailto:gkd97@tristram.edc.org
To: mailto:gkd97@tristram.edc.org
Subject: On-line Participatory Communication Conference


List members may be interested in the following online conference.




PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION:
ONE APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?


You are invited to take part in this virtual conference which will
take place over the Internet from 10-28 November 1997.


There is no fee for participation. All visitors to the
following conference website can read all the papers posted without
registration. You are only required to register in order to obtain a
password which then allows you to post your comments to the
conference site.  The URL for the conference is:


        http://www.PanAsia.org.sg/conferen.htm


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CONFERENCE THEMES:


1. Principles, Polices and Processes of Participatory Communication
        1.1 Vision, Principles and Values
        1.2 Process of Community Participation
        1.3 National Policy Implications
        1.4 Training Community Animators


2. Theory and Practice of Participatory Communication
        2.1 Media Literacy
        2.2 Participatory Development and Language
        2.3 Representation and Democratization
        2.4 Representation and Re-Presentation
        2.5 Participatory Investigation
        2.6 Theory and Practice of Participatory Communications
            Research


3. Balancing Information Flows


4. Sustainability of Participatory Communication


5. Conflict and Participation


6. New Communication Technologies and Sustainable Development
        6.1 Internet as a Tool to Support Participatory
            Communication Initiatives and/or Communication
        6.2 Information Technologies and Change
        6.3 New Information and Communication Technologies for the
            Empowerment of Women


7. Information Brokerage in the Democratization of Global
        Decision-Making


8. Participatory Approaches in Promoting Food Security through
        Rural Connectivity and Internet


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CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS AND HOSTS


This international conference is a joint initiative of the
following groups:


The Southern Africa Development Community Centre of Communication
        for Development (SADC-CCD), Harare, Zimbabwe


Development Communications Group, Ryerson Polythecnic University,
        Toronto, Canada


Instituto del Tercer Mundo (Third World Institute), Montivideo,
        Uruguay


Universite Du Quebec A Montreal, Montreal, Canada


Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Department, The
        University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom


Don Snowden Program for Development Communication, Department of
        Rural Extension Studies, University of Guelph, Canada


Graduate School of Journalism, University of Wollongong, Australia


Southbound, Penang, Malaysia


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VIRTUAL CONFERENCE HALL


The conference site is provided by PanAsia Networking, an initiative
of the International Development Research Centre, Canada


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S O U T H B O U N D             E-mail:mailto:chin@south.pc.my
C - S Q U A R E                 URLs:  http://www.southside.org.sg
9 College Square                       http://www.southbound.com.my
10250 Penang                    Tel:   604-228 2169
Malaysia                        Fax:   604-228 1758