P R O @ R T E C L I P
S
Boletim Eletronico do Projeto ProArte Brasil
Ano 5 N. 44 8/2001
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PARTE 4: OPORTUNIDADES
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@ C A L L F O R P A P E R S. POSTMODERN PRACTICES: MEDIATRACES - DISCOURSEBODIES - TRADEMARX
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4th interdisciplinary, international (post)graduate
conference on Postmodernism at the University of Erlangen/Nuernberg (Bavaria, Germany)
November 23rd - 25th, 2001
Keynote address: Terry Eagleton (Oxford/Dublin) on Culturalism or Materialism? (announced)
The Departments of Sociology, Political Science and American Literature invite young scholars (from graduate students to assistant professors) to participate in the 4th interdisciplinary, international (post)graduate conference at Erlangen University (Germany).
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
postmodern criticism - criticizing the Postmodern
postmodern politics - political postmodernism
Marxism and the Postmodern
language and power
truth as difference
alterity as intercultural practice
strategies of identity in the simulacrum
feminism and queer theory
re-presentation and the politics of the body
psychoanalysis and phallocratism
jouissance as surplus value
difference as a symptom
transnational media rhizomes
I is a commodity
the sublime and the affordable
p-commerce: utilizing the postmodern
the true, the beautiful and the goods - the end of philosophy and ethics?
postanalytical philosophy vs deconstruction
music cultures in late capitalism: song_track_loop
science fiction and postmodern utopia
historiography, narration and biography
hyperfiction and net literature
the fantastic in literature, film and the fine arts
echoes and reflections in art and literature
Deadline for paper proposals: 15th September, 2001, but could be prolongued (other participants may register till
November 20th without any problems). Please register on our online submission form (http://www.gradnet.de)
Each panel will consist of three to five speakers and will last two to two and a half hours. Speaking time for each paper is approximately 12 minutes, which permits ample time for discussion after the delivery of the papers. Contributions of 3 to 10 pages from the delegates will be posted on our web page in order to facilitate discussion and scholarly exchange. The deadline for the submission of these short contributions is 15th October, 2001. Please send them to Thomas Doerfler or Michael Fritz (2001@...)
Further information (registration form, program etc.) is available on our web page: http://www.gradnet.de
If you have questions, please feel free to contact Mark: info@...
Organizers: Alexandra Boehm (Comparative Literature), Thomas Doerfler
(Sociology), Michael Fritz (Film and Theatre
studies), Claudia Globisch (Sociology), Mark Schoenleben (Philosophy)
@ CALLS FOR PAPERS. CAUCUS ON CLASS. SOCIETY FOR CINEMA STUDIES CONFERENCE
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Denver, Colorado -- May 23-26, 2002
Deadline: September 20, 2001
http://terri1.home.mindspring.com
1) Workshop: "Sexual Politics and Radical Film Criticism"
DESCRIPTION: Participants in this workshop are asked to focus on the intersections of sexual politics (queer studies, feminism, sexual liberation) with Marxism and similar radical methods challenging the dominant political-economic order and looking to class struggle. An ambition is to renew radical critical strategy that reinvigorates the association of Marxism with psychoanalysis and puts both in service of both radical
readings of media and political activism.
Contacts: Christopher Sharrett <sharrech@...>
Isabelle Freda <igf9078@...>
Boletim Eletronico do Projeto ProArte Brasil
Ano 5 N. 44 8/2001
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PARTE 4: OPORTUNIDADES
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@ C A L L F O R P A P E R S. POSTMODERN PRACTICES: MEDIATRACES - DISCOURSEBODIES - TRADEMARX
============================================
4th interdisciplinary, international (post)graduate
conference on Postmodernism at the University of Erlangen/Nuernberg (Bavaria, Germany)
November 23rd - 25th, 2001
Keynote address: Terry Eagleton (Oxford/Dublin) on Culturalism or Materialism? (announced)
The Departments of Sociology, Political Science and American Literature invite young scholars (from graduate students to assistant professors) to participate in the 4th interdisciplinary, international (post)graduate conference at Erlangen University (Germany).
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
postmodern criticism - criticizing the Postmodern
postmodern politics - political postmodernism
Marxism and the Postmodern
language and power
truth as difference
alterity as intercultural practice
strategies of identity in the simulacrum
feminism and queer theory
re-presentation and the politics of the body
psychoanalysis and phallocratism
jouissance as surplus value
difference as a symptom
transnational media rhizomes
I is a commodity
the sublime and the affordable
p-commerce: utilizing the postmodern
the true, the beautiful and the goods - the end of philosophy and ethics?
postanalytical philosophy vs deconstruction
music cultures in late capitalism: song_track_loop
science fiction and postmodern utopia
historiography, narration and biography
hyperfiction and net literature
the fantastic in literature, film and the fine arts
echoes and reflections in art and literature
Deadline for paper proposals: 15th September, 2001, but could be prolongued (other participants may register till
November 20th without any problems). Please register on our online submission form (http://www.gradnet.de)
Each panel will consist of three to five speakers and will last two to two and a half hours. Speaking time for each paper is approximately 12 minutes, which permits ample time for discussion after the delivery of the papers. Contributions of 3 to 10 pages from the delegates will be posted on our web page in order to facilitate discussion and scholarly exchange. The deadline for the submission of these short contributions is 15th October, 2001. Please send them to Thomas Doerfler or Michael Fritz (2001@...)
Further information (registration form, program etc.) is available on our web page: http://www.gradnet.de
If you have questions, please feel free to contact Mark: info@...
Organizers: Alexandra Boehm (Comparative Literature), Thomas Doerfler
(Sociology), Michael Fritz (Film and Theatre
studies), Claudia Globisch (Sociology), Mark Schoenleben (Philosophy)
@ CALLS FOR PAPERS. CAUCUS ON CLASS. SOCIETY FOR CINEMA STUDIES CONFERENCE
============================================
Denver, Colorado -- May 23-26, 2002
Deadline: September 20, 2001
http://terri1.home.mindspring.com
1) Workshop: "Sexual Politics and Radical Film Criticism"
DESCRIPTION: Participants in this workshop are asked to focus on the intersections of sexual politics (queer studies, feminism, sexual liberation) with Marxism and similar radical methods challenging the dominant political-economic order and looking to class struggle. An ambition is to renew radical critical strategy that reinvigorates the association of Marxism with psychoanalysis and puts both in service of both radical
readings of media and political activism.
Contacts: Christopher Sharrett <sharrech@...>
Isabelle Freda <igf9078@...>
Co-chairs, SCS Caucus on Class
2) Workshop: "Film Studies as Radical Discipline II"
DESCRIPTION: This workshop will continue the discourse begun at SCS 2001, but with a more specific focus. Proposals should focus on radical classroom
practices, including syllabus construction, pedagogical strategies, film selections, and other concerns that might give media education a class-based, labor-based critical perspective at a time of overwhelming control of film/media by capital. (Contacts: Christopher Sharrett and
Isabelle Freda)
Contacts: Christopher Sharrett <sharrech@...>
Isabelle Freda <igf9078@...>
Co-chairs, SCS Caucus on Class
@ CALL FOR PAPERS. DECONSTRUCTION AND CINEMA
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2002 Northeast Modern Language Association Convention. Toronto. April 12 & 13, 2002
Because its chief rival, psychoanalysis, has dominated theoretical discourse on film for the last thirty years, deconstruction has had relatively little to say about cinema. In part, we can justify this silence by recognizing that deconstruction is explicitly concerned with literature. On the other hand, though, deconstruction has tended to expand the purview of what counts as a literary text. Even the most vigorous and convincing of deconstructionist advocates of literary specificity, Paul de Man, has written that "[w]e now have to recognize the necessity of a non-perceptual, linguistic moment in painting and music, and learn to read pictures rather than to imagine meaning." This panel, then, will bring cinema and deconstruction into dialog, considering not only how deconstruction can address cinema, but also how cinema reflects back on
deconstruction. We might imagine, for example, that an art form rooted so strongly in the phenomonal status of the photographic object might present rather a challenge to a discourse that rejects any epistemology rooted in
a pre-linguistic model of perception. Coming at the same question the other way, however, deconstruction might teach us to pay better attention to cinema's "rhetoric," the ways in which its technology gives shape to what we only mistake for a pregiven reality. Deconstruction might also
help us to perceive cinema's deployment of the same techniques to construct itself as an aesthetic object, despite cinema's very deep implication in a historical conjunction that has arguably brought aesthetics to its final crisis. I am not at all interested in presenting
deconstruction as an "alternative" to psychoanalysis in film studies, and will not welcome papers that valorize deconstruction in the interest of bashing psychoanalysis. I will welcome papers that either lay out the theoretical groundwork for a dialog between cinema and deconstruction or begin that dialog in readings of particular films and/or deconstructive texts.
Please submit 1-2 page abstracts by September 15 to:
Sean Desilets
Department of English
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
sdesilet@...
@ INTERACTIVE. AN M/C REVIEWS FEATURE. INVITATION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
============================================http://www.media-culture.org.au
To mark the 3rd anniversary of M/C: a Journal of Media and Culture and its reviews section, M/C Reviews, we would like to invite contributions for a reviews feature on the subject of media/consumer interactivity.
We will publish a collection of short critiques, reviews or thought- pieces (each submission should be 1500 words or less) on a broad range of interpretations of the terms interactive or interactivity as they relate to media studies and cultural studies.
Possible topics include (but should not be limited to):
- interactive television programs/television events - voting on
television program outcomes such as "Big Brother"; or "The Eurovision Song Contest" , ask the audience/phone a friend/home viewer; style participation in TV game shows, the illusion of consumer influence/participation. The relationship between interactivity and consumerism
- interactive television channels
- editing and censorship (as a consequence of consumer
2) Workshop: "Film Studies as Radical Discipline II"
DESCRIPTION: This workshop will continue the discourse begun at SCS 2001, but with a more specific focus. Proposals should focus on radical classroom
practices, including syllabus construction, pedagogical strategies, film selections, and other concerns that might give media education a class-based, labor-based critical perspective at a time of overwhelming control of film/media by capital. (Contacts: Christopher Sharrett and
Isabelle Freda)
Contacts: Christopher Sharrett <sharrech@...>
Isabelle Freda <igf9078@...>
Co-chairs, SCS Caucus on Class
@ CALL FOR PAPERS. DECONSTRUCTION AND CINEMA
============================================
2002 Northeast Modern Language Association Convention. Toronto. April 12 & 13, 2002
Because its chief rival, psychoanalysis, has dominated theoretical discourse on film for the last thirty years, deconstruction has had relatively little to say about cinema. In part, we can justify this silence by recognizing that deconstruction is explicitly concerned with literature. On the other hand, though, deconstruction has tended to expand the purview of what counts as a literary text. Even the most vigorous and convincing of deconstructionist advocates of literary specificity, Paul de Man, has written that "[w]e now have to recognize the necessity of a non-perceptual, linguistic moment in painting and music, and learn to read pictures rather than to imagine meaning." This panel, then, will bring cinema and deconstruction into dialog, considering not only how deconstruction can address cinema, but also how cinema reflects back on
deconstruction. We might imagine, for example, that an art form rooted so strongly in the phenomonal status of the photographic object might present rather a challenge to a discourse that rejects any epistemology rooted in
a pre-linguistic model of perception. Coming at the same question the other way, however, deconstruction might teach us to pay better attention to cinema's "rhetoric," the ways in which its technology gives shape to what we only mistake for a pregiven reality. Deconstruction might also
help us to perceive cinema's deployment of the same techniques to construct itself as an aesthetic object, despite cinema's very deep implication in a historical conjunction that has arguably brought aesthetics to its final crisis. I am not at all interested in presenting
deconstruction as an "alternative" to psychoanalysis in film studies, and will not welcome papers that valorize deconstruction in the interest of bashing psychoanalysis. I will welcome papers that either lay out the theoretical groundwork for a dialog between cinema and deconstruction or begin that dialog in readings of particular films and/or deconstructive texts.
Please submit 1-2 page abstracts by September 15 to:
Sean Desilets
Department of English
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
sdesilet@...
@ INTERACTIVE. AN M/C REVIEWS FEATURE. INVITATION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
============================================http://www.media-culture.org.au
To mark the 3rd anniversary of M/C: a Journal of Media and Culture and its reviews section, M/C Reviews, we would like to invite contributions for a reviews feature on the subject of media/consumer interactivity.
We will publish a collection of short critiques, reviews or thought- pieces (each submission should be 1500 words or less) on a broad range of interpretations of the terms interactive or interactivity as they relate to media studies and cultural studies.
Possible topics include (but should not be limited to):
- interactive television programs/television events - voting on
television program outcomes such as "Big Brother"; or "The Eurovision Song Contest" , ask the audience/phone a friend/home viewer; style participation in TV game shows, the illusion of consumer influence/participation. The relationship between interactivity and consumerism
- interactive television channels
- editing and censorship (as a consequence of consumer
reaction/influence)
- interactivity in cinemas (choosing alternative endings)
- the internet and its consumption
- internet fan sites (fanzines/fiction, role playing, message boards)
- letters to the editor/your say in newspapers, magazines or on-line discussion forums
- interactivity in literature (political or autobiographical
narratives and the reader as witness, or books that allow
alternative endings to be chosen, eg. "Choose Your Own Adventures")
- interactive theatre/performance eg Theatresports
- computer games ('quest' games, open endings)
The release of this special feature will co-incide with the
publication of the edition of M/C. It will be the centrepieces of the October anniversary celebrations of the journal, culminating in the launch party for our new site design and new URL to be held in Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia.
The deadline for submissions is September 21st 2001. Articles should be no longer than 1500 words (submissions exceeding this length will not be considered). All articles will be subject to a blind peer
review process. Please send completed submissions and any enquiries
via e-mail to Kelly McWilliam k.mcwilliam@... or Kate
Douglas jk.douglas@...
@ RED DE AUDIOVISUALES Y MULTIMEDIA. CENTRO DE ARTE CONTEMPOR NEO WIFREDO LAM Y LA 8VA BIENAL DE LA HABANA
============================================El Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wifredo Lam y la 8va Bienal de La Habana anuncian el lanzamiento de la Red de Audiovisuales y Multimedia. Inspirada en la positiva experiencia de la Muestra de Audiovisuales y Multimedia y el Seminario Internacional, estrenada durante la 7ma Bienal de La Habana, la proxima edicion presentara
nuevamente esta iniciativa. Ambos eventos seran organizados por la Red de Audiovisuales y Multimedia, responsable del contenido curatorial de la Muestra y su Simposio. La direccion de la Red esta a cargo de Nelson
Herrera Ysla (director del Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wifredo Lam de La Habana), y el equipo curatorial esta conformado por Raysa White (La Habana), Alanna Lockward (Bonn-Santo Domingo) y Malin Barth (Nueva
York-Oslo). La RED aglutinara y estimulara en especial a los creadores de la region caribena y latinoamericana, creara y atendera un archivo de obras y convocara un concurso de video-arte y multimedia, cuyas bases seran
difundidas proximamente.
Para mayor informacion favor de dirigirse a:
Alanna Lockward. P.O. Box 7452.53074 Bonn. Alemania
Fax +49 228 79 78 42
Email: jardin_errante@...
@ CONVOCATORIA AL ENV O DE CONTRIBUCIONES PARA UN LIBRO "LA RADIO DE LA PR XIMA GENERACI N: RADIODIFUSI N Y TICS PARA EL DESARROLLO"
============================================
En los ultimos anos, los temas relacionados con la
importancia del conocimiento para el desarrollo y la
inequidad del acceso a el han tomado una posicion
importante en la agenda internacional. Mas alla de este
interes, la brecha entre inforicos e infopobres continua creciendo de manera acelerada. La enormidad de la division entre paises y personas con acceso a la
informacion y a las tecnologias de la comunicacion y los
que no la tienen, hace que sea virtualmente imposible de
ser eliminada solamente con soluciones provenientes de la infraestructura tecnica (mas lineas telefonicas, mas
computadoras...). Si los habitantes de los paises en
desarrollo estan para disfrutar de los beneficios que el
conocimiento puede brindar, requeriran de nuevas
estrategias que se construyan sobre sistemas de
conocimiento disponibles.
Las investigaciones han mostrado que los sistemas de
informacion y conocimiento en red son mas efectivas
cuando se construyen sobre sistemas locales de
informacion ya existentes, incorporando intermediarios
comunitarios institucionales e individuales que sirvan
como puente entre Internet y la comunidad. La
radiodifusion se ha establecido ya como componente
clave del sistema de informacion local en muchos paises en desarrollo, especialmente areas rurales, con
caracteristicas de ser un buen intermediario proximidad, confianza y conocimiento (incluida la habilidad de combinar conocimiento tecnico y conocimiento acerca del contexto en las que sera aplicado ).(Richard Heeks, Information and Communication Technologies, Poverty and
- interactivity in cinemas (choosing alternative endings)
- the internet and its consumption
- internet fan sites (fanzines/fiction, role playing, message boards)
- letters to the editor/your say in newspapers, magazines or on-line discussion forums
- interactivity in literature (political or autobiographical
narratives and the reader as witness, or books that allow
alternative endings to be chosen, eg. "Choose Your Own Adventures")
- interactive theatre/performance eg Theatresports
- computer games ('quest' games, open endings)
The release of this special feature will co-incide with the
publication of the edition of M/C. It will be the centrepieces of the October anniversary celebrations of the journal, culminating in the launch party for our new site design and new URL to be held in Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia.
The deadline for submissions is September 21st 2001. Articles should be no longer than 1500 words (submissions exceeding this length will not be considered). All articles will be subject to a blind peer
review process. Please send completed submissions and any enquiries
via e-mail to Kelly McWilliam k.mcwilliam@... or Kate
Douglas jk.douglas@...
@ RED DE AUDIOVISUALES Y MULTIMEDIA. CENTRO DE ARTE CONTEMPOR NEO WIFREDO LAM Y LA 8VA BIENAL DE LA HABANA
============================================El Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wifredo Lam y la 8va Bienal de La Habana anuncian el lanzamiento de la Red de Audiovisuales y Multimedia. Inspirada en la positiva experiencia de la Muestra de Audiovisuales y Multimedia y el Seminario Internacional, estrenada durante la 7ma Bienal de La Habana, la proxima edicion presentara
nuevamente esta iniciativa. Ambos eventos seran organizados por la Red de Audiovisuales y Multimedia, responsable del contenido curatorial de la Muestra y su Simposio. La direccion de la Red esta a cargo de Nelson
Herrera Ysla (director del Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wifredo Lam de La Habana), y el equipo curatorial esta conformado por Raysa White (La Habana), Alanna Lockward (Bonn-Santo Domingo) y Malin Barth (Nueva
York-Oslo). La RED aglutinara y estimulara en especial a los creadores de la region caribena y latinoamericana, creara y atendera un archivo de obras y convocara un concurso de video-arte y multimedia, cuyas bases seran
difundidas proximamente.
Para mayor informacion favor de dirigirse a:
Alanna Lockward. P.O. Box 7452.53074 Bonn. Alemania
Fax +49 228 79 78 42
Email: jardin_errante@...
@ CONVOCATORIA AL ENV O DE CONTRIBUCIONES PARA UN LIBRO "LA RADIO DE LA PR XIMA GENERACI N: RADIODIFUSI N Y TICS PARA EL DESARROLLO"
============================================
En los ultimos anos, los temas relacionados con la
importancia del conocimiento para el desarrollo y la
inequidad del acceso a el han tomado una posicion
importante en la agenda internacional. Mas alla de este
interes, la brecha entre inforicos e infopobres continua creciendo de manera acelerada. La enormidad de la division entre paises y personas con acceso a la
informacion y a las tecnologias de la comunicacion y los
que no la tienen, hace que sea virtualmente imposible de
ser eliminada solamente con soluciones provenientes de la infraestructura tecnica (mas lineas telefonicas, mas
computadoras...). Si los habitantes de los paises en
desarrollo estan para disfrutar de los beneficios que el
conocimiento puede brindar, requeriran de nuevas
estrategias que se construyan sobre sistemas de
conocimiento disponibles.
Las investigaciones han mostrado que los sistemas de
informacion y conocimiento en red son mas efectivas
cuando se construyen sobre sistemas locales de
informacion ya existentes, incorporando intermediarios
comunitarios institucionales e individuales que sirvan
como puente entre Internet y la comunidad. La
radiodifusion se ha establecido ya como componente
clave del sistema de informacion local en muchos paises en desarrollo, especialmente areas rurales, con
caracteristicas de ser un buen intermediario proximidad, confianza y conocimiento (incluida la habilidad de combinar conocimiento tecnico y conocimiento acerca del contexto en las que sera aplicado ).(Richard Heeks, Information and Communication Technologies, Poverty and
Development, 1999, Development
Informatics: Working
papers, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester.
http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/di_wp5.htm )
Varios seminarios, talleres y conferencias que han tenido lugar en los ultimos anos han explorado el potencial sinergico de la radio e Internet. En febrero de 2001 el grupo FAO Comunicacion para el Desarrollo organizo un taller sobre radiodifusion rural e Internet en frica. En enero, en Sri Lanka, UNESCO organizo uno sobre integracion de las TICs modernas con las tradicionales. La FES y Comunica organizaron dos seminarios, el primero sobre radiodifusion e Internet en Asia (Kuala Lumpur, 1999), y el segundo en Latinoamerica y el Caribe (Florida 2000). Todos estos encuentros examinaron proyectos que hacen un uso innovador de la radiodifusion y las TICs.
Muchas radios usan Internet para sostener a menor costo iniciativas de red. Otras sirven como intermediarios
comunitarios, buscando informacion relevante en Internet, interpretandola y transmitiendola a sus comunidades. Otras facilitan la comunicacion entre sus oyentes y los emigrados.
Los 12 al 16 capitulos de este libro incluiran descripciones criticas y mas practicas analiticas echando luz a practicas comunes, desarrollos recientes, y futuras posibilidades de combinacion de la radiodifusion y las TICs para promover el desarrollo y la democracia. Estamos particularmente interesados en capitulos en donde se discutan politicas alternativas o las implicancias culturales, politicas y sociales de la radiodifusion y las TICs.
El grupo FAO Comunicacion para el Desarrollo y las otras organizaciones que apoyan este proyecto invitan a los interesados a enviar abstractos para su consideracion. Abstractos en ingles, frances o espanol pueden ser enviados a abstracts@... lo antes posible y no despues del 7 de septiembre. Las contribuciones finales tendran que estar recibidas antes del 15 de octubre.
Seminarios y talleres sobre radiodifusiuon e internet
International Farm Radio Workshop: Information and
Communication Technologies Serving Rural Radio: New
Content, New Partnerships FAO Rome, February 2001
http://www.fao.org/sd/2001/KN0302_en.htm
A background paper prepared for the above conference,
"The Challenges of ICTs and Rural Radio is at
http://www.comunica.org/radio_ict.pdf in English and
http://www.comunica.org/radio_ntic.pdf in French
See also the site for an earlier FAO workshop on ICTs and food security
http://www.fao.org/COAIM/ictws/ictws_e.asp
Integrating Modern and Traditional Information and
Communication Technologies for Community
Development UNESCO Sri Lanka January, 2001
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/public_domain/kothmale.s html Mixed Media/Medios Enteros: La Radiodifusion e Internet en America Latina y el Caribe FES, Comunica Florida, September 2000 http://www.comunica.org/tampa/
Converging Responsibility: Broadcasting and the Internet in Developing Countries FES, Comunica Kuala Lumpur, September 1999
http://www.comunica.org/kl/
Mixed Media para el desarrollo y la democracia, un taller
sobre el tema que formara parte del II Congresop Mundial de Redes Comunitarias, Buenos Aires, 5-7 de diciembre del 2001
http://www.comunica.org/gcnesp.htm
http://www.globalcn2001.org/
See also the book A Passion for Radio: Radio Waves and
Community, edited by Bruce Girard
http://www.comunica.org/passion/
Las siguientes organizaciones apoyan esta iniciativa
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Sustainable
Development Department, Communication for
Development Group (Extension, Education and
Communication Service)
http://www.fao.org/sd/
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), Geneva office
http://www.fes-geneva.org/
Comunica
http://www.comunica.org/
International Institute for Communication and Development
(IICD)
http://www.iicd.org/
@ DISTRIBUCION: CANELA FILMS PRODUCCI N Y DISTRIBUCI N, S.A
============================================La empresa CANELA Films Produccion y Distribucion, S.A. de C.V. necesita peliculas de largometrajes y cortometrajes de cualquier pais de America Latina para su posible comercializacion en Television, tanto pan continental via satelite, como en Mexico. Los interesados contactar a:
papers, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester.
http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/di_wp5.htm )
Varios seminarios, talleres y conferencias que han tenido lugar en los ultimos anos han explorado el potencial sinergico de la radio e Internet. En febrero de 2001 el grupo FAO Comunicacion para el Desarrollo organizo un taller sobre radiodifusion rural e Internet en frica. En enero, en Sri Lanka, UNESCO organizo uno sobre integracion de las TICs modernas con las tradicionales. La FES y Comunica organizaron dos seminarios, el primero sobre radiodifusion e Internet en Asia (Kuala Lumpur, 1999), y el segundo en Latinoamerica y el Caribe (Florida 2000). Todos estos encuentros examinaron proyectos que hacen un uso innovador de la radiodifusion y las TICs.
Muchas radios usan Internet para sostener a menor costo iniciativas de red. Otras sirven como intermediarios
comunitarios, buscando informacion relevante en Internet, interpretandola y transmitiendola a sus comunidades. Otras facilitan la comunicacion entre sus oyentes y los emigrados.
Los 12 al 16 capitulos de este libro incluiran descripciones criticas y mas practicas analiticas echando luz a practicas comunes, desarrollos recientes, y futuras posibilidades de combinacion de la radiodifusion y las TICs para promover el desarrollo y la democracia. Estamos particularmente interesados en capitulos en donde se discutan politicas alternativas o las implicancias culturales, politicas y sociales de la radiodifusion y las TICs.
El grupo FAO Comunicacion para el Desarrollo y las otras organizaciones que apoyan este proyecto invitan a los interesados a enviar abstractos para su consideracion. Abstractos en ingles, frances o espanol pueden ser enviados a abstracts@... lo antes posible y no despues del 7 de septiembre. Las contribuciones finales tendran que estar recibidas antes del 15 de octubre.
Seminarios y talleres sobre radiodifusiuon e internet
International Farm Radio Workshop: Information and
Communication Technologies Serving Rural Radio: New
Content, New Partnerships FAO Rome, February 2001
http://www.fao.org/sd/2001/KN0302_en.htm
A background paper prepared for the above conference,
"The Challenges of ICTs and Rural Radio is at
http://www.comunica.org/radio_ict.pdf in English and
http://www.comunica.org/radio_ntic.pdf in French
See also the site for an earlier FAO workshop on ICTs and food security
http://www.fao.org/COAIM/ictws/ictws_e.asp
Integrating Modern and Traditional Information and
Communication Technologies for Community
Development UNESCO Sri Lanka January, 2001
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/public_domain/kothmale.s html Mixed Media/Medios Enteros: La Radiodifusion e Internet en America Latina y el Caribe FES, Comunica Florida, September 2000 http://www.comunica.org/tampa/
Converging Responsibility: Broadcasting and the Internet in Developing Countries FES, Comunica Kuala Lumpur, September 1999
http://www.comunica.org/kl/
Mixed Media para el desarrollo y la democracia, un taller
sobre el tema que formara parte del II Congresop Mundial de Redes Comunitarias, Buenos Aires, 5-7 de diciembre del 2001
http://www.comunica.org/gcnesp.htm
http://www.globalcn2001.org/
See also the book A Passion for Radio: Radio Waves and
Community, edited by Bruce Girard
http://www.comunica.org/passion/
Las siguientes organizaciones apoyan esta iniciativa
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Sustainable
Development Department, Communication for
Development Group (Extension, Education and
Communication Service)
http://www.fao.org/sd/
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), Geneva office
http://www.fes-geneva.org/
Comunica
http://www.comunica.org/
International Institute for Communication and Development
(IICD)
http://www.iicd.org/
@ DISTRIBUCION: CANELA FILMS PRODUCCI N Y DISTRIBUCI N, S.A
============================================La empresa CANELA Films Produccion y Distribucion, S.A. de C.V. necesita peliculas de largometrajes y cortometrajes de cualquier pais de America Latina para su posible comercializacion en Television, tanto pan continental via satelite, como en Mexico. Los interesados contactar a:
Claudia Rivera
2a. Privada de Calzada de Los Reyes 21, Altos B, Col. Tetela del Monte,
C.P.62130, Cuernavaca, Mor. MEXICO
Tel/Fax: (52.7) 311.7469
Celular: (52.2) 192.3359
Estudio: (52.5) 393.5746
E-mail:clariv67@...
fonte: Fundavisual Latina. www.fundavisual.org.ve
@ DISTRIBUCION. CANAL CINEMAN A PROGRAMA - DOCUMAN A
============================================CANAL CINEMAN A Programa - DOCUMAN A emite documentales de todos los generos y procedentes de cualquier parte del mundo. Para ello, se puede enviar una copia en VHS (PAL a ser posible), con los documentales que se desea vender. En caso de que los documentales se adapten a la programacion de Documania, se pondran en contacto con los realizadores con la maxima brevedad posible, de no ser asi, se les devolvera la cinta. Informacion:
DOCUMANIA
Sra. Nieves Sanchez
C/ Gran Via 32, 4o Planta
MADRID - 28013 ESPANA
http://www.documania.com
Webmaster@...
fonte: Fundavisual Latina. www.fundavisual.org.ve
@ DISTRIBUCION. CANAL NATURA.
============================================ Xavier Arnella, CANAL NATURA:http://www.canalnatura.com busca documentales ambientales. Este canal paga 3.000 USD por hora.
fonte: Fundavisual Latina. www.fundavisual.org.ve
@ DISTRIBUCION: MORPHE ART PICTURES
============================================ es una compania especializada en la distribucion de cortometrajes y animacion para canales de television de todo el mundo. El catalogo esta formado por aproximadamente 140 titulos de muy diferentes nacionalidades que han sido seleccionados en los festivales internacionales mas importantes del circuito. Entre otros titulos estan "Kovat Miehet" (Nominado a los premios EFAS 2001), "Back Room" (Nominado a los premios Goya 2000) y "Who's my favourite girl?" (ganador de los premios Bafta 2000). La diferencia de esta empresa consiste en un estricto criterio de adquisicion en cuanto a la calidad de las obras y, por otro lado, en una ajustado servicio a las necesidades y estilo de programacion de los clientes, algunos de los cuales son ARTE y Canal + en sus diferentes territorios. Tras tres anos de actividad, Morphe Art Pictures se ha posicionado como una de las companias europeas lideres en su ambito de actividad. EL catalogo esta compuesto principalmente por titulos europeos, norteamericanos y australianos, sin embargo desean ampliarlo con cortometrajes latinoamericanos para distribuir en las televisoras europeas. Informacion:
Morphe Art Pictures
PO Box 96032 - 08080
Barcelona - Espana
Telf: +34 932 858 009
Fax: +34 932 858 079
info@...
http://www.morphe.com
fonte: Fundavisual Latina. www.fundavisual.org.ve
@ DISTRIBUCION. FREAK DISTRIBUCI N AUDIOVISUAL
============================================A partir de octubre Freak Distribucion Audiovisual, empresa dedicada a la distribucion de contenido audiovisual latino (cortometrajes, documentales, animacion, educativos, largometrajes independientes, etc. producidos en video digital o cine), busca productos audiovisuales latinoamericanos para su venta a televisoras, videotecas, salas, internet, escuelas, etc... Freak, con una importante presencia en la red esta interesada en ampliar su catalogo para llevar a cabo un intercambio cultural audiovisual entre Espana e Iberoamerica. Asimismo, ofrece su catalogo a televisoras hispanas para emitir cortometrajes de produccion espanola. Tambien tienen numerosos servicios para y por el cortometrajista (informativos, asesoria, diseno web, etc.). FreakDistribucion.com: contenido audiovisual latino para el siglo XXI. Contacto: http://www.freakdistribucion.com o info@...
fonte: Fundavisual Latina. www.fundavisual.org.ve
@ DISTRIBUCION CINEMAX
============================================El canal por cable Cinemax, se ha propuesto firmemente sacar al aire este mismo ano una nueva franquicia con frecuencia mensual, llamada "Laboratorio de cine", la cual pretende difundir la labor de los realizadores latinoamericanos en toda America Latina (desde Mexico hasta Argentina). En terminos generales, el programa esta conformado por una breve entrevista de uno o dos realizadores que hablen de sus cortos, junto con la exhibicion de los trabajos respectivos. Al finalizar cada entrevista, apareceran los contactos directos de cada cortometraje, con el fin de que la audiencia se comunique directamente con los realizadores o productores. El realizador o productor que este interesado en este proyecto debe cumplir con las siguientes condiciones:
a) Enviar a Cinemax una copia en VHS (NTSC) de su cortometraje, de cualquier genero, sin importar el formato en que fue hecho y con una duracion de igual o menor a 25 minutos.
b) Poseer todos los derechos de copyright sobre el cortometraje. En caso contrario debe abstenerse de enviarlo a Cinemax. El copyright se refiere a derechos de autor (director y guionista), adaptaciones, musica original, musica no original, imagenes de archivos o de peliculas.
Leer los terminos de la licencia que le ofrece Cinemax en cuanto a remuneracion y derechos no exclusivos de transmision limitada. En este sentido, NO se trata de un contrato de compra-venta por derechos exclusivos y de tiempo ilimitado. Si el realizador o productor acepta, debe, necesariamente:
i) Enviar a Cinemax la firma de la licencia via fax.
ii) Enviar a Cinemax el cortometraje en formato NTSC betacam digital, betacam SP, MiniDV, o en su defecto 3/4 (UMATIC).
iii) Permitir, por problemas de tiempo, que Cinemax reduzca los creditos finales a solo los indispensables. Este aspecto puede ser acordado con cada realizador o productor.
iv) Si el cortometrajista no ha sido entrevistado previamente por Cinemax, recibira, via mail, las preguntas basicas, con el fin de realizarse una entrevista, la cual debera enviar al equipo de Cinemax para su respectiva edicion. Por su parte, Cinemax mandara el material virgen que requiera cada realizador (solo NTSC betacam digital, betacam SP, miniDV, 3/4 (Umatic).
Si el realizador no esta de acuerdo en hacer una entrevista, debe abstenerse de enviar su cortometraje a Cinemax.
Los envios son completamente gratuitos, por la cuenta por pagar de FEDEX Nro. 170652100, Av. Principal de Macaracuay, C.C. Macaracuay Plaza, Torre B, PH, Caracas, Venezuela. ATN. Mariana Quiroga.
Cinemax se reserva el derecho de cambiar las bases de esta seleccion si asi lo considera necesario.
A su vez, todo lo que no este contemplado en estas bases sera resuelto por Cinemax.
Cualquier duda comunicarse con:
Mariana Quiroga mquiroga@...
Jose Urriola jurriola@...
Alejandro Rojas alrojas@...
Producers HBO & Cinemax
Telf: + (58-212) 204-1614 / 1635 / 1637
Fax: + (58-212) 242-6430
(Venezuela)
fonte: Fundavisual Latina. www.fundavisual.org.ve
@ CONVOCATORIA PARA LIBROS DE ARTISTA, OBJETOS, INSTALACIONES Y OBRA GRAFICA SOBRE BORGES
============================================
Invitamos a todos los artistas a participar en este proyecto en homenaje a Jorge Luis Borges.
Para ello deben enviar su trabajo referido a la vida u obra del escritor, en las disciplinas de
LIBROS DE ARTISTA, OBJETOS, INSTALACIONES Y OBRA GRAFICA
no habiendo limitaciones en cuanto a tamano ni tecnica.
Los trabajos deben ser enviados a:
CENTRO DE ARTE MODERNO
Dorrego 176
B1878IYD Quilmes
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Fecha limite de recepcion: 10 de marzo de 2002, la exhibicion se realizara en mayo; los trabajos recibidos no seran devueltos y pasaran a formar la coleccion del Centro de Arte Moderno. Se enviara documentacion a todos los participantes.
Por favor copiar y difundir entre sus amigos artistas.
@ WORLD COMPUTER EXCHANGE
============================================Using discarded computers in rich countries for
the benefit of disadvantaged populations in poorer countries sounds like one of those great ideas that, well, is still just a great idea.
Fortunately World Computer Exchange, a non-profit group based in Massachusetts, is actually collecting used computers in the US and sending them to schools in Africa, Asia and Latin America - helping to bridge the
global digital divide for youth in the process. The Exchange, led by founder and President Timothy Anderson, takes a hands on approach to the
hardware it supplies: each donation is accompanied by installation,connection, and maintenance plans, and recipient schools are partnered with tech-savvy schools in developed countries. To learn more about the
World Computer Exchange go to their web site at
www.WorldComputerExchange.org or send an email to
inquiries@...
@ CALL FOR PAPERS: MULTICULTURAL STUDIES IN AMERICAN TELEVISION
============================================
Scholarly literature on television increasingly centers on the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation.
Nevertheless, no currently available anthology intended for use in university and college classrooms concentrates exclusively on such studies.
We are gathering articles for a proposed collection of intercultural analyses of American television. We wish to compile articles that explore a range of televisual images and genres and examine historical and contemporary issues. Essays will include theoretical inquiries,
formal analyses, audience studies, and critical pieces. We are especially interested in new, unpublished manuscripts, but will also consider previously published material.
The anthology will be of interest to researchers, college and university instructors, and undergraduate and graduate students.
Possible subject areas include, but are not limited to:
Tabloid Television and the Vocabulary of Exclusion, Television and Youth Culture, Polyglot Television, The Economics of Television in the Classroom, American Television in the Global Market, Identifying New TV
Audiences, Race and racism in Prime-time, Queering the TV Color Line,Television for Mature Audiences, Class Conflict in Prime-time
Submissions should consist of an abstract, a 15- to 30-page manuscript, and a brief c.v., and should preferably follow Chicago Style format and citation guidelines.
Mail hard copy submissions to:
Dr. Charles Krinsky
Liberal Studies Program
California State University, Fullerton
Mission Viejo Campus
28000 Marguerite Parkway
Mission Viejo, CA 92692-3635
Send electronic submissions as attachments to:
Charles Krinsky <cjkrinsk@...>
Deadline: 1 January 2002
@ INITIAL CALL FOR PAPERS FOR 2002 CONFERENCE/ THE SOCIETY FOR CINEMA STUDIES
============================================
May 23-26, in Denver, Colorado.
PLENARY: Cinema Studies in a New Media Age
The Society of Cinema Studies was created in recognition of the social, aesthetic, and economic importance of the cinema to the history and culture
of the twentieth century. As a new century begins, the medium of "film" has become embedded in the new technologies that surround it. The discipline of
"cinema studies" was defined around the history and theories of the cinematic and the perimeters implicit in its name have delimited its objects of study. In the last two decades, "Cinema Studies" has recognized these
constraints as it expands to include other moving image media -- video, television and (now) computer technologies. The rapid and global reach of new media -- the internet, television, video, the digital arts -- challenge
us as scholars and teachers to find new ways to understand how all media mediate our understanding of culture and society. As our visual field has been reconfigured by many new technologies, we view "cinema" on an expanded field of screens and in an expanded variety of production and delivery formats. We must add computer screens (and digital technologies),
television screens (and interactive video formats) to our conceptualization of the cinema, its spectators and its screens.
We look forward to workshop and panel proposals that address issues raised by the plenary -- as well as those that engage a wide range of research in film and media studies.
PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS
To present a paper, you must be a member of SCS. Further information about membership and the conference is available at:
http://www.cinemastudies.org
There is one deadline for submission of proposals: OCTOBER 1, 2001. All proposals be received by this date and use the standard abstract form--as is found at:
http://www.cinemastudies.org/conf.htm
Send to:
Jane Dye, SCS Administrative Coordinator
Society for Cinema Studies
302 Old Science Hall
640 Parrington Oval
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma 73019-3060
E-mail FOR INQUIRIES ONLY (proposals may not be submitted via e-mail), may contact Jane Dye at: office@.... Please put SCS PROGRAM in
the subject head.
Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu
Scholarly literature on television increasingly centers on the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation.
Nevertheless, no currently available anthology intended for use in university and college classrooms concentrates exclusively on such studies.
We are gathering articles for a proposed collection of intercultural analyses of American television. We wish to compile articles that explore a range of televisual images and genres and examine historical and contemporary issues. Essays will include theoretical inquiries,
formal analyses, audience studies, and critical pieces. We are especially interested in new, unpublished manuscripts, but will also consider previously published material.
The anthology will be of interest to researchers, college and university instructors, and undergraduate and graduate students.
Possible subject areas include, but are not limited to:
Tabloid Television and the Vocabulary of Exclusion, Television and Youth Culture, Polyglot Television, The Economics of Television in the Classroom, American Television in the Global Market, Identifying New TV
Audiences, Race and racism in Prime-time, Queering the TV Color Line,Television for Mature Audiences, Class Conflict in Prime-time
Submissions should consist of an abstract, a 15- to 30-page manuscript, and a brief c.v., and should preferably follow Chicago Style format and citation guidelines.
Mail hard copy submissions to:
Dr. Charles Krinsky
Liberal Studies Program
California State University, Fullerton
Mission Viejo Campus
28000 Marguerite Parkway
Mission Viejo, CA 92692-3635
Send electronic submissions as attachments to:
Charles Krinsky <cjkrinsk@...>
Deadline: 1 January 2002
@ INITIAL CALL FOR PAPERS FOR 2002 CONFERENCE/ THE SOCIETY FOR CINEMA STUDIES
============================================
May 23-26, in Denver, Colorado.
PLENARY: Cinema Studies in a New Media Age
The Society of Cinema Studies was created in recognition of the social, aesthetic, and economic importance of the cinema to the history and culture
of the twentieth century. As a new century begins, the medium of "film" has become embedded in the new technologies that surround it. The discipline of
"cinema studies" was defined around the history and theories of the cinematic and the perimeters implicit in its name have delimited its objects of study. In the last two decades, "Cinema Studies" has recognized these
constraints as it expands to include other moving image media -- video, television and (now) computer technologies. The rapid and global reach of new media -- the internet, television, video, the digital arts -- challenge
us as scholars and teachers to find new ways to understand how all media mediate our understanding of culture and society. As our visual field has been reconfigured by many new technologies, we view "cinema" on an expanded field of screens and in an expanded variety of production and delivery formats. We must add computer screens (and digital technologies),
television screens (and interactive video formats) to our conceptualization of the cinema, its spectators and its screens.
We look forward to workshop and panel proposals that address issues raised by the plenary -- as well as those that engage a wide range of research in film and media studies.
PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS
To present a paper, you must be a member of SCS. Further information about membership and the conference is available at:
http://www.cinemastudies.org
There is one deadline for submission of proposals: OCTOBER 1, 2001. All proposals be received by this date and use the standard abstract form--as is found at:
http://www.cinemastudies.org/conf.htm
Send to:
Jane Dye, SCS Administrative Coordinator
Society for Cinema Studies
302 Old Science Hall
640 Parrington Oval
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma 73019-3060
E-mail FOR INQUIRIES ONLY (proposals may not be submitted via e-mail), may contact Jane Dye at: office@.... Please put SCS PROGRAM in
the subject head.
Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu
@ CALL FOR PAPERS, NATIONAL PCA/ACA MEETING IN TORONTO
============================================March 13-16, 2002
<www2.h-net.msu.edu>
The next national meeting of PCA/ACA will be
in Toronto, Canada from March 13-16, 2002. It
will be a terrific event in one of the cleanest and
most multicultural cities on the globe.
Full information about the Areas, the Area Chairs,
the hotel--to include a registration form--can be found
on the national PCA/ACA web site. Please plan early.
The deadline for proposals is 10 September, which isn't
very far off.
The Area Chairs are the first folks to contact. Special
questions not answered at the web site should be referred to the Conference Coordinator, Pat Browne:
abrowne@...
The web site is as follows:
<www2.h-net.msu.edu>
Peter Rollins
Director of Development, PCA/ACA
RollinsPC@...
@ CREACION GRATUITA DE PAGINAS WEB PARA ARTISTAS, ESCRITORES, PROMOTORES Y CRITICOS LATINOAMERICANOS/ PROYECTO RAYUELA
============================================
Para los artistas, escritores, promotores, criticos, trabajadores culturales de America Latina:
Con auspicio de la Fundacion Principe Claus de Holanda, el proyecto Rayuela, de Banco de Ideas Z, Cuba, esta creando un sitio en Internet donde ofrecemos la creacion GRATUITA de paginas web para artistas, escritores, promotores y criticos de TODAS las manifestaciones del arte y cultura latinoamericanos, sin excluir a los residentes fuera de sus paises de origen o a las comunidades multiculturales.
Las paginas llevaran su curriculum actualizado, imagenes y dossier de prensa con criterios y comentarios sobre su creacion, segun cada manifestacion concreta.
Material a enviar (preferentemente en CDROM o via correo postal)
- Foto personal
- Curriculum artistico y/o profesional
- Direccion de contacto, telefono, fax, email
- Dossier de prensa (si lo tienen)
En los siguientes casos, seria util disponer ademas de las siguientes informaciones:
PARA ARTISTAS PLASTICOS:
- Hasta 12 fotografias a color o digitales y/o diapositivas de sus obras, debidamente identificadas (titulo, fecha, tecnica, dimensiones, valor)
PARA ESCRITORES:
- Cubiertas de los libros publicados y notas de presentacion de estos.
- Muestra de textos publicados o ineditos que se desee promover.(en diskette)
PARA MUSICOS:
- Fotos de presentaciones y/o conciertos.
- Cubiertas de CDs o cassettes, y ficha tecnica de cada uno.
PARA CINEASTAS-VIDEASTAS:
- Fotos de realizaciones en cine o video, con su correspondiente ficha tecnica.
PARA CREADORES DE ARTES ESCENICAS:
- Fotos de obras donde participaron
Los creadores que YA poseen paginas webs en Internet (en Cuba o el extranjero) pueden comunicarnos su url correspondiente para incluirlo en nuestro directorio.
Aquellos creadores e investigadores interesados, o que deseen aclarar detalles pueden contactar con el equipo de Rayuela en:
ABELARDO MENA
MA ELENA DOMINICIS
telf 537-37327
La Habana
email: probiz@...
@ BRITISHORTS - COMITE DE INCENTIVO A ANIMACOES
============================================A empresa inglesa Britshorts, juntamente com a Cartoon Networks, Aardman, Nelvana e National Film and Television School acabam de formar um comite de incentivo a animacoes.
Briishorts produz e distribui filmes e animacoes de curta metragem vindos de todos os cantos do mundo. Se voce procura um distribuidor online ou offline como TV a cabo, companhias aereas, portais de Internet, etc, basta contacta-los no endereco abaixo ou enviar uma copia de video aos cuidados de Marni MacArthur.
70 BREWER STREET
LONDON W1F 9TT
ph: +44 (0) 20 7734 2277
fax: +44 (0) 20 7734 2242
WWW.BRITSHORTS.COM
@ CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT (KATHMANDU, NEPAL)
============================================
29th -30th November 2001.
Hotel Yak and Yeti, Kathmandu, Nepal
Call for Papers/Proposals for presentation
In the years since the development of the world wide web, an increasing number of people also in developing countries have been using information communication technology (ICT) to bring about change in their work methods and environment and to speed up the development process.
Development organizations, NGOs, media houses, government agencies, schools and many individuals make use of ICT in one way or another. What are the results? What is the context between ICT and development? Is the www so powerful in development as many people think it is? Are the priorities of big development organizations right when it comes to using
ICT or would the better money be spent on other projects? Can ICT really a make difference in the poorest parts of the world? What are the prerequisites to apply ICT in remote areas in Nepal, for example? What
impact has ICT on society? Which are the lessons to be learnt and experiences to be shared?
What policies are required, especially in developing countries, to facilitate the use and access to ICT? There are also questions regarding how global networking of like-minded people through the web can make a difference in policy advocacy and social equity.
As the technology advances, the gap between the information haves and have-nots is widening. The digital divide becomes more and more apparent.
To highlight and discuss these issues, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung(FES) in Nepal has planned this international conference.
The main objective is to learn from one another and also to draw up recommendations for better policies and better projects that benefit people, particularly in developing countries. The conference will have five main topics for presentation and discussion:
- Information Communication Technology
- Communication, Media and Internet
- Using ICT in Development
- Web and society
- Policy and Legislation
A. Information Communication Technology
This session will concentrate on technical aspects of information technology. The speakers will present how the technology has grown in recent years, and what are the issues that relate to the case of developing countries. Topics are:
- Appropriate and cost effective Internet technologies
- E-commerce in developing countries
- Equity of Access
- Communication and Networking Infrastructure
- Interactive, Multimedia, Innovative Contents
- Access to technology.
B. Communication, Media and Internet
Journalists and media organizations have a great role in informing and educating the public. They are also instrumental in raising issues and bringing out success stories. FES also has a long involvement of supporting media development in Nepal. It is important to discuss
communication, media and Internet inter-relationships. Topics are:
- Using IT in media houses and by media practitioners for education,
research, and dissemination. (Nepali experiences / foreign experiences)
- How information from Internet can be provided to the public through
media
- Internet radio/radio as a conduit between Internet and its listeners
C. Using ICT in Development
All over the world, experiences have shown that information technology has become part of the development process. Networking between donors,
beneficiaries and development workers (change agents) can accelerate and improve the delivery of programs. The web can be used, among others, as a forum for online discussion and sharing information and experiences.
There are virtually unlimited possibilities. We welcome proposals from the donor community, development and media practitioners, ICT professionals and other experts.
Possible topics are:
- How do INGOs/NGOs use Internet Technology?
- ICT in development and poverty alleviation
- How ICT can be helpful for development efforts in health, population, employment, environment, youth, gender, family planning and social issues.
- Online networking forums and their effectiveness.
- Demonstration of successful projects
- Development portals
D. Web and Society
Discussion will be on the general implications of the web on society.
Issues like digital divide, language barriers will be part of the focus.
Topics are:
- Digital Divide
- Local Language Computing
- Preserving indigenous knowledge by using ICT
- Hierarchical information control in society.
E. Policy and Legislation
At present, many countries in the world are in the process of crafting legislation relating to the cyber world. Information technology policy together with communications policy shapes the government's actions on Internet, communications and media. Topics are:
- Regulations, policy and governance (including provisions for cyber crimes).
- E-governance and government information distribution
- Intellectual Property Rights (including WTO provisions)
We value inputs made available to the conference and invite papers and proposals for presentation. The conference will be attended by development and media practitioners as well as ICT experts from Nepal and other countries.
Please send papers/proposals for presentations to
alfred.diebold@... Further information about the conference is available on the web at www.fesnepal.org
Paper/proposal submission deadline: September 30, 2001.
Confirmation for presentation deadline: October 15, 2001.
Full paper / presentation submission deadline: October 30, 2001.
Looking forward to your contributions.
Dr. Alfred Diebold
Resident Representative
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Nepal Office
Tel: +977 1 522526, 542406
Fax: +977 1 521101
Visit us at http://www.fesnepal.org
@ CALL FOR PAPERS. SOUND THEORY/SOUND TECHNOLOGY
============================================
We invite proposals assessing the role of the sound track in the cinema and engaging such theorists as Michel Chion, Rick Altman, et al. Possible approaches to include but by no means limited to:
* the imbrication of sound technology and diegetic image in constituting
aaudiovisionp
* the semiotics of electronic or mechanical special effects
* the function of popular or classical music as a common language
translating culturally specific meanings within international cinema.
Please send inquiries or proposals (in SCS Abstract format at http://www.cinemastudies.org) via email to both addresses below by September 15, 2001:
Angelica Fenner
Department of French and Italian
260 Folwell Hall
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Fenne004@...
Lloyd Whitesell
Faculty of Music
McGill University
555 Sherbrooke St. West
Montreal, CANADA H3A1E3
Lwhitesell@...
@ CALL FOR PAPERS: WORKSHOP: EVERYBODY CAN-CAN AT THE MOULIN ROUGE
============================================
A film text as "open" as Baz
Luhrman's Moulin Rouge invites a number of theoretical and discursive
approaches. This workshop will consider the film
as it relates to authorship, stardom, genre, music, postmodernism, industry and digitality. Submit proposals or inquiries to: Christina Lane, Assistant
Professor, Motion Picture Program, School of Communication, 4015 Frances L.
Wolfson Building, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33143 (305) 284-3657,
clane@....
Christina Lane
Assistant Professor and James B. Pendleton fellow
Dept. of Cinema and Photography
244 Roy H. Park School of Communications
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY 14850
PH (607) 274-7003
FX (607) 274-1664
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
FIN/FIM
as it relates to authorship, stardom, genre, music, postmodernism, industry and digitality. Submit proposals or inquiries to: Christina Lane, Assistant
Professor, Motion Picture Program, School of Communication, 4015 Frances L.
Wolfson Building, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33143 (305) 284-3657,
clane@....
Christina Lane
Assistant Professor and James B. Pendleton fellow
Dept. of Cinema and Photography
244 Roy H. Park School of Communications
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY 14850
PH (607) 274-7003
FX (607) 274-1664
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
FIN/FIM
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