Community Media Cultural and Global
Issues
Connecting Media, Cultures and Communities
Presented for
Alliance for Community Media
2003 International Conference and Trade Show
Sheraton Tacoma Hotel
July 9-12, 2003 -- Tacoma, WA
Cable access is part of a larger global movement of people who
are using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for social
change and empowerment. This track looks at community media from
an international and global perspective, examining models, technologies,
ideologies and practices of the community media movement world wide.
Workshop Descriptions and Titles
Session 1: Thursday 2:30 - 5pm
Cross Cultural Communication and Community Media:
A facilitated conversation of critical inquiry into the embedded
assumptions and inherent social responsibility in community media.
The practices and tools of Community Media are being deployed world-wide.
This session explores the kind of communication behaviors and skills
needed to build a cross-cultural communication commons where diverse
thinkers, cultures and ideas can meet and discuss issues of importance.
Kaylynn Two Trees,
Founder of The
Center for Seven Directions Practice
tt@ktwotrees.com
Session 2: Friday 10:30 -12
Emerging Community and Activist Applications of Information
Media and Technology: A Critical discussion. Who is successfully
applying voice, video and data toward social justice and insuring
information as a fundamental human right? Communications Rights
and Indymedia to Wireless and Telecottages --- content, infrastructure,
policy --- come find out.
Moderator/Speaker: Fred Johnson,
UMass Boston Community Media and Technology Faculty
fjohnson@mwg.org
David Keyes,
City of Seattle Department of Information Technology
david.keyes@seattle.gov
David Shulman,
British Broadcasting Corporation
david.shulman@bbc.co.uk
Jean Donohue,
Media Working Group,
jdonohue@mwg.org
Sheri Herndon,
Seattle Indy Media Center,
sheri@speakeasy.net
Emy Tseng,
Ford Foundation
emy@alum.mit.edu
Session 3: Friday 2:15 to 4:15
International Community Media Models: Community
Media 'globe trotters' will show and tell of phenomenal social media
efforts world wide.
Speaker/Moderator: Dirk Koning,
ED, Grand Rapids Community Media Center
dirk@grcmc.org
Ruud de Bruin,
Dutch Community Broadcasting Association
ruud@arttext.com
Marina Treichel, Germany marinatreichel@t-online.de
Others pending travel
Session 4: Saturday: 10:00 to 11:30 am
Entering the Global Conversation
Several critical international initiatives are currently underway
pertaining to community media globally, including the United Nations
World Summit on Information Society. Join us for an overview and
discussion of ways the Alliance can be more active and involved
in shaping global policy for the movement.
Discussion led by Dirk Koning,
ED, Grand Rapids Community Media Center
dirk@grcmc.org
Session 5: Saturday 2:15 to 4:15
Access and the Global Community Media Landscape:
White Paper Session focusing on global issues surrounding community-based,
alternative media (e.g., theWorld Summit on the Information Society
and the role of civil society in national and global movements toward
the democratization of communication), or comparing the tenets and
traditions of US community media with alternative media in other
parts of the world.
Moderator: John Higgins,
jhiggins@menlo.edu
Presentation:
"The Satellite Bridge Across the Digital Divide"
DeeDee Hallck
Professor Emeritus
Univ. of California San Diego
dhalleck@weber.ucsd.edu
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