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Virtual Conference:
The Right to Communicate and the Communication of Rights
11 May - 26 June 1998
This is the second of two announcements for the Virtual Conference on =
the
Right to Communicate and the Communication of Rights, starting Monday, =
11
May. Registration for working group discussions has now started.
Videazimut is an international alliance bringing together independent =
video
and television organizations and practitioners from Africa, Asia, =
Europe,
Latin America and North America around an agenda for the =
democratization of
communication-an essential component of sustainable development and
democratic society. 1998 marks the 50th anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. In its declaration of principles, =
Videazimut
aligns itself with a growing consensus on the right to communicate as a
fundamental human right.
We are therefore holding a Virtual Conference from 11 May to June 26 =
1998,
aimed at generating and disseminating fresh thinking on communication =
and
human rights. Held in conjunction with the International Development
Research Centre (Canada) and the Canadian International Development =
Agency,
this Virtual Conference is our contribution to the community of events
marking the UDHR's 50th anniversary. You are invited to take part in =
the
Virtual Conference, which is being hosted by PanAsia Networking...
<http://www.PanAsia.org.sg/conferen.htm
<http://www.PanAsia.org.sg/conferen.htm
<http://www.PanAsia.org.sg/conferen.htm> > > ... and which can be =
accessed
directly here:
<http://commposite.uqam.ca/videaz <http://commposite.uqam.ca/videaz
<http://commposite.uqam.ca/videaz> >
>.
Participants are asked to join one of five working groups over a 5-week
period. In each working group, 1-3 short papers will be circulated =
each
Tuesday morning, forming the basis for the following week's discussion.
Discussion will take place over e-mail-filtered through moderators to=20
avoid
information overload-supplemented by a WWW resource with conference=20
papers
and archives of the discussion.=20
Participants will receive *no more than* two e-mail digests daily. A
weekly summary will be posted each Monday afternoon, for those who have =
not
been able to keep up, before passing to the next topic.
The working groups:
(1) legal perspectives
(2) institutional perspectives
(3) gender perspectives
(4) cultures of globalization: perspectives
(5) civic education and public memory: perspectives.
A plenary session will take place during the final week. The Virtual
Conference's official languages are English, Spanish, French.
All participants may submit their comments in any of these languages,=20
with
the help of a volunteer translation team. The Virtual Conference is
co-presented by COMMposite, the French-language student journal of
communication, with the collaboration of meep! media, a=20
Montr=E9al-based
internet and intranet consultancy. For more information please e-mail=20
Bram
Dov Abramson, conference director, at <bram@tao.ca <mailto:bram@tao.ca
<mailto:bram@tao.ca> >=20
>.
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Bram Dov Abramson
Laboratoire de recherches sur les politiques de communication =
Universite de
Montreal C.P. 6128, Succ. Centreville, Montreal (Que) H3C 3J7 Canada =
e-mail
<bram@tao.ca <mailto:bram@tao.ca <mailto:bram@tao.ca> > > | fax
+1.514.343-2298 *Virtual Conference on the Right to Communicate*:
1. Hosted by IDRC/PanAsia Networking:
<http://www.PanAsia.org.sg/conferen.htm
<http://www.PanAsia.org.sg/conferen.htm
<http://www.PanAsia.org.sg/conferen.htm> > >.
2. Direct access:
<http://commposite.uqam.ca/videaz <http://commposite.uqam.ca/videaz
<http://commposite.uqam.ca/videaz> >
>
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