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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
    >.
    ----
    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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