[ecrea] seminar on civic engagement: media, democracy & alliances

Open seminar: IT¹S A NEW WORLD FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT?

Two discussions on the opportunities and challenges facing activists,
NGOs, business, policy makers and media practitioners.

Session 1: Civic engagement ­ alliances and partnerships
This session discusses the implications of both extra-parliamentarian
alliances and cross-sector partnerships, including
·         What are the structural and cultural incentives that drive civic
engagement alliances and partnerships?
·         How can we ensure that civic engagement through cross-sector
partnerships has a sound civic grounding and thus is socially sustainable?

SPEAKERS session #1:
Steffen Böhm, University of Essex
Elin Wrzoncki, Danish Institute for Human Rights
Bobby Banerjee, Cass Business School
Peter Fleming, Cass Business School
Frank De Bakker, Vrieje Universiteit Amsterdam
Nils Brøgger, Danish ActionAid

Session 2: Civic Engagement ­ media and democracy
This session discusses the opportunities and challenges to various forms
of civic engagement brought about by the proliferation of online media
platforms, including
·         (How) can the media ­ online and traditional ­ facilitate the
enactment of alternative ways of organizing society and political
participation?
·         Can online media platforms help sustain civic engagement?
·         How do the current structures of governance and ownership affect
media uses ­ online and traditional ­  for civic engagement?

SPEAKERS session #2:
Nico Carpentier, Vrije Universiteit Brussel/Technical University of Cyprus
Peter Dahlgren, Lund University
Bart Cammaerts, London School of Economics
Inaki Garcia-Blanco, Cardiff University
Niels Fastrup, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR)
Jose Olivas Osuna, Netivist.org

PROGRAMME
7 November 2014
13:00-14:45: Session 1: Civic engagement ­ alliances and partnerships
15:00-16:45: Session 2: Civic Engagement ­ media and democracy
16:45-18:00: Reception

REGISTRATION
The event is free and open to all, but registration is necessary.
Deadline for registration: October 31, 2014

To register please send an email to (Conference.icm /at/ cbs.dk) with your name,
institution and position.

For further questions please contact Julie Uldam ((ju.ikl /at/ cbs.dk))





http://nsice.org/2014/09/11/open-seminar-its-a-new-world-for-civic-engagement/




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