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>OURMedia INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
>
>Sydney , Australia  April 9-13, 2007
>
>Sustainable Futures:
>
>Roles & Challenges for Community, Alternative 
>and Citizens' Media in the 21st Century
>
>CALL FOR PROPOSALS AND EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
>
>Deadline for Submissions: October 31, 2006
>
>
>
>OUR MEDIA NETWORK
>
>OURMedia / NUESTROS Medios is an international 
>network and forum founded in 2001 by a group of 
>academics interested in advancing the democratic 
>potential of community, alternative and 
>'citizens' media.  Recognising that the 
>intellectual and policy frameworks for citizens' 
>media are often out of touch with the on-the 
>ground reality, the purpose of OURMedia is to 
>connect scholars, practitioners and 
>policy-makers towards defined outcomes. OURMedia 
>is now a network of over 500 people from 50 
>countries and has generated an extensive body of 
>practical and theoretical knowledge primarily in English and Spanish.
>
>Past OURMedia conferences have been organized in 
>the United States (2001), Spain (2002), Colombia 
>(2003), Brazil (2004) and India (2005). These 
>conferences have consisted of scholarly and 
>academic presentations, engagements by media 
>activists and community cultural development 
>officers, policy workshops, community roundtable 
>debates, media labs, research-led forums and 
>field trips to local media initiatives.
>
>
>
>THE CONFERENCE
>
>In line with previous meetings, OURMedia / 
>NUESTROSMedios 6th Conference (OM6) will be 
>aimed at building strategies and collaborations 
>among researchers, non-governmental 
>organizations, practitioners, artists and 
>advocates for the promotion of communication 
>rights, effective access to ICT, community and 
>citizen participation in the media and community 
>engagements that foster social change and cultural revitalization.
>
>This conference theme aims to explore the 
>cultural and social significance of independent 
>community and alternative media and the major 
>challenges in the decades that lie ahead.
>
>
>
>OURMedia 6 IN AUSTRALIA
>
>The OM6 Conference will bring together 
>international and national experts, researchers, 
>policy makers, activist and community 
>development practitioners to discuss ways to 
>ensure a sustainable future for community, 
>alternative and citizen's media.  Alternative 
>media in Australia has a long tradition of 
>citizen engagement and community participation, 
>providing different outlets for news, art and 
>cultural practice. The Australian community 
>broadcasting sector is over 30 years old. It is 
>founded on the principles of access, diversity, 
>localism and independence. Community media in 
>Australia has traditionally been a highly 
>resilient sector of the media, managing to exist 
>in spite of regulatory and technological 
>barriers. The sector is now the largest sector 
>of the Australian media: in 2005 there were 341 
>community radio stations, 54 additional stations 
>holding or seeking temporary licenses, 76 remote 
>Indigenous community television licensees and 6 
>generalist community television stations.
>
>Alongside this, innovative online networks and 
>new media environments are developing enabling 
>new kinds and increasing levels of 
>participation. The community and alternative 
>media sector in Australia is made up of groups 
>from a diverse spectrum of society, including: 
>community associations and advocacy groups; 
>culturally and linguistically diverse 
>communities; Indigenous broadcasters; Gay and 
>Lesbian groups; religious groups; independent 
>producers; social activists, artists, 
>educational institutions; seniors; and youth-run 
>organizations. An OURMedia conference in 
>Australia will have a special focus on community 
>and participatory media in Australia and the 
>Pacific with a highlight on community media in the Western Sydney region.
>
>
>
>COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN SYDNEY
>
>With a population of over 1.8 million, Western 
>Sydney is a region made up of people from over 
>160 different nationalities and is home to 60 
>percent of Australia's urban Indigenous 
>population. It is the most culturally and 
>linguistically diverse region in Australia.
>
>The region has over 200 community 
>arts/media/cultural registered organizations and 
>may be considered one of the key areas of 
>economic, information and communication growth 
>within Australia. In recent years it has also 
>become a multicultural hub for community arts 
>development, ethnic community broadcasting 
>associations, community-based education and 
>applied cultural research that links researchers with community partners.
>
>
>
>UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY
>
>The conference will be hosted by the School of 
>Communication Arts, University of Western Sydney 
>(UWS) in association with the Centre for 
>Cultural Research at UWS, a member of the 
>Consortium of Humanities Centres and Institutes. 
>The University of Western Sydney is ember of 
>AUCEA, an alliance of Australian universities 
>committed to supporting university community 
>engagement to promote the social, environmental 
>and economic and cultural development of communities.
>
>A central aim of the University of Western 
>Sydney (UWS) is to link arms with community, 
>public services, industry and business across 
>Greater Western Sydney to exchange knowledge, 
>harness community expertise, and contribute to 
>the region's development, prosperity and social 
>capital. The School of Communication Arts also 
>houses the studios of Channel 31 Television 
>Sydney (TVS), a free-to-air community TV station.
>
>
>
>CONFERENCE SUPPORT
>
>Other Australian universities providing funding and support are:
>
>" RMIT School of Applied Communication
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>" QUT Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation
>
>" UTS Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
>
>" UTS Research Initiative on International Activism
>
>
>
>Other institutions and community organizations 
>supporting the hosting of OURMedia 6 in Sydney are.
>
>" Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE)
>
>" AMARC (Asia-Pacific)
>
>" Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA)
>
>" ETC - Education Television Consortium
>
>" 3RRR Community Media Services
>
>" C31 Melbourne
>
>" MetroScreen
>
>" Community Spectrum Taskforce
>
>
>
>CONFERENCE THEME
>
>Sustainable Futures: Roles and Challenges for 
>Community, Alternative and Citizens ' Media in the 21st century
>
>While the 1980s saw many communication academics 
>entranced by the antics of the mass media, the 
>new millennium began with a newfound interest in 
>researching and theorizing alternative media 
>forms, also known as citizens' media, radical 
>media, médias libres, participatory media, 
>community media, or grassroots media. The scope
>
>of alternative media has now broadened with the 
>advent of digital media technologies.
>
>Media participation is becoming an everyday 
>occurrence for a growing number of the world's 
>population, expanding community networks and 
>growing new networks based on interest rather than geographic locality.
>
>These networks are using and producing new 
>content forms that are specifically designed for 
>citizens' participatory use (discussion lists, 
>blogs, vlogs, open publishing forums, webzines 
>etc).  At the same time, the open source and 
>creative commons copyright movements have 
>reinvigorated alternative media debates, 
>advocating and pursuing accessible, collaborative communication spaces.
>
>Changes are also occurring across broadcast, 
>cable and satellite delivered media. Community 
>radio and television policy, once confined to a 
>small number of countries, is making headway 
>into government agendas across the globe. At the 
>same time, existing community broadcasters are 
>being confronted by the challenges of digital 
>transmission  they must restate their claim to 
>broadcast spectrum and, if successful, grapple 
>with the costs of digital transmission technology.
>
>In bringing together international and national 
>experts, researchers, policy makers, activists, 
>alternative media practitioners and community 
>development workers we will aim to debate the 
>roles and challenges for community media.
>
>Important questions we aim to address during the 4-day long conference:
>
>" How is the future perceived by scholars, 
>activists, policymakers and practitioners who 
>are building knowledge of and developing media for, with and by the people?
>
>" How do we understand 'community' and community 
>media in national & transnational contexts?
>
>" Do we need formal structures to harness and 
>progress broader participation in the media at the community level?
>
>" What community and citizen engagement models 
>and strategies work; which do not?
>
>" How do new media technologies replace or enhance community media?
>
>" What needs to be done  in terms of content 
>and policy development  to make the most of 
>digital broadcasting technology (including emerging wireless media)?
>
>" How can practitioners ensure that policies 
>work for and not against the sector?
>
>" What are the impacts of New Technologies on 
>community organization, mobilization?
>
>" What does the future hold in technological and 
>policy terms, e.g. in terms of intellectual 
>property rights, civil society participation in 
>policy, or opening digital spectrums to community media broadcasters?
>
>
>
>CONFERENCE STRUCTURE
>
>The conference will be structured around several 
>types of sessions. The session conveyors are 
>looking for papers, panels, presentations and 
>workshops that demonstrate innovative cultural 
>research, practices, models for effective 
>community building, experiences and processes of 
>social change and community empowerment, and/or 
>artistic practices in community media.
>
>Keynote speakers will include the leading 
>thinkers, practitioners and experts in these fields.
>
>
>
>Panels: Sessions involving a group of registered 
>participants who conceive and design a session 
>around the same theme, project, or research. 
>These presentations will be 60 minutes with 15 
>minutes for discussion. These panels may offer 
>specific insights into global/local projects and 
>initiatives discussing modes of practice, 
>strategies and tactics for enhancing, promoting 
>or fostering the development of community, alternative and citizens' media.
>
>
>
>Academic and Research Papers will enrich the 
>intellectual and critical resources to 
>understand community media and push forward 
>theories and models that engage with social and 
>political work at the community level.
>
>These are 15-minute speaker presentations 
>followed by 10 minute questions and answers. We 
>encourage dynamic presentations with use of audiovisual materials.
>
>
>
>Workshops: crafted panels for staged conversation, dialogue or debate.
>
>
>
>FEATURED EVENTS INCLUDE
>
>OURMedia 6 Public Forum: A Vision for the 
>Community Use of Digital Television Spectrum
>
>Public forum with Australian and International 
>speakers followed by open debate sessions among 
>community media practitioners, advocates, 
>scholars, artists, policy makers and the general 
>public addressing the critical issue of digital 
>media for community use, access and ownership.
>
>
>
>Community Cultural Development Forum
>
>A forum opened to community cultural/arts 
>officers from local government areas, community 
>organizations and associations, cultural 
>planners, policy makers and the general public 
>to address the critical issue of community media for capacity building.
>
>
>
>OURMedia 6 Video/Multimedia Festival
>
>An international video & multimedia festival for 
>activists, designers, social change advocates, filmmakers.
>
>
>
>To send a film, video or multimedia file please 
>contact Juan Salazar at j .salazar(AT)uws(DOT)edu(DOT)au
>
>REGISTRATION
>
>Full Rate: A$300 (US$230)
>
>Discount Rate: A$150 (US$115)
>
>Daily Rate: A$100
>
>Exchange Rate August 2006:
>
>US$ 1 = A$1.3
>
>
>
>Registration covers:
>
>" Attendance to all conference sessions
>
>" morning and afternoon tea ( 4 days)
>
>" Lunch (4 days)
>
>" Welcome Reception (Monday 9 April)
>
>" Conference Dinner (Thursday 12 April)
>
>" Conference Satchel and Program
>
>
>
>Please visit the OM website and after September 
>1, 2006 for more information on how to register options.
>
>
>
>VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION
>
>The organizing committee is currently looking at 
>a range of different options. We will provide 
>information for budget, standard and premium 
>accommodation as soon as possible. Rates vary 
>from A$25 (US$20) per night for good budget 
>shared accommodation to A$130-$150 (US$100 plus) 
>per night for premium 4- star accommodation.
>
>Please visit the OM website after September 1, 
>2006 for more information or go to
>
><http://www.sydneyhotelsaccommodation.com/>www.sydneyhotelsaccommodation.com/
>
>
>
>SUBSIDIES AND EQUITY FUNDING
>
>The organizing committee is looking at different 
>options to support the travel and accommodation 
>of participants from developing countries and 
>community organizations. A limited subsidy 
>scheme is expected to be in place later in 2006.
>
>Discount rates are only available to community 
>organizations and individuals from developing 
>countries, local students and non-salary earners 
>and specific local community run organizations.
>
>Please visit the OM website for more information.
>
>
>
>CONFERENCE TOPICS AND STREAMS
>
>
>
>NOTE: Please submit panel, paper or workshop 
>proposals directly to stream convenors by email. 
>Proposals should contain a 150-word abstract and 
>a 100-word bio of the presenter(s).
>
>
>
>NOTE: Note: E-mail addresses are written in a 
>way that prevents harvesting by spammers. To get 
>actual address, replace (DOT) with . and (AT) 
>with (AT). E.g.  name (AT) domain (DOT) org 
>means the person's e-mail address is name(AT)domain.org
>
>
>
>STREAM 1: Community Media Research
>
>Clemencia Rodriguez (University of Oklahoma)  
><mailto:(clemencia /at/ ou.edu)>clemencia(AT)ou(DOT)edu
>
>Michael Meadows (Griffi th University)    
>m.meadows(AT)griffith(DOT)edu(DOT)au
>
>The role for research in community building 
>(applied & action research) - Community media 
>and innovation in the creative industries - 
>Participatory Communication in Research - 
>Community cultural research: theories, models, 
>and strategies - Conceptualizing a 'community' 
>media sector in transnational contexts - 
>Cultural identities and community research networks.
>
>
>
>STREAM 2: Participation and Social Change
>
>Alfonso Gumucio-Dagrón (Communication for Social Change Consortium) -
>
><mailto:(Gumucio /at/ communicationforsocialchange.org)>Gumucio(AT)communicationforsocialchange(DOT)org<mailto:(Gumucio /at/ communicationforsocialchange.org)> 
>
>
>Jethro Petti t (Institute of Development 
>Studies, Sussex University ) - 
><mailto:(J.Pettit /at/ ids.ac.uk)>J.Pettit(AT)ids(DOT)ac(DOT)uk
>
>Participatory Communication for Social Change: 
>International Initiatives  Participatory design 
>and sustainable community media initiatives - 
>Development communication - Participatory 
>Monitoring and Evaluation - ICT and community cultural development.
>
>
>
>STREAM 3: Community Media and Policy
>
>Ellie Rennie (Swinburne University of 
>Technology)- 
><mailto:(ERennie /at/ groupwise.swin.edu.au)>ERennie(AT)groupwise(DOT)swin(DOT)edu(DOT)au
>
>Sergio Rodriguez (Geomar, Montreal) - srodriguez(AT)geomargroup(DOT)com
>
>Media reform; Communication rights: NGOs and 
>Community Media  International conventions and 
>national media policies - Funding and governance 
>models for community media enterprise - Local 
>media ecologies and the impact of global media 
>markets - Spectrum use and management - Linking Policy to Community Outcomes.
>
>
>
>STREAM 4: Media Activism /Civil Society /Social Movements
>
>Stefania Milan (European Universi ty Institute, 
>Italy) - <mailto:(smilan /at/ ips.org)>smilan(AT)ips(DOT)org
>
>Gabi Hadl ( Ritsumeikan University, Japan)  mediactivejp(AT)mac(DOT)com
>
>Transnational participatory communication 
>networks - Media Activism: Tactical Media, 
>Indymedia - Social movements, community 
>counter-public building and 'our media'. - 
>Intellectual commons vs. intellectual property 
>rights - Women Networks and empowerment. Social movement research.
>
>
>
>STREAM 5: Local Culture /Media Diversity
>
>Tanja Dreher (University of Technology, Sydney) 
> <mailto:(tanja.dreher /at/ uts.edu.au)>tanja.dreher(AT)uts(DOT)edu(DOT)au
>
>Antonio Castillo (University of Western Sydney) 
> <mailto:(a.castillo /at/ uws.edu.au)>  a.castillo(AT)uws(DOT)edu(DOT)au
>
>Ethnic community media & multicultural policies 
>- Everyday cultural diversity & local media 
>production - Media diversity and community 
>journalism - Peace Journalism - Local Access and 
>Free Press - Community media in western Sydney.
>
>
>
>STREAM 6: New Technologies / Media Convergence
>
>Leo Berkeley (Royal Melbourne Institute of 
>Technology) - 
><mailto:(Leo.Berkeley /at/ ems.rmit.edu.au)>Leo.Berkeley(AT)ems(DOT)rmit(DOT)edu(DOT)au 
>
>
>Digital Community TV - Interactive Television 
>Research - Podcasting and Interactive media - 
>Digital Games for change - ICT: strategic uses & 
>capacity building - Free software, Creative 
>Commons & Open Information Systems - OURMedia in the information society.
>
>
>
>STREAM 7: Community Radio
>
>Elvira Truglia (Social Justice Committee, Mont 
>real)  <mailto:(e_truglia /at/ sympatico.ca)>e_truglia(AT)sympatico(DOT)ca
>
>Histories of community radio - Organizational 
>structures and Models of sustainability - Radio 
>in Peace-building and social change; poverty 
>reduction - Distribution: Digital radio and new 
>media challenges - Program-making and content 
>analysis - Community radio and cultural/gender diversity and politics.
>
>
>
>STREAM 8: Indigenous Media, Aboriginal Media
>
>Juan F. Salazar (University of Western Sydney)  
><mailto:(j.salazar /at/ uws.edu.au)>j.salazar(AT)uws(DOT)edu(DOT)au
>
>Elvira Truglia (Social Justice Committee, Mont 
>real)  <mailto:(e_truglia /at/ sympatico.ca)>e_truglia(AT)sympatico(DOT)ca
>
>Indigenous broadcasting, policies and politics - 
>Indigenous media: distribution, festivals & 
>networks - Indigenous Knowledge and 
>digitalization - Strategic Use of ICT's for 
>Indigenous Communities - Indigenous cinemas and 
>collaborative politics of resistance and self-affirmation.
>
>
>
>STREAM 9: Young people and grass -roots communication
>
>Tanya Notley (Queensland University of 
>Technology)  <mailto:(t.notley /at/ qut.edu.au)>t.notley(AT)qut(DOT)edu(DOT)au
>
>Penny O'Donnel l ( University of Technology, 
>Sydney( penny.odonnell(AT)uts(DOT)edu(DOT)au
>
>Representation of young people in community 
>media - Young people, the blogosphere and 
>creative online networks - Cyberspace, religion 
>and youth culture - Media literacy, training and 
>community knowledge - Case studies of innovative 
>or experimental community media by/for young people.
>
>
>
>OM Network Mailing list
>
>Latest news on the conference, discussions and 
>updates of meetings will be circulated on the OM 
>Network mailing list. Sign up by sending an 
>e-mail message to clemencia (AT) ou (DOT) edu.
>
>
>
>ABOUT SYDNEY
>
>Sydney is a cosmopolitan city of 4 million 
>people located in the south-east coast of 
>Australia. It is Australia's oldest city, the 
>economic powerhouse of the nation and today home 
>to people from over 160 different nationalities and languages.
>
>Average temperature in Sydney during April is 
>15°- 23°C (60°-75°F) with an average rainfall of 
>100mm. and 12 days of rain in the month.
>
>
>
>LINKS ON SYDNEY
>
><http://www.visitnsw.com.au/>www.visitnsw.com.au
>
>www.australia.com
>
><http://www.sydneyhotelsaccommodation.com/>www.sydneyhotelsaccommodation.com/
>
>www.sydneyguide.net.au
>
><http://sydneywebcam.blogspot.com/>http://sydneywebcam.blogspot.com
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>
>
>VISAS
>
>People seeking to attend a conference or event 
>in Australia should, in most cases, apply for a 
>short stay Business Visitor Visa (subclass 456). 
>These Visas cost around US$ 60 (depending on the country of application).
>
>Depending on your current country of passport, 
>you may be able to apply for an Electronic 
>Travel Authority (ETA) (see countries at 
>www.eta.immi.gov.au.) to obtain either a short-stay business ETA.
>
>OM Local Steering Committee will assist you in 
>obtaining the visa. We are working with IECN and 
>the Australian Department of Immigration 
>(DIMIA). In any case, you are encouraged to 
>apply for the appropriate visa at least 6-8 
>weeks before departure for Australia.
>
>Your passport must be valid for travel and the 
>period of your intended stay. For more 
>information on the Department of Immigration and 
>Multicultural Affairs' Electronic Travel 
>Authority system, see Fact Sheet 55 - The 
>Electronic Travel Authority or visit 
><http://www.eta.immi.gov.au/>www.eta.immi.gov.au .
>
>For delegates from Latin America see 
><http://australia.comolograrlavisadeusa.com/>http://australia.comolograrlavisadeusa.com/ 
>
>
>Information in Spanish for Mexico and Central 
>America  available at 
><http://www.mexico.embassy.gov.au/mctyca>http://www.mexico.embassy.gov.au/mctyca 
>
>
>stellano/Visas%5fand%5fMigration.html
>
>Information in Spanish for Chile, Peru, Bolivia 
>and Ecuador available at 
><http://www.chile.embassy.gov.au/sclecastellano/>www.chile.embassy.gov.au/sclecastellano/ 
>
>
>busvisas.html
>
>Information in Spanish for Argentina, Paraguay 
>and Uruguay available at 
><http://www.argentina.embassy.gov.au/baircastellano/home.html>www.argentina.embassy.gov.au/baircastellano/home.html
>
>Please visit the OM website after September 1, 
>2006 for updates and more information.
>
>
>
>PUBLICATIONS & REPORTING
>
>The local steering committee is organizing 
>different options of media coverage of the 
>conference, including video podcasts and video 
>conferencing of some sessions, local press and 
>radio interviews and a special program on local community TV.
>
>
>
>Selected Papers will be published in 3CMedia, a 
>scholarly e-journal which aims to provide a 
>forum for promoting, reporting and debating 
>research in community-based, citizen's and 
>'third sector' media and culture. See
>
><http://www.cbonline.org.au/3cmedia/>www.cbonline.org.au/3cmedia/
>
>
>
>ACTIVITIES
>
>A series of activities with partner community 
>organizations and side cultural events are being planned.
>
>Please visit the OM website after September 1, 
>2006 for updates and more information.
>
>
>
>CONTACT INFORMATION
>
>FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT OM6
>
>CONTACT:
>
>JUAN F. SALAZAR
>
><mailto:(j.salazar /at/ uws.edu.au)>j.salazar(AT)uws(DOT)edu(DOT)au
>
>ELLIE RENNIE
>
><mailto:(ERennie /at/ groupwise.swin.edu.au)>ERennie(AT)groupwise(DOT)swin(DOT)edu(DOT)au 
>
>
>TANYA NOTLEY
>
><mailto:(t.notley /at/ qut.edu.au)>t.notley(AT)qut(DOT)edu(DOT)au
>
>FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUR OUR
>
>MEDIA NETWORK:
>
>CLEMENCIA RODRIGUEZ
>
><mailto:(clemencia /at/ ou.edu)>clemencia(AT)ou(DOT)edu
>
>
>
>For more information regarding the content of 
>this email please contact its author Juan F. 
>Salazar ( 
><mailto:j.salazar@uws(DOT)edu(DOT)au>j.salazar(AT)uws(DOT)edu(DOT)au )
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