200 million people. 193 countries. One amazing portrait of how forests sustain us. Forests for People is a short film contest organized by the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat, together with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Everyone, in every part of the world, is invited to create and share a personal film about their relationship with the forest and how it inspires, shelters, nurtures or makes life possible. Every type
The Centre for Communication and Social Change (CfCSC) is holding its inaugural boutique conference titled “Beyond the Impasse: Exploring New Thinking in Communication & Social Change”. The conference will be held on January 29-31, 2013 at The University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia. In the words of the CCfSC co-director Pradip Thomas: “Over the past decade, innovation in critical communication for social change (CSC) theory has failed to keep pace
The International Society of Environmental and Rural Development is pleased to announce the 4th International Conference on Environmental and Rural Development to be held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 19-20 January 2013. The main objective of this conference is to discuss and develop the suitable and effective processes and strategies for sustainable rural development taking into account of agricultural and environmental aspects in developing countries. Scientists and facilitators of all disciplines
The Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester will be hosting a workshop on “Climate Change Communication and the Internet: Challenges and Opportunities for Research“ on Thursday 12 April, 2013. The new communicative landscape shaped by Internet and mobile technologies has had profound implications for communication research on climate change and environment. It has opened up new areas for studying public engagement with science, as the audiences are becoming
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites papers and panel proposals for the 2013 IAMCR conference to be held from 25 to 29 June, 2013 at the Helix Conference Centre at Dublin City University, Ireland. The overarching theme of the 2013 IAMCR conference is “Crises, ‘Creative Destruction’ and the Global Power and Communication Orders”. The conference theme invites reflections and papers addressing whether or how the current
UNESCO supports the launch of an online course in Media and Information Literacy (MIL) and intercultural dialogue. The course is designed for teachers, policy makers and professionals to become agents of change through the development of MIL competencies in their communities and through enhancing intercultural understanding. It is led by the Media and Information Literacy (MIL) and Intercultural Dialogue University Network and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and will
The call for chapters for the forthcoming e-book, titled “Digital Literacy, Technology and Social Inclusion: making sense of one-to-one computer programmes around the world”, to be published in 2013 is open until January 20, 2013. Governments all over the world have agendas to support the use of digital technologies in schools, promoting programmes known as ‘one-to-one’ (1:1) – one computer per child. Contributions for this book preferably take into account the diversity of social and
AMARC Africa and the National Forum of Community Radio Broadcasters of Mozambique (FORCOM) held a Conference on Community Radios and Access to Information in Southern Africa from December 3-5 in Maputo, Mozambique. The Conference critically examined both the governance of community radios and their effective role as channels of participatory and democratic communication for development for the poor and marginalized communities in the various Southern African countries, considering the socio-economic and political
The 2nd Ebenezer Soola Conference on Communication will be held on March 13-16, 2013 at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The main theme of the conference will be: Harnessing the New Media of Communication for Sustainable Human Development. The organizers invite abstracts and full papers from academics and professionals working in the fields of media and communication, addressing the main theme and its intertwine with sub-themes including, among others: Development
Humanitarian and development agencies are using communication technology and media channels to respond more efficiently and be themselves more accountable to people affected by conflict and disasters. Communications with People in Crisis: Collaborating with the local technology & media sector is a two-day event organized by Adeso, OCHA & CDAC Network on December 6-7 2012 in Nairobi. It will bring together key members of the technology and humanitarian/development communities to
