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INTERADIO SEEKS WRITERS ON "COMMUNICATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS"

AMARC 7 SPECIAL ISSUE

As many of you already know, AMARCs 7th World Congress is taking place in
Milano, Italy on August 23-29, 1998.  The "Communication and Human Rights"
theme of the congress will also be taken up in the next issue of InteRadio,
the bi-annual magazine of the World Association of Community Radio
Broadcasters (AMARC). Conference topics include: women in community radio,
reinforcing the right to communicate, media and cultural diversity, access
to new communication technologies, community media prospects in the
Mediterranean.

The goal of the next issue is to cover feature articles on some of these
topics in addition to providing slices of AMARC 7: who was there, what did
they say, what strategic alliances were built or reinforced, what political
impact will this have in the international communications arena? etc.

Aside from soliciting conference participants, I am making a general call
for articles to give those who are/were not able to attend AMARC 7 the
opportunity to contribute. The editorial menu is outlined below. Please let
me know which topic you are interested in writing about and feel free to
make additional suggestions.

As usual, articles can be written in English, French, or Spanish. They
should be 700 words in length and submitted by October 5. For more
information, contact me at interad@amarc.org.  I look forward to hearing
from you.

Oh yes, and if you would like to inquire on how to receive a copy of
InteRadio (by subscription or membership to AMARC), please contact the
International Secretariat c/o Marie-Line at amarcho@web.apc.org, or refer
to the phone and fax numbers listed at the bottom of this message.

In solidarity,

Elvira


INTERADIO, VOLUME 10, NUMBER 2, 1998

A. EDITORIAL:  INTERADIO IN CONTEXT


B. IN FOCUS: GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES

1. Promoting the right to communicatez:  Telecommunications and strategy

2. Human Rights and the Political Economy of Global Communications

3. The politics of human rights: laws, implementation and strategies

4. International lobbying for the right to communicate: How to influence
the movers and shakers?
-The United Nations and the development of the right to communicate
-Global governance and peoples communication rights (Cees?)
-Community Radio Charter
-Milan Declaration
-tactics, alliances, strategies

5. Linguistic Rights: Migration, assimilation and resistance -- cultural
diversity in the information age

6. Local Knowledge, Global Identity: Cultural Assertion and the Media:


C. POINT OF VIEW: REGIONAL EDITORIAL ON COMMUNITY RADIO ISSUE

1. Should there be a limit to the freedom of expression?


D. REGIONAL ARTICLES: LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN, NORTH AMERICA, AFRICA,
ASIA, OCEANIA, EUROPE

BELOW ARE SOME SUGGESTED TOPICS:

1. US: Legality and legitimacy: microbroadcasting in the US?

2. Canada: Rural Telecom in Canada: lobbying for access

3. Caribbean:  How to influence local governments

4. Oceania: The role of community radio in sustaining cultural and
linguistic diversity - Maori Radio?

5. Meditterraean:  Prospects for community media development in Northern
Africa and the Middle East

6. Latin America: Womens contribution to communication from the point of
view of community radio

7. Migrant and refugee women in community radio

8. Programming content for womens rights

9. Media strategies for dialogue and conflict resolution

10. Communication and development: is there such a things as information
poverty?

11. Community radio and the public service broadcasting concept

12. Training and capacity building for access and inclusion
13. ICTs and communication for development: promoting appropriate
technologies
14. Experiments with new technology: experiences of big urban radio stations


E. SPECIAL CONFERENCE REPORT:
1. Lobbying Tools: CR Charter, Peoples Communication Charter, Milan
Declaration
2. Virtual Forum: the results?
3. Radio Planette Terre: interviews; new technologies in action (satellite
and internet broadcast)
4. The CybercafÊ: entering a new dimension - experiences of techno
beginners (Philippe?)
5.  The argument for an on-line distribution system


F. RADIO ART:


G. RADIO TRAINING
1. The ABCs of ICTs: basic resources and options; a critical check list of
the issues to consider before making the leap? (Philippe?)


H. SOLIDARITY NETWORK
1. Action for freedom of expression: building a proactive solidarity network
2. Solidarity Alerts


I. NEWS
.Brazil telecom sale, telecom worker strikes etc.


J. CALENDAR/BOOKWATCH




Elvira Truglia
Editor, InteRadio
World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires
Asociacion Mundial de Radios Comunitarias

International Secretariat
3575 Saint-Laurent Blvd. #611
MontrÊal, QuÊbec  H2X  2T7   CANADA
Tel : +1 (514) 982 03 51        Fax : +1 (514) 849 71 29
Email: interad@amarc.org
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