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Topic 303 New Tech & Democ of A/V Comms 2 responses
peg:agarton cyberculture zone 4:23 PM Feb 11, 1994
From: leo@unv.ernet.in (Leo Fernandez)
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 94 10:02:37 IST
Organization: IndiaLink - UNV Experimental System - New Delhi
NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE DEMOCRATISATION OF AUDIOVISUAL
COMMUNICATION:
The impact, implications and appropriation of new technologies of
communication
WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 9, 1994
Taking Stock - WHERE ARE WE TODAY ?
What progress have we made in appropriating technologies for the
democratisation of audiovisual communication? Where have we come
from, what have we learned, what have been our successes and
failures?
9 am - 10.30 Registration
10.30 - 11.00 Welcome Message & Introductions
Luiz Fernando Santoro, President of Videazimut
Rajive Jain, Director of CENDIT.
11.00 - 1.00 Opening Plenary:
ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION ON THE THRESHOLD OF
THE NEXT MILLENNIUM: QUESTIONS & PERSPECTIVES
The panel will provide a multidisciplinary
intercontinental overview of the history and
future of the communictions landscape with
particular reference to the development of
alternatives for democratic communication. What
changes are the new communication technologies
already bringing? What do they portend for the
future of the world communication order and for
those working for democratic communication?
Moderator: Luiz Fernando Santoro, (Brazil)
Speakers : Bhaskar Ghose, (Ministry of Informa-
tion & Broadcasting, India), Prof.
Yash Pal, (Nuclear Science Centre, India)
Regina Festa (Brazil),
1.00 - 2.30pm Lunch
2.30 - 4.00 Learning about our experiences:
These concurrent sessions are designed to give
participants an opportunity to interact with
communicators who in different ways and in
different circumstances are engaged in
appropriating for themselves the right to
communicate - whether for political redressal,
forging communal solidarity or to hold up a
mirror to society from their vantage point.
Each presenter will comment on their work (both
successes and failures), their experience in
appropriating technology for communication,
where they would like to be in the future, and
their needs, if applicable, in the areas of
training, distribution, legislation/policy and
research.
1. Independent Satellite TV Networks: In this
session we encounter three models of alternative
satellite broadcast. The Asianet Project is a
southern Indian experiment with an ethnic
channel that is resisting the homogenising
effect of broadcasting by promoting the concept
of "narrowcasting". Deep Dish TV Network (USA)
challenges the homogenizing effect of the
mainstream, corporate sponsored TV programmes
and is committed to democratising media by
providing a national forum for the concept of
grassroots television to a national scale. The
National Indigenous Media Association of
Australia (NIMAA), has been utilising the
bradcasting for remote community scheme (BRACS)
and compressed video technology to provide a
system of satellite reception and transmission
for remote indigenous communities to maintain
control over their images, stories and culture.
Moderator : Malvika Singh, Seminar, India),
Presenters : Nadarajah, Sashi Kumar (Asianet,
India), DeeDee Halleck (Deep Dish,
TV, USA), Chris Lee (NIMAA,
Australia).
2. Women & Audiovisual Communications:
Access to and use of audiovisual
communication technology by women forms an
essential part of the democratisation of
communication. Some concrete experiences will be
presented here.
Moderator: Kamla Bhasin (FAO/FFHC/AD, India)
Speakers : Sharmini Boyle, Precision Prod. (Sri
Lanka), Ambiga Devy (Videofarm,
Malaysia), Sabina Gadihoke (Jamia,
India), Chandita Mukherjee (Comet,
India), Sharad Aggarwal (India).
3. Asian Experiences in Audiovisual Communication:
Labour Issues and Organizing. At the
grassroots level, in the independent and NGO
sectors around Asia have many important
experiences in audiovisual communication. In
Tokyo, the work of Video Press is focusing
attention on labour issues. Cine Real is an
independent production company that has
undertaken bold attempts to make visible the
hidden side of new Asian factories. In Korea -
Labour News Production produces material to
support struggle of radical independent trade
unions.
Moderator: Avinash Deshpande (India)
Speakers : Masaki Toshiyuki (People's Media
Network/Video Press, Japan), Choi
Won Suck (Labour News Prod., S. Korea),
Derek Hall (CineReal Hongkong), Kamron
Gunatilaka (Thailand).
4. Discovering Technologies.
Sugata Mitra (NIIT, Ltd.),
5. Screenings.
4.00 - 4.30 Coffee Break
4.30 - 6.00 Plenary:
WHERE WE ARE TODAY:
An assessment of how far we have come in the
appropriation of technologies for the
democratisation of audiovisual communication and
an evaluation of the successes, failures,
benefits and pitfalls that we have experienced
with the communications technology revolution in
the independent communications sector. It is
Plenary also to share the pool of accumulated
knowledge that we have acquired in the process,
and to re-evaluate the lessons which will stand
us in good stead in negotiating a space for
democratic communications in the new
communications order.
Moderator: Torben Vosbein, (Zebra, Denmark)
Speakers : Anna Leah Sarabia (Women's Media
Circle, Phillipines), Arvind N. Das
Times of India, India), Alain Ambrosi
(Video Tiers Monde, Canada), Luiz
Fernando Santoro (Brazil).
6pm Evening Screenings.
===================================================================
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1994.
LOOKING AT THE FUTURE:
On this day, the emphasis is on establishing a common body of
knowledge necessary to the formulation of strategies. We will
look at the contours of the new communication technologies
including implications for democratic communication. We will
also take a look at the specific framework of authority and power
in which the new technologies are unfolding.
9.30 - 11.00 Plenary Presentation:
NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN DEVELOPMENT:
Interactive video, direct broadcast satellites,
fibre optics, multi-media are some of the key
buzzwords that we encounter along the digital
highway that is under active construction with
differing speeds in different parts of the world.
What do all these terms mean and how will they
transform the existing information order? While
many new communication technologies are already
in testing or production in northern countries,
in many southern countries they remain
technologies of tomorrow. What speculations can
we make about the communication technology
scenario in both southern and northern countries
in 5, 10, 20 years from now?
Moderator: Timothy Gunn,(NVR, USA)
Speakers : Enrico Giardino, (RAI, Italy), Ian Peter
(Pegasus,Australia), Kiran Karnik,
Consortium for Educational Comm., India),
11.00 - 11.30 Break
11.00 to 1.00 Live Videophone Link-up by the Western Front
(Canada)
11.30 - 1.00 Concurrent Sessions
1. Learning from our experiences: Grassroots
video for development and social change:
This session will highlight the work of non-
governmental organisations using video at the
grassroots to support movements.
Moderator: Tapan Bose (The Other Media, India)
Speakers: Tareeque Shanian (Proshika, Bangladesh)
Arvind (Abhivyakti, India), Maedo Miho
(PARC, Japan). Winter Chiang (Taiwan
Report, Taiwan), Gargi Sen (Magic
Lantern, India).
2. New Technologies in the Southern Context:
What are some of the specific challenges facing
the south in incoporating or in not incorporating
new technologies in the field of communications?
Although 'the south'is by no means a homogeneous
entity, yet, issue of access, legislation and
training, among others can be identified as
common problems requiring a special made in the
south approach.
Moderator:Vinod Raina (Eklavya, India),
Speakers: Anna Leah Sarabia (Women's Media Circle,
Phillippines), Cheick Kolla Maiga (FEPACI,
Burkina Fasso), Anurakumara Goonasekera
(AMIC, Singapore).
3. Environmental spaces in the new communication
order: While the expansion of satellite
communication can increase ecological
destruction by changing lifestyles and
increasing consumption, some groups are
trying to use these forums in a more
meaningful manner. How far can be
environmental groups create space in the new
communication systems?
Moderator: Vandana Shiva (India).
Speakers: K.P. Sasi (Alcom Delhi), Neelima
Mathur (Spotfilms, India),
Nedunzhilian (Sangaman Comm., India),
Robert Lamb (Television Trust for
Environment, England).
4. Screenings
1.00 - 2.30 Lunch
2.30 - 4.00 Concurrent Sessions
Initiatives and possibilities for opening the
public space for sound and image.
In two sessions we look at initiatives and
proposals to appropriate the existing and
emerging technologies to expand democratic spaces
in distribution of sound and image.
1.Strategies for Sharing the Broadcast Arena:
Regional and International Cooperation in
Satellite Broadcasting - Developments are
underway in Canada and Europe, among other places,
to establish global or regional television
broadcast services that are based on new
partnerships between northern and southern
countries. What is the modus operandi of this
relationship and what contribution can it make
to actually ameliorating the gaps of power,
control and autonomous regulation that presently
exist in the international communications arena?
Moderator: Derek Hall, (CineReal Ltd. Hong Kong)
Speakers: David Nostbakken, Phil Smith, (WETV,
Canada)
2.In the Public Interest: New Communication
Technologies & Access to Education & Information.
What will be the learning environment as we
enter the information age? What are the
experiences and lessons in applications and
utilization of technologies in the educational
sector? This session will examine the issue
(nature and scope) of diffusion of new
information technologies in the area of learning
and conclude with suggestions for development of
policies. A third presentation will explore
policy implications of developing digital
utility systems for public use.
Moderator : Romesh Chander, (CENDIT,India).
Speakers : B.S. Bhatia, (Indian Space
Research Organization, India), Jai
Chandiram (Central Institute of
Educational Technology, India),
Bernard Woods (CTD Ltd. England).
3. Learning from our experiences:
Local TV.
Moderator: Cheick Kolla Maiga.
Speaker : Sussane Lund (Video Olympics)
Pere Borra (Federation Catalana
de TV, Spain), Michel Senecal
(Canada).
4. Discovering Technologies
ISDN - Oliver Pasquet
5. Screenings
4.00 - 4.30 Break
4.30 - 6.00 Plenary:
LOOKING AT THE SEATS OF POWER
While it is clear that the appropriation of new
communication technologies for the
democratisation fo audiovisual communication
will require many local initiatives, it will
also require action at the regional and
international level. And even local initiatives
will need to be informed by an understanding of
the institutions and forces operating at the
international level. In this Plenary, we will
begin to explore who they are with a view
towards understanding how to influence the
influencers. The two main themes to be examined
are economic power and juridical/regulatory
authority, both at the international level.
Moderator: Regina Festa (Brazil)
Speakers : Dilip Padgaonkar, (Times of
India, India), Manjunath Pendakur
(Northwest University, USA),
Dee Dee Halleck (Deep Dish TV, USA).
6 pm Evening Screenings.
=====================================================================
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11, 1994
SHAPING THE FUTURE:
On this day we look at the larger context within which we will
have to act on several levels to appropriate new technologies for
democratic communication.
9.30 - 11.00 Plenary Session:
SHAPING THE FUTURE COMMUNICATION ORDER:
NEW TECHNOLOGIES, THE STATE, TRANSNATIONAL MEDIA
CORPORATIONS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
The communication order is shaped by the
interaction and relative power of the state,
transnational corporations and civil society.
In what ways will their interactions shape the
new technologies of communication and how will
the new technologies of communication shape
their interaction? Will the battle between
state regulation and autonomy continue to be
fought in the same way? What forms of new
empowerment or disempowerment can the members of
the civil society expect - especially vis-a-vis
gender equality and status of minorities? What
will be the dynamics of the imbalance between
the north and the south and how will southern
country interests be affected? What will be the
challenges and opportunities for the
democratisation of audiovisual communication
within and between nations?
Moderator: Derek Hall (Hong Kong)
Speakers : Kalyan Raman, (ISRO, India), Michel
Senecal, (University of Quebec, Canada
11.00 - 11.30 Break
11.30 - 1.00 Discussion groups:
Developing Strategies for Intervention:
In this time period, participants are invited to
meet in groups defined by their relationship to
audiovisual production. These groups are
invited to discuss their collective needs in
four areas integral to the appropriation of new
technologies of communication: training,
distribution, legislation/policy and research.
In each group, one or two short presentations
will be made to begin the discussions.
1. Independent audiovidual producers and the
access to production & distribution of
images.
Moderator: Olivier Pasquet (France)
Presentation: Luiz Fernando Santoro (Brazil)
2. Local and national non-governmental organi-
sations. Working to support the
participation in image and sound creation by
marginalised groups.
Moderator: Rajive Jain, (CENDIT, India)
Presentation: NGO representative from Asia
to be determined from
participants.
3. Regional/International NGOs.
Regional and international non governmental
organizations all over the world are playing
various roles in promoting the
democratisation of communication practice
and policy How do such NGOs construe their
role in the area of intervention? What are
the successes as well as the limitations of
their operations? Are their efforts
sufficiently coordinated? Are they
responding adequately to the challenges?
Various regional and international NGOs
will be represented such as World
Association for Christian Communication,
Videazimut, AMIC,IPAL, FEPACI.
Moderator: Rafael Roncagliolo, (IPAL, Peru).
Presentation: Torben Vosbein (Zebra,
Denmark), Rev. James Massey
(WACC, India),
4. Discovering Technologies
Multilingual Transmission : Mr. Sundaram
(R&D Wing, Doordarshan, India).
5. Screenings.
1.00 - 2.30 Lunch
2.30 - 4.00 Plenary
NEW TECHNOLOGIES: SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR
DEMOCRATIC COMMUNICATION.
Given our knowledge about the existing relations
of power and control in the dominat
communication model in the world today, what
implications can be seen in the appropriation of
new communications technologies by the powerful
players? Will transnationals continue to
flourish or will there be a greater trend
towards creating regional and sub-regional
alternatives to counter their globalising
effects? What is the niche of alternative
communications in this context?
Moderator: Kiran Karnik (India).
Speakers : Cheick Kolla Maiga (Burkina Faso), a
researcher from AMIC (Singapore),
Howard Frederick, (American Univ,USA
Avik Ghosh, (National Institute of
Adult Education, India), Ian Peter.
4.00 - 4.30 Break
4.30 - 6.00 Discussion Groups - Session One:
The Appropriations of New Technologies for
Democratic Communications.
Four groups will discuss what we can do to
further our goals in the following areas (each
group will begin with a short presentation to
begin the discussion):
1. Training:
What kind of efforts need to be made to ensure
access for independent practitioners of
audiovisual production?
Moderator/short presentation: Alain Ambrosi
(Canada).
2. Distribution:
What initiatives will be needed to provide for
the inclusion of the work of independent
audiovisual practitioners?
Moderator/short presentation: Olivier Pasquet
(France).
3. Policy & Legislation:
What new approaches will be required nationally
and internationally?
Moderator/short presentation: Rafael
Roncagliolo (Peru).
4. Research:
What kind of research will be needed to support
the appropriation of new technologies for the
democratization of communication?
Moderator/short presentative: Regina Festa
(Brazil).
5. Discovering Technologies
6. Screenings
6 pm The Berlin-New Delhi satellite linkup
Producer/Manager: Olivier Pasquet.
Evening Screenings.
==========================================================================
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12, 1994
Shaping the Future
On this day, we will concentrate on dicussing and developing the
outlines of specific strategies for the appropriate of new
communication technologies for democratic communication.
Participants will work on formulating recommendations for future
action.
9.30 - 11.00 Plenary Session:
IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE:
for the appropriation of new communications
technologies for the participation of
independent voices and civil society.
Presentation of synthesis of the 4 discussion
groups of the previous afternoon. Speakers will
then provide their thoughts on the chanllenges
of formulating strategies for shaping the future.
Moderator: Regina Festa (Brazi)
Speakers : Rafael Roncagliolo (IPAL, Peru),
Howard Frederick (USA), Enrico Giardino
(Italy),
11.00 - 11.30 Break
11.30 - 1.00 Discussion Groups - Session Two:
The Appropriations of New Technologies for
Democratic Communications.
The four topics discussed the previous afternoon
will be revisited in light of the synthesis and
original presentations heard in the morning for
the purpose of continuing discussion and
refining recommendations and possible action plans.
1. Training
Moderator: Alain Ambrosi
2. Distribution
Moderator: Olivier Pasquet
3. Policy & Legislation
Moderator: Rafael Roncagliolo
4. Research
Moderator: Regina Festa
5. Screenings
1.00 - 2.30 Lunch
2.30 - 4.30 Closing Plenary
MOVING FORWARD
Final Declaration and a presentation of
recommendations arising from discussion group
sessions of the morning.
A reception will follow.
Optional Evening Screenings.
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