Hi - I am forwarding the following announcement which should be of some
interest to AFRIK-IT list members.  Follow the web site address to
"attend" this fascinating virtual conference.
Cheers,
Don Richardson
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PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION:
ONE APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?

You are invited to take part in this virtual conference which will
take place over the Internet from 10-28 November 1997.

There is no fee for participation. All visitors to the
following conference website can read all the papers posted without
registration. You are only required to register in order to obtain a
password which then allows you to post your comments to the
conference site.  The URL for the conference is:

        http://www.PanAsia.org.sg/conferen.htm

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CONFERENCE THEMES:

1. Principles, Polices and Processes of Participatory Communication
        1.1 Vision, Principles and Values
        1.2 Process of Community Participation
        1.3 National Policy Implications
        1.4 Training Community Animators

2. Theory and Practice of Participatory Communication
        2.1 Media Literacy
        2.2 Participatory Development and Language
        2.3 Representation and Democratization
        2.4 Representation and Re-Presentation
        2.5 Participatory Investigation
        2.6 Theory and Practice of Participatory Communications
            Research

3. Balancing Information Flows

4. Sustainability of Participatory Communication

5. Conflict and Participation

6. New Communication Technologies and Sustainable Development
        6.1 Internet as a Tool to Support Participatory
            Communication Initiatives and/or Communication
        6.2 Information Technologies and Change
        6.3 New Information and Communication Technologies for the
            Empowerment of Women

7. Information Brokerage in the Democratization of Global
        Decision-Making

8. Participatory Approaches in Promoting Food Security through
        Rural Connectivity and Internet

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CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS AND HOSTS

This international conference is a joint initiative of the
following groups:

The Southern Africa Development Community Centre of Communication
        for Development (SADC-CCD), Harare, Zimbabwe

Development Communications Group, Ryerson Polythecnic University,
        Toronto, Canada

Instituto del Tercer Mundo (Third World Institute), Montivideo,
        Uruguay

Universite Du Quebec A Montreal, Montreal, Canada

Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Department, The
        University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Don Snowden Program for Development Communication, Department of
        Rural Extension Studies, University of Guelph, Canada

Graduate School of Journalism, University of Wollongong, Australia

Southbound, Penang, Malaysia

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VIRTUAL CONFERENCE HALL

The conference site is provided by PanAsia Networking, an initiative
of the International Development Research Centre, Canada

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S O U T H B O U N D             E-mail:[log in to unmask]
C - S Q U A R E                 URLs:  http://www.southside.org.sg
9 College Square                       http://www.southbound.com.my
10250 Penang                    Tel:   604-228 2169
Malaysia                        Fax:   604-228 1758