Congress 2008 offers four courses or ’learning streams’ linked to the keynote presentations, leading to a certificate of attendance. Leaders who are recognised specialists on the themes will conduct three afternoon sessions of three hours each. Participants who sign up for a ‘learning stream’ are expected to attend all sessions. Learning Streams will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation into French for ‘Media and Gender Justice’ and into Spanish for ‘New Information and Communication Technologies’. Enrolment is restricted by class size. Choose from the following:
Communication Rights
This stream will introduce participants to the notion of communication rights, explore different experiences and understandings of communication rights, look at the history of communication rights and its contemporary status, and examine possible strategies for communication rights advocacy. The course leader is Pradip N. Thomas, former director of WACC’s Global Studies Programme and currently Associate Professor at the School of Journalism & Communication, University of Queensland, Australia.
In English only
Media and Gender Justice
This stream will introduce key issues central to advocacy for gender justice in and through the media; illustrate how issues of gender equality and women’s human rights are central to media accountability and professionalism; and explore how to communicate gender justice and women’s human rights issues. The course leader is Patricia A. Made, an editor and media trainer who has been involved in many training, policy and research initiatives on gender in the Southern Africa media as well as working for Inter Press Service.
In English with simultaneous interpretation in French
Peace Journalism
This stream will explore the relatively new concept of peace journalism, explaining how most coverage of confl ict unwittingly fuels further violence, and proposes workable options to give peace a chance. It will include topical case studies as well as covering theory and analysis. The course leader is Jake Lynch, currently Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Sydney University, Australia, formerly television presenter (anchor) and reporter for BBC World and News 24. He is also a freelance journalism trainer and media development consultant.
In English only
New Information and Communication Technologies
This stream will relate peace issues to the potential offered by these technologies for bridging the digital divide, creating greater understanding through more direct communication, and using networks to strengthen social movements. The course leader is Jörg Becker, currently Managing Director of an institute for communication and technology research in Solingen, Germany, and for the past ten years consultant on New Information and Communication Technologies working in Lebanon, Malaysia, Vietnam, Kirgizstan, and Hong Kong.
In English with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish
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