The „UnConference: Participation 2.0″ is the second event going to take place in Salzburg from Nov. 15-17 as part of the “Civilmedia†series. In bringing together international and national alternative media practitioners, researchers, policy makers, activists, and community development workers, the UnConference: Participation 2.0 will consider and review the role of participatory media (Community Radio- and TV-Stations, Web 2.0…) in Europe and their relation to active citizenship and democracy.
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There are already more than 60 participants and 20 contributions from 10 countries registered at wiki.civilmedia.eu. The participants come from many different fields: universities, blogosphere, politics, community radios, public broadcasts, youth and many more.
Some examples of contributions from the registration site:
Active Citizenship via the Web: Trupoli.com’s Approach
Young Women and the Media: Do-It-Yourself Strategies as Self-Empowerment
Theoretical Reflections and Models of Participatory Media Organisations
Regional Blogging Communities
Young People, Media Competence and Participation
Participate!
If possible, propose your contribution until Nov. 1 at http://wiki.civilmedia.eu.
At the moment we are coordinating a panel for thursday (Nov. 15th) evening „From media participation to active citizenship“ with politcians, media acitivists and scientists…