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Civilmedia 08
Cultures – Participation – Dialogue
Salzburg, December 4th – 6th, 2008

The Civilmedia08 UnConference will be a landmark at the end of the 
“European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008”.
In bringing together international and national alternative media 
practitioners, researchers, policy
makers, activists, and community development workers, we will review the 
importance of
community media and Web 2.0 for intercultural dialogue in Europe.

What meaning, impact and challenges do arise by participatory media 
production in respect to
intercultural dialogue? Which models for future action can we develop? 
These will be the main
issues addressed during the Civilmedia 08. Additionally, best practice 
projects as e.g.
www.radiodialoge.at will be presented and discussed.


Radio and beyond
Non-commercial community radios are among the first players in 
electronic media participation.
They have opened a new channel of communication for marginalized people 
and groups. Migrants
have been important participants from the beginning.

Citizen Journalism and user generated content at community radio 
stations Europe-wide and, in
recent years, participatory Web 2.0 tools - weblogs, wikis, podcasting, 
online video - are important
opportunities to make excluded voices heard.


Your participation
The UnConference provides an open space for media activists, scholars, 
politicians, and the
interested public. Everybody is encouraged to participate actively. 
Various forms of presentations,
workshops, discussions etc. will allow a large vision on the field of 
participatory media and also
permit that each contributor finds his or her specific place in the 
programme.

If you want to take part at the UnConference, please register at the 
wiki space at
http://civilmedia.eu and propose your workshop or presentation on-line. 
Have a frequent look at the
wiki for an overview on what is going to happen!

There is no conference fee.
Concerning accommodation and if you need support for travel costs, 
please refer to the organisers.

Venue: Jugend- und Familiengästehaus Nonntal, Josef-Preis-Allee 14, 5020 
Salzburg

Info and registration: http://civilmedia.eu

Contact:
Radiofabrik
Community Radio Salzburg
Eva Schmidhuber
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Tel: +43-662-84 29 61-24

Financial Support: European Union
Programme “Europe for Citizens”