[CIMC-working] (Crisis/Media conference, Delhi) Fwd: [IMC-Editorial] crisis/media: the uncertain states of reportage

[Chris Kaihatsu]

Subj:  (Crisis/Media conference, Delhi)   Fwd: [IMC-Editorial] crisis/media:
the uncertain states of reportage
Date:  1/8/03 6:00 am


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>Crisis/Media: The Uncertain States of Reportage
>
>Sarai-Waag Workshop
>at Sarai-CSDS, Delhi
>March 3-5, 2003
>
>"The hottest place in hell is reserved for those
>who tried to stay neutral in times of crisis..."
>The Inferno, Dante Alighieri
>
>Crisis/Media, is a conference that will bring together media
>professionals, activists, and scholars to discuss crisis in the media,
>and the crisis of the media today.
>
>Since September 11, crises in the media have become everyday events
>and have taken on global dimensions. But what happens when crisis
>becomes commonplace? How can media tell the stories
>behind/beneath the crisis? How are the tensions between local/global,
>mainstream /alternative, event/representation unfolding? In thinking
>about these and other questions, the conference will try to focus on both
>the ways in which media cover/create/manage spectacular crisis
>events, and on the crisis that this reportage has produced for media
>itself. (For a full description See Below)
>
>Key Issues:
>
>* Are the Crises in the Media, the Crises of the Media? Where do the
>lines between reporting in the mainstream and the alternative media
>harden, and where do they blur?
>
>* Has the "broadcast" model, which was the mainstay of the big media
>business, proved to be too bulky and too conservative in a world in
>which things change by the minute?
>
>* Has the internet really made it possible for correspondents to be
>co-respondents to the realties of a changing world?
>
>Sessions:
>
>* South Asia : Bearing Witness to the Truth in Difficult Times
>* Correspondents in the Crossfire : Reporting Situations of Conflict
>* The Crisis of Everyday Life : Dispatches from Global Cities
>* Stories of Earth and Water : Reporting Ecological Crises
>* The Future of Global Independent Media Activism
>
>Special focuses and reports from:
>
>South Asia, Argentina, Australia, the Balkans
>
>Activities:
>
>Plenaries, Discussions, Open Sessions, Screenings
>
>Presentations:
>
>Apart from previously scheduled presentations, the workshop will
>feature some open sessions. If you are interested in making a
>presentation in one of the open sessions, please send a brief
>description of what you want to do to crisis-media@sarai.net
>
>Support for Travel and Accommodation:
>
>In general, we will not be able to cover any transport or accommodation
>costs, for coming to Delhi for the workshop, or for staying in Delhi. If you
>need a letter of support from Sarai, in order to raise funding for a trip
>that
>you are planning, then we will be happy to send you one. Write to
>rachel@sarai.net asking for a letter of support.
>
>Pre-Registration:
>
>If you are not presenting a paper but wish to attend the conference, you
>can pre-register by sending an email