The Thematic Group on Communication for Social Change met for the second time at the
IX Congress of the Latin American Association of Communication Research (ALAIC), in Mexico, last 9-11 October 2008. This Thematic Group, which is the one of most recent creation within ALAIC, gathered for the first time during the previous congress, in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, in July 2006, with twelve participants from four countries. The group is coordinated by Alfonso Gumucio Dagron.
This time, in Mexico, 11 papers from six countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela), were accepted although three of them could not be presented because their authors didn’t get support to travel to Mexico. José Cisneros, from México, was appointed as academic pair, to contribute to the process. During three days, the remaining papers were presented and debated; on the third day time was allocated to discuss the immediate future of the Thematic Group. All the papers can be downloaded from
ALAIC IX Congress web site.
The Thematic Group on Comunication for Social Change is the only one that accepts within its members both researchers from universities and those that work closer to social practice and communication for development and social change projects. This enriches the discussions and the exchanges of experience and reflection. The Thematic Group plans to conduct joint research projects during the period of time –two years- that exists between two congresses, so presentations can become collective efforts. For that mater a
web site was created with profiles of all participants and their papers, as well as a
discussion platform in Google Groups, which allows the exchange of messages among group members.
This time, in Mexico, 11 papers from six countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela), were accepted although three of them could not be presented because their authors didn’t get support to travel to Mexico. José Cisneros, from México, was appointed as academic pair, to contribute to the process. During three days, the remaining papers were presented and debated; on the third day time was allocated to discuss the immediate future of the Thematic Group. All the papers can be downloaded from ALAIC IX Congress web site.
The Thematic Group on Comunication for Social Change is the only one that accepts within its members both researchers from universities and those that work closer to social practice and communication for development and social change projects. This enriches the discussions and the exchanges of experience and reflection. The Thematic Group plans to conduct joint research projects during the period of time –two years- that exists between two congresses, so presentations can become collective efforts. For that mater a web site was created with profiles of all participants and their papers, as well as a discussion platform in Google Groups, which allows the exchange of messages among group members.
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