"Language is a major tool for governance and dissemination of information. Citizens need to participate effectively in discourse pertaining to their private and public interests and enterprises in order to understand matters of development and governance. The proliferation of vernacular radio statio
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ns in Kenya, which continues despite the absence of state moderating and promotion structures, could be an ideal platform for educating citizens. The aim of this paper is to find out the role that vernacular language as used by Kass FM radio station plays in development. The method that was used for data collection is purposive sampling. The results indicate that, vernacular radio plays a major role in creating awareness among citizens at the grassroots levels through topics revolving around education, agriculture, politics & governance and healthcare. This is done in among other ways through the borrowing and adaptation of technical words from English and Kiswahili. These stations need to be accorded direct government support in terms of diversification of programming and mainstreaming of vernacular language to achieve the Kenyan government developmental benchmarks enumerated in the vision 2030." (Abstract)
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"In contrast to most recent studies focusing on how ICT and new media were catalysts for the 2007/08 post-election violence, this article will shed light on the role of Kiswahili and social media in the process of fostering participation in the 2013 general election campaigns. It takes a closer look
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at how the use of Kiswahili and mobile phones has shaped citizen engagement by offering new forms and spaces of expression. It will give insight into evolving digital practices of political communication during the 2013 general elections in Kenya." (Abstract)
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"Esta nueva publicación compila, analiza y socializa información socio demográ ca sobre las poblaciones indígenas de los países del SICSUR. Además, contribuye a difundir las politicas culturales relativas a los pueblos indígenas, que han sido adoptadas por los diversos paises del SICSUR. El S
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istema de Información Cultural del Mercosur (SICSUR) es un espacio dedicado a la construcción de metodologías estandarizadas y datos válidos sobre el campo cultural en América del Sur." (Tapa posterior)
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"El número total de notas publicadas en cinco medios escritos fue de 572, cantidad poco relevante si se considera que fueron 51 ejes monitoreados en 11 meses [...] El conteo final reporta que el eje de sucesos fue el que más publicaciones tuvo, con 100. Esto deja claro, como ha sido común en moni
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toreos departamentales realizados por CERIGUA, que tanto medios nacionales como locales privilegian la información de sucesos, por ser “lo que más vende”. El eje de Mujeres, aunque fue el segundo con más publicaciones, no fue constante; solo en marzo y noviembre tuvo 11 publicaciones, respectivamente; mayo tuvo 8 y julio 5; los demás meses fueron 3 y menos. De los ejes establecidos en este monitoreo no se publicó nada de: Acuerdos de Paz, Minería, Política Agraria, Cosmovisión y Espiritualidad, Reivindicaciones legales, Sequía, Ley de Obtención de Vegetales, Narcoactividad a pesar de la elevada importancia que revisten." (Conclusiones del período analizado: enero a noviembre de 2015, página 156).
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"In Africa, rural people rarely have access to mainstream communication systems and their exposure to them is highly limited by several issues. However, they tend to attach much significance to their indigenous communication systems, indicating that the systems are still relevant today and are, ther
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efore, worthy of being researched. This article examines the relationship between rural people and Indigenous African Communication Systems (IACS). It investigates the use of these modes of communication in the mobilization of rural people for development projects. Through a study of two rural communities in south-east Nigeria, the article demonstrates why rural Africans have continued to rely on IACS and contends that these communication systems are not being idealized as they are still meeting the information needs of many." (Abstract)
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"In today's Africa racism and ethnicity have been implicated in serious conflicts - from Egypt to Mali to South Africa - that have cost lives and undermined efforts to achieve national cohesion and meaningful development. Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa sets about rethinking the role of me
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dia and communication in perpetuating, reinforcing and reining in racism, absolute ethnicity and other discriminations across Africa. It goes beyond the customary discussion of media racism and ethnic stereotyping to critically address broader issues of identity, belonging and exclusion. Topics covered include racism in South African newspapers, pluralist media debates in Kenya, media discourses on same-sex relations in Uganda and ethnicised news coverage in Nigerian newspapers." (Publisher description)
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"This paper makes a critical appraisal of the impact of folksongs in entertainment education. The paper adopts historical methodology and is anchored on the social learning theory." (Abstract)
"Edwin Okoth, a business journalist at the Daily Nation in Kenya, has examined whether the recent boom in vernacular radio stations in his country has improved the livelihoods of ordinary citizens. In his research paper Edwin uses a case study of how one vernacular radio station called Ramogi FM, wh
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ich broadcasts in the Dholuo language, has grown from a regional to a national reach and is now able to reach Dholuo speakers in the diaspora with online availability. He concludes that the gradual growth of the vernacular media has had various positive impacts on the household economy of its audiences who have for a long time been excluded from news items, commercial advertisements and other programmes with the potential for positive changes in their economic lives. Partly based on interviews with producers at Radio Ramogi and their listeners, Edwin finds that many of the positive impacts come from the broadcasting of educative programmes related to economics and business, talk shows with accomplished entrepreneurs, and promotions that create cash prizes never accessible previously to this new audience. Edwin concludes that ‘vernacular radio is pulling these people to the same level as others – from being locked out of crucial information, they are now becoming better citizens able to make informed choices. They are also enabling them to make better economic decisions, expand businesses and generally raise standards of living; but the move is gradual because poor penetration of electricity still means that using dry cells is a new burden to keep the radios on." (https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk)
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"Our project used video as a tool for enabling two Indigenous Mapuche communities in Chile, and particularly their youth, to approach and analyze local development issues and bring local perspectives to the forefront of debates on biocultural diversity conservation and equitable development. The pro
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ject brought together Canadian and Mapuche research, cultural, and Indigenous organizations using an approach that breaks down disciplinary boundaries and the hierarchies that often separate Western science from Indigenous expertise, while emphasizing co-learning and the co-production and sharing of knowledge. The project had three major activity components: 1) The Mapuche School of Filmmaking and Communication offered intensive training in digital filmmaking to Mapuche youth. This training created a space for youth to explore and analyze the challenges faced by their communities, providing them the skills to represent these through short films that meet high technical and artistic standards. Youth became knowledge collectors, interpreters, and communicators, appropriating new ICTs while rooting their films in Indigenous ways of knowing and communicating, such as storytelling and conversation with Elders. The films produced are compiled as an educational tool for the promotion of biocultural diversity. 2) Collaborative research about territory, carried out by Mapuche researchers in coordination with the Canadian team, aims at restructuring existing knowledge about the geographical, social, and cultural elements of the Lake Budi territory. Information shared by traditional knowledge holders is systematized in audiovisual and written formats. 3) Indigenous youth from Chile and Québec shared videos through an online platform, creating new knowledge through co-learning, analysis of shared challenges, and intercultural exchange." (Abstract)
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"This report offers a fresh perspective on the information and media landscape in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). It presents insights into the human impacts of information challenges and articulates opportunities to design development programming. By bringing a ground-level
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, human understanding to the complex dynamics of conflict in the region, this report seeks to supplement other analyses conducted through geopolitical, historical, or security lenses." (Introduction, page 4)
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"El manual describe las formas más conocidas del tratamiento de la comunicación intercultural; postula criterios básicos para su desarrollo y ofrece lineamientos generales para su aplicación. El manual inicia con la definición de conceptos fundamentales sobre interculturalidad y comunicación i
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ntercultural; para posteriormente relacionarlo con aspectos fundamentales que se deben tomar a consideración para el periodismo ambiental y la gestión eficiente y efectiva de la comunicación en el contexto del cambio climático. Finalmente, proponemos postulados y acciones concretas para lograr la práctica de la comunicación intercultural. Estas son: comprender la complejidad de la interrelación entre comunidad y medio ambiente; comunicar desde el conocimiento tradicional; gestionar la comunicación desde el diálogo intercultural; y, construir narrativas diferentes tomando a consideración las técnicas de la comunicación comunitaria." (Presentación, página 5)
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"This practical guide for media practitioners is aimed at providing basic knowledge, guidelines and tips that are useful for effective and respectful coverage of Indigenous peoples issues in Asia. Greater efforts are needed to improve media reporting on indigenous concerns so that Indigenous peoples
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may be portrayed in a manner that truly and sensitively reflects their situation and cultural diversity. There are no firm rules that can be applied to all Indigenous peoples or situations. However, this guide provides some guidelines and principles to help a journalist find the best way to do research, conduct interviews, write and publish articles dealing with matters of particular concern to Indigenous people." (Page 6)
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"Die vorliegende Veröffentlichung gibt einen Überblick über die Situation indigener Kinder und Jugendlicher in Bolivien, Ecuador und Peru im Lichte der UN-Konvention über die Rechte des Kindes sowie des Übereinkommens 169 der Internationalen Arbeitsorganisation (ILO). Die Anerkennung und prakti
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sche Umsetzung indigenen Rechts (indigene Rechtsprechung) findet hierbei Berücksichtigung. Im Mittelpunkt der Analyse steht das Handeln der nationalen Regierungen als zentrale Pflichtenträger zur Achtung und zum Schutz der genannten Rechte. Ferner werden die Arbeitsansätze der Institutionen zur Förderung von Kinderrechten (internationale Zusammenarbeit, zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen u. a.) genauer betrachtet." (Einleitung)
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"El enfoque de la comunicación desde los pueblos indígenas y para los pueblos indígenas implica la construcción de un diálogo intercultural como propuesta a la sociedad colombiana. Somos conscientes de la necesidad de visibilizarse pero también de la inevitabilidad de ser vistos. El reto está
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en construir una relación horizontal, de mutuo aprendizaje y de respeto en la resolución de dichas necesidades. Se establecen cuatro componentes en la Política Publica de Comunicación Indígena PPCI:
Las Formas Propias de Comunicación se consideran el eje fundamental de la política, son la base para el desarrollo de la comunicación indígena en todas sus manifestaciones y constituyen el propósito mayor de la política, el cual debe ser su fortalecimiento y revitalización. Este componente tiene su centro o corazón en el Territorio y la espiritualidad, a partir de allí se teje con la simbología y los saberes alimentando los otros componentes, y a su vez retroalimentándose de ellos.
El Plan de Formación se resalta como un componente específico, porque es necesario darle fuerza y presencia al concepto de formación dentro de la implementación de la política; sin embargo, involucra temas y acciones de los programas diseñados en formas propias, en medios apropiados y en derechos y garantías. Se constituye entonces como el catalizador cultural de la política, pues su proyección no está diseñada solo hacia los comunicadores, si no también, hacia los públicos y audiencias. A los procesos de formación se les asigna el carácter de Plan, porque así se ha diseñado y se ha venido implementando desde los esfuerzos propios de los colectivos y organizaciones indígenas.
El componente de Medios Apropiados se segrega de los otros componentes, porque los diseños específicos de sus programas implican fuertes dependencias externas en tecnologías y recursos, pero también porque se le quiere subrayar y diferenciar el carácter de medios o herramientas que no pueden suplantar los objetivos principales de la política. Es decir, las acciones desarrolladas en cuanto a medios, deberán verificarse en su viabilidad, en cuanto contribuyan a los objetivos integrales y fundamentales de la política. Es necesario subrayar que no todos los pueblos indígenas incluyen en la implementación de la política este componente, hasta tanto ellos no lo decidan autónomamente.
El componente de Derechos y Garantías, representa la relación con la institucionalidad y el Estado. Su principio fundamental es la coexistencia de los tres sistemas jurídicos que constitucionalmente se establecen para Colombia: el Derecho Propio de los pueblos indígenas, las leyes especiales y el derecho general de la nación. Mediante este componente, se pretende dar respuesta al tratamiento especial que requiere la política para pueblos indígenas, lo que debe reflejarse en los instrumentos para la regulación, evaluación, seguimiento, participación, sostenibilidad y financiación de la política." (Página 52)
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"The Puppetry for All Times Seminar held in September of 2013 in Ubud, Bali, was one of the most enchanting of events of its kind held anywhere in recent years. Its success revolved around the fantastic locale, the overwhelming response from performers as well as the paper presenters, and the genero
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us support of Rumah Topeng-the House of Masks and Puppets Setiadarma. In Puppetry for All Times, editor Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof offers a unique collection of papers presented at this weeklong seminar by academicians as well as performers of various traditions of Asian puppetry. The papers cover a wide range of interests and perspectives in puppetry and theater including history and tradition; heritage, preservation, and conversation; tradition and modernity; and digital puppetry and media." (Publisher description)
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"There is a growing concern about the decline and possible extinction of the Igbo language. The Igbo are primarily located in the south-eastern part of Nigeria. This study analysed four interviews on Igbo Radio, an Igbo Internet radio station, to ascertain how Internet radio is being utilized in dis
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cussing the decline of the Igbo language. Drawing on ethnolinguistic vitality theory, this qualitative study triangulates four selected interviews on Igbo Radio, the website, and personal observations for the analysis. Three salient themes emerged: (1) decline and challenges of the Igbo language, (2) second-generation immigrants and the Igbo language, and (3) sustaining the Igbo language. The findings suggest that Igbo parents appear to have less vitality; as a result, they tend not to teach their children Igbo." (Abstract)
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"There is a conspicuous importance of having newspapers that publish in the indigenous African languages for the indigenous population in a democratic dispensation. The indigenous African languages are key components of their respective cultures. The survival of the language is, in some way, depende
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nt on the print media (newspapers) (Salawu, 2004:8). In addition, the indigenous language newspapers have cardinal roles of promoting previously marginalised languages, preserving indigenous cultures and upholding democracy. Nevertheless, these newspapers are struggling to sustain themselves in the print media industry. It is, therefore, critically important to examine the factors that adversely affect the sustainability of these newspapers." (Abstract)
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