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UDC Conference 1999
Communication, Culture, and Environments
October 14 - 16, 1999 (Thursday - Saturday)
University of Oregon, Eugene
The Union for Democratic Communications (UDC) invites you to participate in its next international conference, October 14-16, 1999 in Eugene, Oregon at the University of Oregon. The conference theme is "Communication, Culture and Environments."
UDC conferences are an opportunity for academics, media activists, and media producers to come together to share their experiences with and discuss pressing issues about the democratization of communications locally and globally. UDC 1999 will draw both on the international flavor of its membership and on the local environment of Eugene to create what promises to be an invigorating event.
The presentations and panels at UDC 1999 will address issues of communication and culture as they relate to specific environments -- not only natural, but also social, political, institutional, technological, legal, urban, local, and global. Presentations will also explore the intersection of class, race, gender and sexuality with communication environments. Presentations will address: how communication and specific environments intersect; the role of communications technologies such as radio, cable access, video and the Internet in environmental and other activism; the role of communication technologies in creating cultural and social environments; and the role of mainstream media in reporting environmental issues.
Conference registration is $75 for UDC members and $50 for student and low-income UDC members (these fees will rise by $10 after September 15). Visit the conference registration page for details on how to register for the conference. See our conference housing page for information about places to stay in Eugene. For more details on what's happening at the conference, see our tentative conference program.
For more information contact our conference organizer:Ellen Riordan