International Forum on Local Cultural Expression and Communication
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 3 - 6 November 2003
Programme
3 November 2003
9.30 -10.15
Official Opening
10.15 - 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.45
Keynote Speech - Between diversity and uniformity:
Communication, culture, identity and development in a
globalized world
Dr Josep Rota, University of Ohio, Columbus (United States of America)
introduced by Mr Andrés L. Mateo, Deputy Minister of Culture (Dominican
Republic)
11.45 - 12.30
Debate
Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00
Side Event: Screenings of UNESCO CD-ROM and challenging
productions made by/for/about indigenous cultures and peoples
(Coordination: Mr Jean-Claude Cheyssial)
15.00 – 18.00
Panel 1:
15.00 - 16.00
Moderator:
Ms Ruth Moya (Ecuador)
Giving New Voice to Endangered Cultures:
Identifying Local Content
Introduction: Mr Frédéric Vacheron, Division of Cultural Policies and
Intercultural Dialogue, UNESCO
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Panelists:
Ms Otilia Lux de Coti - Minister of Culture of Guatemala and member of the
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Mr Bapak Anjit Gun Dayak expert (Indonesia) and Mr Olivier Lelièvre
(France) The Role of Media in the Transmission of Dayak Culture
Ms Judy Knight Anthropologist (United Kingdom) and
Mr Leonard Odambo Pygmy journalist (Gabon) –
New Pathways from the Forest and Central Africa Pygmies
16.00 16.15
Debate
16.15 - 16.30
Coffee Break
16.30 - 17.15
Panel 1 (continued)
Ms Aaju Peter - Nunavut Arctic College (Canada) – Inuktitut: an Essential
Part of Inuit Cultural Identity
Mr Sydney Possuelo - FUNAI (Brazil) - Indios isolados
Ms Ana Maria Miralles (Colombia) –
Urban journalism and local contents for minorities
Mr Felix Nahui de la Cruz, Quechua expert (Peru) and
Ms Elif Karakartal (France) Anthropologist and film- maker
Ayllu Integration Association: In Search of our Roots
17.15 – 18.00
Debate
18:00 – 19:00
Side Event: Screenings of challenging productions made
by/for/about indigenous cultures and peoples
19.30
Welcome cocktail offered by UNESCO
(Hotel V Centenario, Salon La Pinta)
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4 November 2003
9.30 - 12.30
Panel 2: Giving New Voice to Endangered Cultures:
Expressing Local Content
9.30 - 10.20
Moderator:
Mr Héctor Luzón, President of Colegio Dominicano de Periodistas
(Dominican Republic)
Panelists:
Mr Fortunato Turpo Choquehuanca (Peru) Member of the United Nations
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and Focal Point for Communication
Issues
Ms Laurence Pourchez – Creole anthropologist of La Reunion island
(France) Media, Restitution of Research and Transmission of Knowledge in the
Island of Réunion (Intervention illustrated by a film screening : “La femme-quiaide et la matrone”)
Mr Magne Ove Varsi - Sami journalist (Norway) –
Media as a Means of Strengthening Native Culture. A Sami Journalism Story
Ms Claire Barry Social worker (South Africa)
Cultural Approach to HIV, San Peoples and Communication
10.20 – 10.45
Debate
10.45 - 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.30
Panel 2 (continued)
Mr Humberto Mancilla Plaza Lawyer, cultural manager and
film-maker (Bolivia) The right to consultation and to communication:
A practical case with the Ayllu village in Bolivia
Mr Lucho Limache - Aymara expert (Peru)
Setting up an Aymara Audiovisual Archives Centre in Peru
11.30 -12.30
Debate
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13.00
Lunch Break
14.00 - 15.00
Side Event: Screenings of challenging productions made
by/for/about indigenous cultures and peoples
15.00 – 15.30
Thematic Presentation: Communication and Civil Society:
Towards a multicultural democracy
Mr José Luis Exeni (Bolivia), introduced by Mr José Rafael Vargas, VicePresident of the Latin American Federation of Journalists (FELAP)
15.30 – 18.30
Panel 3: Globalization and the expression of local cultures: an
overview of current trends in local content production
and dissemination
15.30 - 16.15
Moderator:
Mr Rafael Molina Morillo, (Dominican Republic) President of the Press
Freedom Commission of the Inter-American Press Society
Introduction:
Ms Abby Hampton (Canada), author of the Working Paper.
Asia: Mr T. Sasitharan (Singapore). Director, Theatre Training and Research
Programme
Africa: M. Martin Faye, (Senegal) Media analyst.
16.15 -16.45
Debate
16.45 - 17.00
Coffee Break
17.00 -17.30
Panel 3 (continued)
Latin America: Ms Teresa Quiroz, Universidad de Lima and President of the
Latin American Faculties of Social Communication, FELAFACS (Peru)
Caribbean:Ms Vilma Gregory of the University of Technology, Multimedia
Unit and the INFOCOM Centre at the University of the West Indies (Jamaica)
17.30 -18.00
Debate
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18:00 – 19:00
Side Event: Screenings of challenging productions made
by/for/about indigenous cultures and peoples
5 November 2003
9.30 - 13.00
Panel 4: Promoting the expression of cultural diversity: Case
studies of local content production/dissemination
models and networks.
9.30 - 10.30
Moderator:
Mr Angel Hernández Castillo, Deputy Minister of Education
(Dominican Republic)
Introduction:
Ms Rosa M. Gonzalez, Communication Development Division, UNESCO
Mr José Ignacio López Vigil, (Cuba) Executive Director, Radipaz On the production of community content in Latin America
Mr Ivan Sanjines (Bolivia)
Screening of an extract of ‘Vest Made of Money’
Ms Joëlle Chesselet, (South Africa) Producer, Ochre and Water
10.30 –11:00
Debate
11.00 -11.15
Coffee Break
11.15 -12.15
Panel 4 (continued)
Moderator:
Mr Humberto Vandenbulke, President of the Latin American Association of
Educational Radio Stations (ALER), (Dominican Republic)
Panelists:
Mr Hyung Jin Kim, Korean Coalition for Cultural Diversity (South Korea).
Mr Baba Hama General Delegate of the Pan African Cinema and Television
Festival (FESPACO) (Burkina Faso): FESPACO, a meeting point for African
content.
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Mr Lepuiai Rico Tupailelei – Producer, Member of PINA: The Pacific Way
(Western Samoa)
Ms Marcela Acle, Director of Research and Cultural Diffusion. National
Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples (Mexico): The
Mexican experience.
12.15 -13.00
Debate
Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00
Side Event: Screenings of challenging productions made
by/for/about indigenous cultures and peoples
15.00 – 15.45
Thematic Presentation: A critical analysis of the role of the
policy-maker in the field of culture and communication
Ms Maruja Tarre (Venezuela), introduced by Mr Agripino Núñez Collado,
President of the Pontifica, Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (Dominican
Republic)
16:30-18:30
Special event organized for the international participants
(Santo Domingo Town Hall)
6 November 2003
9.30 – 12.30
Panel 5: Promoting Communication Policies for freedom of
expression, cultural pluralism and local content
Moderator:
Mr Marcello Scarone, Division of Freedom of Expression, Democracy and
Peace, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
Introduction:
Mr Roberto Montes, Author of working paper, Professor of Communication,
University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Panelists:
Ms Beatriz Solis, (Mexico) Board Member, Mexican Association for the right
to information.
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Mr Graham Mytton, (United Kingdom) Former Director of Research,
BBC World Service.
Mr Andries Oliphant, (South Africa) Chairman, NACSA, Representative of
International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD)
Mr Timothée Adanlin, (Benin) President of the Haute Autorité de
l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication
11.00 –11:15
Coffee Break
11.15-12.30
Debate
Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30
Side Event: Screenings of challenging productions made
by/for/about indigenous cultures and peoples
15:30-18:00 –
Elaboration and approval of a Santo Domingo Plan of Action
Coordinated by Mr Alejandro Alfonzo, Regional Commication Adviser for
Latin America, UNESCO San Jose Office (Costa Rica)
18:00
Closing of the meeting
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