30 Years of Cameco: Media with the Poor?
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO), special ed. (1999), 118 pp.
"In 1999, the Catholic Media Council looks back on 30 years of serving Church communications for development and vangelisation. On the occasion of this anniversary, we organised the seminar „Media with the Poor? The Church in a Multimedia Culture“, which took place in May in Aachen. In this issue we offer a documentation of the conference, which includes the speeches held during the forum, and the reports on the workshops realised. We had several intentions in mind when we decided to publish such an extensive special issue. The seminar was also an opportunity to reflect on the objectives of our work and develop perspectives towards the future. During the last decades, the Church as a whole and a many of the Church media made a clear option for the poor. In the communications field, we learnt that it is crucial not only to speak for the poor but to open the floor for them to express and accompany their efforts to improve their living conditions. Therefore we asked our partners to share their reflections with us on how media can act on the side of the poor. Experiences from Asia, Africa, Latin America as well as Eastern and Central Europe give some insights on how communicators try to put this objective into practice. In support of „Media with the Poor“, the funding agencies also took over an important role. Some of them followed our invitation to outline their ideas on the role of communications for development and evangelisation and their experiences with media projects in the different continents. Last but not least – taking the 30 years of existence into account also gives the chance to reflect on the history of an institution – we have also outlined the origins and the development of CAMECO. The CAMECO conference offered the opportunity of sharing experiences with communicators from different backgrounds and to look together for perspectives on how we can face and act adequately in a continuously changing new media culture. May this issue also open the floor for a further common reflection towards a better service in favour of the „media with the poor“." (Introduction, page 2)
30 years of CAMECO: A Look back ... to the Future 3
CONFERENCE DOCUMENTATION
Evangelization of the Multimedia Culture / Archbishop John Foley, 14
Radios Populares in Latin America: Concepts for the Future / Humberto Vandenbulcke, 17
The Philippines: Media and Women in the South / Anna Leah Sarabia, 23
Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and Realities / Lásló Lukács, 27
Africa: Hate Media – Peace Media / Julienne Munyaneza, 35
ELCM Community Radio during War-Time Liberia: For Peace and Justice / Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis, 41
Workshop 1: Media as peace-makers or war-mongers / A. Sofie Jannusch, 45
Workshop 2: Is there any perspective of Self-Sustenance for the Press in Africa? / Michel Philippart, 47
Workshop 3: Television, Civil Society and the Church / Daniela Frank, 50
Poland: Church in Public Service TV / Grzegorz Dobroczynski, 51
Workshop 4: Communication and Interreligious dialogue / Karen Waterman, 55
Experiences from Indonesia: United Media Presence / Ruedi Hofmann, 57
Workshop 5: Internet – a Medium for the Poor? [Red Científica Peruana -- ALER Satellite Radio Network] / Christoph Dietz and Nina Fluck, 60
FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS
Adveniat / Michael Huhn, 64
Evangelisches Missionswerk (MW) / Glenine Hamlyn, 66
Kirche in Not, 67
Missio Aaachen, 69
Missio München / Barbara Pauli, 70
Renovabis, 72
World Association for Christian Communication / María Teresa Aguirre, 73
PROJECT PARTNERS, 75
Africa / Romain Stäger, Neno Contran, Achille Kouawo,76
Asia / Raymond Ambroise, Myron J. Pereira, Horace Rozario, 79
Eastern Europe / Alexander Khmelnitsky, Anna Kolková, 82
Femmes & Media en Afrique: L’Assaut de la Citadelle / Rokia Ba Toure, 84
Radio Don Bosco en Madagascar: Une Radio proche aux Pauvres 87
Montfort Media Malawi: Call the Poor to the Feast / Piergiorgio Gamba, 90
Television and the Culture of Indigenious People in Indonesia / Ruedi Hofmann, 92
Media Education in Asia / Augustine Loorthusamy, 96
Czech Republic: Courses for Romany Journalists / Kvetoslava Neradova, Josef Gabriel, 101
Salesians Don Bosco’s: The Russian Adventure / Josef Tabarelli, 103
TV for the Poorest Sectors in Chile / Valerio Fuenzalida, 106
Rural Library Network in Peru: Barefoot Messengers / John Medcalf, 112
Radios Indígenas en Guatemala / Aurora Velasco, 114
Marginalidad Urbana y la Radio en Argentina / Guillermo F. Fossati, 116
CONFERENCE DOCUMENTATION
Evangelization of the Multimedia Culture / Archbishop John Foley, 14
Radios Populares in Latin America: Concepts for the Future / Humberto Vandenbulcke, 17
The Philippines: Media and Women in the South / Anna Leah Sarabia, 23
Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and Realities / Lásló Lukács, 27
Africa: Hate Media – Peace Media / Julienne Munyaneza, 35
ELCM Community Radio during War-Time Liberia: For Peace and Justice / Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis, 41
Workshop 1: Media as peace-makers or war-mongers / A. Sofie Jannusch, 45
Workshop 2: Is there any perspective of Self-Sustenance for the Press in Africa? / Michel Philippart, 47
Workshop 3: Television, Civil Society and the Church / Daniela Frank, 50
Poland: Church in Public Service TV / Grzegorz Dobroczynski, 51
Workshop 4: Communication and Interreligious dialogue / Karen Waterman, 55
Experiences from Indonesia: United Media Presence / Ruedi Hofmann, 57
Workshop 5: Internet – a Medium for the Poor? [Red Científica Peruana -- ALER Satellite Radio Network] / Christoph Dietz and Nina Fluck, 60
FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS
Adveniat / Michael Huhn, 64
Evangelisches Missionswerk (MW) / Glenine Hamlyn, 66
Kirche in Not, 67
Missio Aaachen, 69
Missio München / Barbara Pauli, 70
Renovabis, 72
World Association for Christian Communication / María Teresa Aguirre, 73
PROJECT PARTNERS, 75
Africa / Romain Stäger, Neno Contran, Achille Kouawo,76
Asia / Raymond Ambroise, Myron J. Pereira, Horace Rozario, 79
Eastern Europe / Alexander Khmelnitsky, Anna Kolková, 82
Femmes & Media en Afrique: L’Assaut de la Citadelle / Rokia Ba Toure, 84
Radio Don Bosco en Madagascar: Une Radio proche aux Pauvres 87
Montfort Media Malawi: Call the Poor to the Feast / Piergiorgio Gamba, 90
Television and the Culture of Indigenious People in Indonesia / Ruedi Hofmann, 92
Media Education in Asia / Augustine Loorthusamy, 96
Czech Republic: Courses for Romany Journalists / Kvetoslava Neradova, Josef Gabriel, 101
Salesians Don Bosco’s: The Russian Adventure / Josef Tabarelli, 103
TV for the Poorest Sectors in Chile / Valerio Fuenzalida, 106
Rural Library Network in Peru: Barefoot Messengers / John Medcalf, 112
Radios Indígenas en Guatemala / Aurora Velasco, 114
Marginalidad Urbana y la Radio en Argentina / Guillermo F. Fossati, 116
