Digital civil society, journalism in Africa at DCI 2009

This year's fourth Digital Citizen Indaba (DCI), themed 'Digital civil society and journalism in Africa', takes place on 5 - 6 September 2009 at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, just before the University's annual Highway Africa conference. The event aims to attract bloggers, online and mobile journalists, citizen reporters, new media practitioners, online industry experts and civil society representatives.

 

The purpose of DCI is to encourage citizen participation in debate about the state of digital media, information sharing and skills transfer using experts in the field. It encourages the use of new media take-up by non-journalists.

Speaker line-up:

• Keynote speaker Dubissi Tande, a prolific blogger on African affairs, will speak on the state of social justice digital media in Africa
• Elia Varela Serra (Maneno.org) and Bolivian Voices editor Eduardo Ávila Maneno will discuss promoting indigenous languages in digital media
• Nthateng Mhlambiso (Behind the Mask) and Maureen Agena (Women of Uganda Network) focus on gender, civil society and digital media
• Bobby Soriano (Tactical Tech), Brett Davidson (Stop Stockouts) and Ndesjano Macha (Global Voices) will look at civil society's use of mapping tools
• Stephan Hofstatter (freelance journalist), Peter Benjamin (Cell-Life), Ednah Karamagi (BROSDI) and Bobby Marie (Monitoring Action will discuss ways in which technology can be used to promote activism around land, environment and health

Workshops

DCI 4.0 offers six workshops offering delegates practical skills aiding digital activism and social justice on a local level as well as knowledge.

• Multimedia Tools for Journalism - Peter Verweij, Hogeschool Utrecht
• Digital Voices to Reconstruct Communities - Marlon Parker, CPUT
• Successful Podcasting - Jayne Morgan, Podcart.co.za
• Mapping Tools for Civil Society Use - Ndesanjo Macha, Global Voices
• Using Mobile Media for Social Change - Peter Benjamin, Cell-Life
• Bringing Down the Barriers with Interactive Audio Programming and Mobile Phones - Brenda Burrell, Kubatana.net

For more info, go to www.dcindaba.com or, on Twitter, add dcindaba or use #DCI09 to search for DCI Tweets.