10th OURMedia Conference 2014

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Program and Abstract Booklet

21-25 July 2014

University of Goroka

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Welcome 4 Acknowledgements 5 Program 7 Introduction 8 Special Events 9 Keynotes and Panels 10 Day 1 14 Day 2 16 Day 3 18 Day 4 20 Day 5 22 Workshops 23 Abstracts (in alphabetical order) 25 Panel Biographies 79 Sponsors and Partners 83

3 welcome message

It is with great pleasure that I write this message to Communication and development are two sides of the welcome participants of the OURMedia International same coin, each affecting the other. The development Conference 2014. of a country is as good as its communication flows. Promoting social justice, appropriate change and a Before I begin, let me share with you a little about our dynamic and participatory democracy comes hand in home country. hand with the role that media and communications play.

Papua New Guinea is abundant in natural resources Take for instance the Think Tank Quiz, Tanim Graun, and has a population of about 7 million people sparsely and New Dawn FM who are using media technology spread across four regions and 21 provinces. Ours is a and systems to engage with the wider community and geographically challenged country with more than 800 create an awareness of issues. Looking back to before language and cultural groups and is home to some of the independence, the role that films played in uniting most diverse flora and fauna in the world. a multicultured society like PNG. And now we have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and various apps that The largest of the South Pacific Islands, PNG shares continue to intrigue us with its reach - sometimes it’s a land boader with the Indonesian Province of West the medium of communication that attracts more than Papua, another closely linked Melanesian society. Since the message. indpendence in 1975, PNG has been through economic and political instability, a ten-year civil unrest on what is The University of Goroka is privileged to host this year’s now the Autonmous Region of Bougainville, continued OURMedia International Conference and participate ethnic conflicts, law and order problems and much more. in the discussions and forward planning of media and These events, however have not diminished the nation- communications both locally and abroad. state, it has strengthened our people’s ability to envision a better future, plan and move on. Let the mountains hear the echoes of your sessions and spread its messages far and wide. Be inspired this We have been fortunate to receive assistance from the good week because you only have to look at a country like people of Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, the US and Papua New Guinea to truly appreciate the challenges of many more who not only offer us financial assistance, but communications and I hope that we will all learn from technical expertise in the area of development. each other.

As a member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, PNG As the Vice Chancellor of a government institution, I has become a helping hand for its fellow Pacific countries anticipate some good recommendations that will help such as Solomon Islands. my government plan ahead, as it will for everyone else participating. In the core sectors of health, education, service delivery and infrastructure, PNG continues to foster development goals Once again, welcome to the Humilaveka plateau, home that not only meet world standards, but acknolwedges our to the University of Goroka. unique lifestyles, which include art and culture, indigenous knowledge and Melanesian Values. Recently PNG was host to the 5th Festival of Melanesian Art & Culture, the National Games kick off this month and we are hosting the South Pacific Games in 2015. We are proud to promote Dr Gairo Onagi, PhD these activities as a tool for cultural identy and nationalism. Vice Chancellor University of Goroka The one most important formula in the equation has been the role of media and communications. The diversification of media technology and its rapid up-take by people in PNG and the Pacific has innovated democracy and ushered on a new generation of thinkers.

4 acknowledgements From the Local Organising Committee

Dear conference participants, The members of our local organizing committee and key staff: Dr Verena Thomas, Dr Michael Mel, We would like to welcome you to the 10th Dr Sam Kari, Ms Joys Eggins, Ms Cynthia Vetunawa, OURMedia Conference in Goroka. The conference Mr Donald Gumbis, Mr Mark Eby, Ms Janet Munaup, brings together academics, activists, practitioners, Ms Klinit Barry, Ms Lenders Suming, Ms Lucy Wakai, artists, and policy experts working in community Mr Reilly Teteh, Ms Llane Munau, Ms Mandi Burns, media and media for social change. We would Ms Grace Taruna, Ms Lilly Samuel, Mr. Arthur Hane- like to welcome our national and international Nou, Dr Apoi Yarapea, Dr Fraser MacDonald, Mr. participants who are joining us in this important Milan Boie, Ms Gabriella Ova, Mr Dilen Doiki and Mr gathering. We are pleased to work with and through Richard Mogu. the OURMedia Network and bring attention to issues around participation in media to Papua New We thank all the staff and volunteers involved in the Guinea and the Pacific region. OURMedia conference.

We would like to thank the OURMedia network for And finally we would like to thank you for participating supporting us in hosting this conference in Papua in this event and sharing your skills and knowledge New Guinea. We thank the University of Goroka with the conference group. We hope that you will and the Vice-Chancellor Dr Gairo Onagi and his find the OURMedia conference in Goroka fruitful and team for the support and enthusiasm throughout inspiring! the preparations of the conference. We would like to thank our sponsors and partners who provided OURMedia Local Organising Committee us with the necessary support to make this event possible. We thank the international committee Goroka, July 2014 members and supporters: Prof Clemencia Rodriguez, Dr Juan Salazar, Dr Nazan Haydari, Mr Alphonso Gumucio-Dagron, Dr Evangelia Papoutsaki, Dr Heather Horst, and Dr. Salvatore Scifo.

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7 Introduction Conference Themes

The 10th OURMedia conference in Papua New Guinea Day 3: Field Trips (PNG) has the theme DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, DIVERSE Day 3 provides participants with an opportunity to spend MEDIA. The theme, with PNG being one of the most time outside the conference venue and get to know culturally diverse place in the world, supports the idea people working for community organizations in and of the OURMedia network which seeks to promote around Goroka. diversity in media recognising that all communities need to communicate, to express themselves, to inform and Day 4: Social media, technology and mobile phones - be informed, to dialogue with others, and to network. opportunities and challenges for citizen participation The theme of day 4 is around technology, social media The OURMedia conference provides a space for and mobile phones and how these can be used as a tools collaboration in which needs and alternatives can be to provide individuals and communities with access to identified in the areas of communication and information communication. infrastructure, policy, and research. Ultimately, the goal of OURMedia is to design and develop initiatives that Day 5: Shaping OURMedia – Bridging Community and can strengthen citizens’ media, community media, and stakeholder alternative media in national and international arenas. Day 5 of the conference will discuss how we can actively shape OURMedia in recommending policies and The conference includes over 70 presenters from over processes for engaging stakeholders from organisations a dozen different countries. All conference submissions and institutions. have been peer-reviewed. From the initial conference themes that were provided in the call for abstracts and after thematically organizing the submissions we have developed the themes for each day as follows:

Day 1: Diverse Communities, Diverse Media Day 1 introduces the overall theme of the conference and showcases examples of media initiatives and critical thinking in the field of alternative and community media.

Day 2: Indigenous Values and Communication for Development Day 2 discusses participation of indigenous communities in the media, with a critical discussion around issues of development and communication for development initiatives.

8 special events

Introduction Conference Themes Sunday 20 July 2014 6pm: Welcome Dinner with cultural performances

Monday 21 July 2014 9am: Official Opening of the conference 6pm: Art Exhibition Opening at the UOG Library

Tuesday 22 July 2014 7pm: Film Screenings at the MSA

Wednesday 23 July 2014 All day: Field trips to organisations and communities around Goroka (Please refer to separate flyer)

Thursday 24 July 2014 6:30pm Conference Dinner at the Steak House Restaurant

Friday 25 July 2014 3pm: Official Closing of the Conference

Friday 25/Saturday 26 July 2014 RMIT ABC ID workshop on Media and Communication for Development in the Pacific (for invited participants only)

Please note that special events have separate programs which will be distributed during the conference.

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T uesday, 22nd of July 2014 The keynote is followed by two presentations. Theme: Indigenous values and communication Contributor 1: Representational Sovereignty: Nature, Culture, and Emergent for development Images Professor Paige West, Barnard College and Columbia Keynote: University, USA Indigenous Communities and the challenges and opportunities in Communication and Development: Stories This presentation examines the disjuncture between the from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. understandings and representations of people, place, Associate Professor Michael A Mel, University of Goroka, and culture in Papua New Guinea between international Papua New Guinea development funders and national activists and non- governmental organizations. It argues that the disjuncture Papua New Guinea (PNG) was a kaleidoscope of numerous rests on enduring images of Papua New Guinea as located indigenous cultures. Today the PNG cultural landscape in a prior state of humanity and development. It attempts is full of tensions and conflicts. Distinctive cultures were to push our thinking about how to engage with funders in forced away from living in pockets of small isolated tribal ways that allow for representational sovereignty at multiple communities and made to learn and accept new languages scales: for individuals, for communities, for organizations, and ways of doing things. The emergences of a global and for the nation state. economy, and new technologies that dazzle and beguile, have made communication using spoken, and even the Contributor 2: written word, appear unwieldy and archaic. Sorcery, Media and Social Change Monica Paulus and Mary Kini, The Human Rights Defenders In such a context the idea of ‘development’ when it was Network and Kup Women for Peace introduced in PNG, was viewed as a way for people progress away from and into the new – leaving their own ways In recent years, sorcery issues in the highlands of Papua New behind. The ‘old ways’ in the development agenda were left Guinea have gained prominence though exposure in the out because they were deemed factors that could inhibit media – most of the accounts being largely sensationalistic ‘development’. and focussed on the crime. Such media accounts are often counter-productive to the work the Highlands Women’s This paper explores and discusses how community projects at Human Rights Network are doing to achieve positive change the University of Goroka using media articulates the old ways within the communities. Monica and Mary will be discussing elemental to communication and community development. their ideas about how media can be used as a tool for positive In a cultural cauldron of extractive industries and agricultural change within communities. land leases for development which have paid scant attention to communities and their cultures, the Universities’ The Highlands Women’s Human Rights Network – Simbu efforts to recognize culture as basic aspects to media and (Simbu Human Rights Defenders) are a network of leaders communication projects have been both challenging for both from seven Highlands Provinces who are working to promote the communities and the university. peace, economic, social and gender justice in the Highlands. Monica Paulus has been working in Simbu to protect women Mel, Michael A accused of sorcery. The network is trying to tackle this very complex problem. Monica’s network pushes for such cases Michael Mel graduated from Flinders University of South Australia to be heard before the courts to bring perpetrators to justice in 1996 with a Ph.D. in education and drama. Much of work and supports women through their ordeal. through teaching, writing and performing explores and discusses indigenous processes of teaching, learning and performing based Founded in 1999, the Kup Women for Peace mission is around his culture of the Mogei in the Highlands of Papua New to promote peace, protect human rights and advocate Guinea. In 2006 he was awarded a Prince Claus Award for his work sustainable development activities within the Kup LLG. KWP in promoting and celebrating indigenous culture and development in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific by the Royal Family and was built on the collective effort of leading women activists in Government of the Netherlands. He is an Associate Professor Kup to address issues of tribal fights, violence against women in indigenous processes of art making and art experience and is and children, and build peace among the various clans and currently Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic and Innovation) at the tribal groups. University of Goroka, Papua New Guinea.

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pa nel Consultant PNGEconomic andPublicSector Program. Watson A H Amanda Dr of Visual&Cultural Studies,University ofRochester, USA Professor Robert Foster and Communication, RMITUniversity, Australia Media of School the in Centre Research Ethnography Digital the of Director Horst, Heather Professor Associate of a variety research projects. from communities and individuals on media social and phones mobile of impact the around experiences The keynote is followed by a panel. Panellists will share their launched onEMTVinJuly. be to entries. soon show TanimQ&S Graunthe 7,000 running now is in Emmanuel Rest the of Best became Life’ Your or Buai Up, TropFestthe in competitionFilm Short where ‘Hands film short his participated Emmanuel 2007, In Australia. in participated actively had which – in film and acting tobrought back also him has media Guinea New in interest His month. Papua a in hits 13,000 popular to up receives a which blog, runs also He photography. and Masalai developed a well as touch then screen applications, SM marketing, Digital Signature He degree. projects media law engaged in has he which through Communications Papua a of with University Guinea the New from graduated Narokobi Emmanuel Emmanuel Narokobi s , Chair of Anthropology and Professor , Mobile Communication Research Communication Mobile , Fr iday 25 July 2014 Theme: Shaping OURMedia – Bridging community and stakeholders

Panel: Participation in digital media culture: curating community in Australia

Diversifying the stories that are told, by whom, how, and in what forms is a key driver of Indigenous and community media movements. Australia has substantial Indigenous and community media sectors. They are made up of television and radio broadcasters and are extend into online initiatives as digital technology expands the possibilities for participation. Many of these initiatives are driven by independent producers, community-based artists, and activists who use digital media for a variety of purposes. These range from improving cultural and economic outcomes for local communities, to building international solidarity movements around human rights and environmental issues. Digital technologies also compel public service media to find new ways to engage with communities and their stories. Cultural heritage institutions are also trying to become more interactive.

The participants in this panel are involved in a national Australian research project that is investigating the role of indigenous, community media and arts organisations in propagating digital storytelling skills and opportunities for media participation on a population-wide basis. Each panellist tells a story about how the institutions they represent are being changed by the communities they seek to serve.

Panel Members:

Nicola Joseph (Convenor), CEO, Community Media Training Organisation, Australia

Dot West, Director, Goolarri Media Enterprises, Broome, Western Australia

Helen Simondson, Public Programs Manager, Australian Centre for Moving Image (ACMI), Australia

Brad Haseman, Professor and Assistant Dean (Academic), Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Jo Kenny, Lecturer, Film, Screen and Animation, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology. 13 program 14 Diverse Communities, Diverse Communities,Diverse Diverse D 23 .0LUNCH 1.30 –3.00 12.30 -1.30 11.30 –12.30 11.00 –11.30 MorningTea 10.30 –11.00 OURMediaRepresentative 10.00 –10.20 OfficialConference Opening 9.40 -10.00 OfficialUniversity ofGoroka Welcoming ofguests and 9.20 –9:40 Welcome Guests to theUniversity ofGoroka andtheMSA by Master ofCeremony. R 9.00 –9.20 8.00 –9.00 T ime a y 1 y T the case ofLeweton Cultural Group andWater Music Reconciling cultural policy, enterprise andartinthePacific: Representation Tales oftheTribes: Animation asa tool for Indigenous Media’s Asylum Seeker Artistic Interventions withthe Contemporary Australian (2) PARALLEL SESSION –Arts-basedApproaches (Conference Room) change Nesar Studio:amodelfor youth andcommunity mediafor Café Journey through Niugini-ACulinary PNG (Presentation includesafilmscreening) ethnographic Film.MakingfilmsinNapamogona, Bena. Hausline –Documentaries, Language Documentation and (1) PARRALLEL SESSION –PARTICIPATORY MEDIAINITIATIVES (MSA) Professor ofHiroshima International University Takashi Kawakami , Facilitator ofJ-CAM(JapanConference ofAlternative Media)ExAssociated Prof AbiodunSalawu, North-West University Mmabatho, SouthAfrica Aloysius Laukai , New Dawn FM,PNG Introducing theOURMediaProgramme (theweek) speakers MC –DrMichaelMel,Pro-VC Academic andInnovation, University ofGoroka (UOG) The sessionincludesperformances around forms ofcommunication inPNG OURMedia’s new challenges PANEL |Keynote: Lookinginto thefuture: opic egistration

M onday 21onday July M edia P Communication PNG Minister for Information and Honourable Jimmy Miringtoro, Foundation, Vanuatu Thomas Dick,Wantok Music University, UK Tara Douglas,Bournemouth Australia Dr PrueAhrens, GriffithUniversity, Sarah Doyle, FurtherArtsVanuatu Jennifer BaingWaiko, SavePNG, PNG Samuel, Napamogona, Bena,PNG Leipzig, Germany andMamaDaisy Dr Regina Knapp, Max PlanckInstitute Goroka, PNG Dr Verena Thomas,University of The University ofGoroka Dr Gairo Onagi,ViceChancellor University ofOklahoma,USA Professor ClemenciaRodriguez resenter /C hair Day 1 Monday 21 July

3.00 – 3.30 Afternoon Tea 3.30 – 5pm (1) PARALLEL SESSION – Re-thinking citizen’s media and participation (MSA) Studying media at the margins: Lessons from the field Prof Clemencia Rodriguez, University of Oklahoma, USA How Effective is Papua New Guinea’s Community Media Dr Rachel E Aisoli-Orake, University of Services in Addressing Indigenous People’s Free, Prior and Technology, PNG Informed Consent (FPIC) Proticals? A case study on Nautilus Solwara 1- Project New Ireland Rhetorical Visions & Affective Images Kate Britton, UNSW Australia 3.30 – 3.50 (2) PARALLEL SESSION – Environment, Land and Climate Change [Conference Room) Adapting to Climate Change the Bougainville Way Aloysius Laukai, New Dawn FM PNG The Manam Volcano Disaster and the displacement of the Aaron Inamara, CSCM, PNG Manams as Internally Displaced People Mobile phones and Internet to highlight development Rosa Koian, Bismark Ramu Group, issues PNG 6pm Art Exhibition Opening UOG Library (Refreshments and Entertainment) Photography as a tool for cultural preservation Milan Boie, University of Goroka, PNG Remembering Grandfathers – Koka Nako Allison Jablonko, Shiva Yahaghi PNG Artists Apa Tengere, Bunesito Tharros 9pm Close of Day 1

15 program 16 Indigenising Development – D 23 .0LUNCH 1.30 –3.00 12.30 -1.30 03 10 MorningTea 10.30 –11.00 .0–90 R 9.00 –10.30 8.00 –9.00 T ime a y 2 dialogue asanenablerfor socialandeconomic change Participatory Videoandthe Pacific Mamas:Exploringvisual Pawa Meri–Exploringwomen’s stories through film awareness socialchange andtrigger The potential ofthefilmmediumin order to raise gender (1) PARRALLEL SESSION –Gender andHumanRights inMediaInitiatives [MSA) collaborative project intheHighlands regions, Papua New Guinea benefits: a case study from theinternational mushroom Digital Storytelling- ethnomycology educational & research Traditions-an ongoing activityoftheinstitute ofPNGStudies Digitizing visualimages of Papua New Guinea’s Traditional Dance communities in museums Celebrating andadvocating cultural diversity withindiverse (2) PARALLEL SESSION –Cultural Diversity [Conference Room) Guinea and culture through participatory videoinrural Papua New Looking through theeyes ofavillager: Networking agriculture MIRAB Pacific islands rentier behaviour and community radio: revisiting governance programming Communication for Development: Yumi Go Wer? NBC Strengthening citizen voice andparticipation through practice: Theatre inConversations Improving communication for development through artsbased (1) PARALLEL SESSION –Communication for Development [MSA) Sorcery, MediaandSocialChange Images Representational Sovereignty –Nature, Culture andEmergent Papua New Guinea Indigenous communities and communication: Examples from PANEL: Indigenous values andcommunication for development T opic egistration y 22July T uesda U nder standing indigenousvaluesstanding incommunicationinitiatives Ama, Unitec, New Zealand Catherine Davis, Jarcinda Stowers- Papoutsaki, Marcus Williams, Malama Saifoloi, Evangelia Ketau, Janet Munaup,CSCMUOG Joys LlaneMunau,Ruth Eggins, (The Netherlands) Maria Sagrista, Utrecht University, PNG Stewart Wossa, University of Goroka Studies, PNG Naomi Faik-Simet, Institute ofPNG Museum Michael Kisombo, PNGNational PNG Lilly Sar, University ofTechnology, Dr LindaAustin, Australia Australia ABC International Development, Sabumei, NBCMDIInitiative & Angela Davis, SamFreeman, Gaius Hare Haro-Tamarua, IsabelPopal, Jacqueline Kauli, QUTAustralia Defenders Network Highland Women’s HumanRights Monica Paulus, Kini,The Mary University Prof Paige West, Columbia Goroka, PNG Dr MichaelMel,University of P resenter /C hair Day 2 Tuesday 22 July

(2) PARALLEL SESSION – Education and Media (Conference Room) “Alternate Approach to Communicating Adult Literacy programs Joel Sefo, University of Technology in the Rural Areas of PNG: A Case Study on Usurufa Community Indigenous Language Media Training for Community Media Prof Abiodun Salawu, North-West University, South Africa How communication education can harness the potential of Dora Jimela Kialo, University of rural folks in development in Maprik District, East Sepik Province, Technology, PNG Papua New Guinea 3.00 – 3.30 Afternoon Tea 3.30 – 5pm (1) PARALLEL SESSION- Environment and Climate Change 2 (MSA) Communication in rice innovation systems for rural livelihood in Lucy Maino, Lilly Sar and Macquin the Morobe province Maino, University of Technology, PNG Media as a tool in bridging the communication gap on climate Elaine Vaina, Wildlife Conservation change Society, PNG Environmentally friendly and sustainable approach for rural Daniel Aiyo, PNG development Between Nature Games and Video Games- young people, media Dr Gabi Hadl, Kwansei Gakuin and the environment in Japan (via skype) University, Japan 3.30 – 3.50 (2) PARALLEL SESSION - Utilising media to address issues in health [Conference Room) Meeting dual challenges: producing rich media health Helen Travers And Dr Ernest Hunter information that breaks down the barriers of literacy, technology HITnet Innovations, Australia and economics, while creating the capacity to address diversity through multilingual production techniques Kumul- A new form of applied theatre for HIV and AIDS education Jane Awi, University of Goroka in Papua New Guinea Utilising visual media to provide midwifery skills education to Paula Puawe, Clerah Elia, Joyce health workers in their own settings Kuamba, Agnes Kissipnga, Emma Williamson, Jane Connell University of Goroka Photo Voice: capturing rural young men’s HIV risks through the Agnes Mek, Institute of Medical lens of a Camera in Upper Bena of Eastern Highlands Province Research/ CSCM 5pm Presentations at MSA end 7pm – 9pm Film Screenings

17 program 18 The wholegroup willthenconvene at theRaunTheatre at 2:30pm atLunch willbeserved themainvenue aswell asonlocation duringfieldtrips. Fieldtrips D .5–5mNPAT presents andshowcases theirwork 5pm 3.45 –5pm .0p Allfieldtrip groups meet at RaunTheatre 2.45pm Fieldtripcontinues LUNCH 2.30 pm FieldTrip 1.30 –2.30pm R 12.30 -1.30 9.00 –12.30 8.00 –9.00 T Option 3:Collaborative Filmmakingwithlocal communities Option 2: Various locations and organisations around Goroka town Option 1: AT Projects (Appropriate Technology Projects) ime a Be at RaunTheatre by 2.30pm National FilmInstitute Kafe Womens Association -BananaBlock Goroka AgribusinessTraining Institute Be at RaunTheatre by 2.30pm Lunch andearlyafternoon: Seeprojects at AT proejcts, Presentations by staff Morning: Walk through Gavesuka National Park Location: halfanhourdrive from Goroka town Visit SaispikandOkiufa Workshop withMarkEby y 3 Ends onDa ietrNtoa efrigAt rueRaunTheatre John Doa,Director National Performing Arts Troupe A egistration c tivity Wednesday 23July VENUE Day 3 Wednesday 23 July

This photo was taken at the Saispik Community where a the Komuniti Tok Piksa Project’s Evaluation Component, M-Health Project was launched in 2013. In the photograph is CSCM postgraduate (honours) student Alesandra Mel (in blue) and CSCM Admin Assistant Lily Samuel doing a community introduction. This introduction process in an important part of the CSCM’s community collaboration. This photo has been used to promote the 2014 OURMedia/NUESTROSMedios International Conference, Papua New Guinea.

19 program 20 participation andchallengesSocial media,technologyforcitizen andmobilephones-opportunities D 03 10 MorningTea 10.30 –11.00 23 .0LUNCH 1.30 –3.00 12.30 -1.30 .0–90 R 9.00 –10.30 8.00 –9.00 T ime a y 4 potnte n hlegsfrctznpriiainEmmanuel Narokobi, Masalai Opportunities andchallenges for citizen participation PANEL Socialmedia,technology andmobilephones Technology: Department ofOpenandDistance Learning IP-video Streaming platform for PNGUniversity of students Social Network Site schools (SNS)impactsinprimary new mediato engage student teachers Language SupportProgram: Usingmobiletechnology and (2) PARALLEL SESSION –Technology andEducation [Conference Room) media break through systemic silence? Asylum seekers notseenandheard: Canalternative Melanesia Let Freedom Ring:Music,MobilePhonesandJustice in social movements inPNG From Pipigari to Parliament: pioneeringonlinebasedoffline (1) PARALLEL SESSION –SocialMovements [MSA) SMS reminders for health workers Dr. NimeKapo, National Agriculture system A mobilephone-basedanimaldiseasesurveillance Childbirth Emergency Phoneproject Province communication in anddelivery ofservices Western Highlands Mobile phonesinrural PNG:atransformation inhealth (1) PARALLEL -MobilePhonesandDevelopment [MSA) T opic egistration T hursday 24hursday July and PublicSector Program Dr AmandaHAWatson, PNGEconomic New York State Robert Foster, University ofRochester, Heather Horst, RMITMelbourne Communications Port Moresby PNG Glenda Kolam, University of Technology, Herman Kunsei, Alex Roalakona, Goroka, PNG Russel Deka &Lovii Komi, University of Sara Wiles&ElvisWagi, VSO Australia, Heather Anderson, University ofSouth Camellia Webb-Gannon, ThomasDick Martin Namorong, PNG Medical Research. Dr. Justin Pulford, PNGInstitute of Quarantine andInspectionAuthority Public Sector Program Gaius Sabumei,PNGEconomic and Council Implementation andMonitoring Mr. Yamo, Henry Consultative P resenter /C hair Day 4 Thursday 24 July

(2) PARALLEL - TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION – Challenges and Opportunities [Conf. Room) Public’s perceptions on the Role of Media Technologies as a Wilma Molus, University of Technology, Mean to Promote Female Children’s Commercial Sex in Lae PNG Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea Misusing the Internet: Papua New Guinean Fast Money John Cox, Australia National University Schemes and Transnational Crime MLink – An ICT Farm- To- Table solution Faumuina Tafuna’I, Women in Business Development (WIBD), Samoa Media Technology- Rewiring the Soundscape Luke Balane, University of Goroka, PNG 3.00 – 3.30 Afternoon Tea 3.30 – 5pm WORKSHOPS (1) WORKSHOP - Blogging for Community Engagement Emmanuel Narokobi, Masalai Communications (2) WORKSHOP - Life Drama Workshop Dr Jane Awi, Jaqueline Kauli and Prof Brad Haseman (3) WORKSHOP - Using mobile phones in development Dr Amanda H A Watson communication (4) WORKSHOP - Video for Advocacy Llane Munau and Dr Verena Thomas 5:30 End of Day 4 6.30pm Conference Dinner

21 program 22 D Shaping .0–30 OfficialClosing 2.30 –3.00 & Feedback Summary onConference LUNCH 1.30 –2.30 12.30 -1.30 CommunityMedia and stakeholder engagement 11.00 –11.20 MorningTea 10.30 –11.00 .0–90 R 9.00 –9.20 8.00 –9.00 T ime a y 5 OURM Statements andResolutions from Conference Advocacy Journalism communication anddevelopment Theories, terms andtalkback: towards areframing media, Broadcasting stories from Communities University ofTechnology Professor Brad Haseman,Assistant Dean(Academic) for theCreative Industries Faculty at theQueensland University ofTechnology. Jo Kenny, Lecturer inFilm,Screen andAnimation intheCreative Industries Faculty attheQueensland Melbourne Helen Simondson Dot West, Director ofGoolarriMediaEnterprises, Broome Western Australia curating community inAustralia PANEL: Participation indigital mediaculture: T opic egistration edia –Bridging communityandstakeholders Friday 25July , PublicPrograms Manager at theAustralian Centre for Moving Image (ACMI), Organisation inAustralia the CommunityMediaTraining Nicola Joseph(Convenor), CEO of Word University, PNG Patrick Matbob, Communication Arts,Divine Jessica Noske Turner, QUT Kevin Marai, Kundu 2TV, PNG P resenter /C hair Day 5 Friday 25 July workshops

Blogging for Community Engagement Emmanuel Narokobi

Emmanuel Narokobi will share his experiences as blogger, taking participants through the technical specifications of setting up a blog to how to engage readers. He will present specific examples from his own blog ‘Masalai’ and provide key insights around social media strategies for individuals and community groups. This workshop is aimed at people looking to engage with social media as a tool to promote relevant issues.

Life Drama: A sexual health program for PNG Dr Jane Awi, Jaqueline Kauli, Prof Brad Haseman

The Life Drama project is a drama-based sexual health promotion project, developed by a cross-cultural team in Papua New Guinea (PNG) over the past six years. Recognising the limitations of established theatre-in-education and theatre-for-development approaches when working across cultures, the development team explored ways of tapping into the everyday performativity of PNG communities in order to communicate more powerfully about the personal and social issues involved in sexual health. This workshop will introduce participants to the Life Drama toolkit which uses games, exercises, image theatre and open stories for HIV and AIDS education. The workshop also demonstrates how the Folk Opera form, first developed by PNG theatre company Raun Raun Theatre in the 1980s, has been adapted and incorporated into the Life Drama program. Handbooks are currently being prepared for distribution to Life Drama trainers in PNG and draft versions of these handbooks will be made available to participants.

Mobile Phones and Development Dr Amanda H A Watson

Want to focus your attention on how mobile phones can deliver services to poor, marginalised communities near you? Want to reflect upon the work you’ve already done using mobile phones in innovative ways? Want to consider how research could enhance your ability to assess the impact of mobile phones in your work? Want to attend a stimulating, hands-on workshop? This workshop builds on the presentations of the panel session titled ‘Mobile phones and development in Papua New Guinea’. It will allow participants to think about and debate lessons learnt and guiding principles for strategic mobile phone use in service delivery and development in PNG and similar developing country contexts. The aim is to inspire participants to consider whether strategic use of mobile phones could enhance their work and ultimately the lives of people in disadvantaged comm

Video for Advocacy Llane Munau, Dr Verena Thomas

Video can be a powerful tool to draw attention to certain social issues. Llane Munau and Verena Thomas will discuss participatory techniques for filmmaking and take participants through the process of creating videos for advocacy purposes. By engaging in brief exercises participants will be involved in creating a short advocacy video using OURMedia as an example. The facilitators will provide valuable advice to consider issues around production, representation, target audiences and distribution of media.

23 24 Abstracts

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The principle of community consent is one of the most FPIC protocols, the researcher has proposed a framework critical issues facing resource development on indigenous of guiding principles and key issues that can establish the lands. Although relevant to large-scale development parameters for a common rights-based understanding projects like agriculture and logging in Papua New Guinea upon which the requirement for FPIC can be implemented (PNG), this paper focuses on a development project in the through community media services in PNG and other extractive sector. Around the world, local communities are similar contexts elsewhere. increasingly demanding a meaningful voice in determining whether and under what conditions oil, natural gas, and mining projects take place. As conflicts and controversies relating to oil, gas, and mining operations have intensified in recent years, the principle of “free, prior, and informed consent” (FPIC) has emerged as a focal point in the broader debate around extractive industries. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) promotes the right of indigenous peoples to give or deny their FPIC for projects that affect them, their land and their natural resources. FPIC is both a right in itself and can help protect other human rights including rights to property, culture, religion, livelihood, health and physical wellbeing. Multinational corporations have the responsibility to respect all internationally recognized human rights, including the right of indigenous peoples to FPIC. Based on a review of the literature on the application of FPIC surrounding the Nautilus Solwara-1 project off the west-coast of New Ireland Province of PNG and the report from the recent community awareness by the New Ireland Staff and Students Association (NISSA) of the PNG University of Technology in November 2013, the researcher has become aware of the lack of FPIC protocols implemented by both the New Ireland Provincial Government and Nautilus Minerals Limited prior to the Solwara-1 project agreement. In practice, such agreements are often reached without proper engagement with the indigenous communities. With reference to NISSA’s Sea- Bed Mining Awareness Report (2013) and the reviewed literature on case studies addressing indigenous peoples’

Biography

Dr Rachel Aisoli-Orake is a Senior Lecturer with the Communication and Development Studies (CDS) Department at the PNG University of Technology. She has been an academic with the CDS Dept. for 20 years. Her areas of research are ESL Writing, Curriculum and Pedagogy; Cross-Cultural Communication; Participatory Communication & Research and Development and Responsibility. She is the Co-ordinator for the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program and is a Research Supervisor for students in the CDS final year undergraduate and Master in Communication students.

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For nearly 30 years, the widely accepted economic- case studies involving donor-initiated, faith-based, and rationalist model used to explain Pacific island women’s advocacy community radio stations, this rent- development has been variations of Bertram and Watters’ seeking orientation is pervasive throughout all levels of (1985) MIRAB model, or that of development based on Pacific society, from civil society organizations that work the extraction of “rents” from Migration, Remittances, with international donors to establish community radio Aid and Bureaucracy. This paper revisits the MIRAB model stations, to the communities purported to benefit from through a culture-centred approach to investigate the the stations, to volunteers who work within them. How phenomenon of community radio, specifically why there well the rent-extracted wealth is redistributed within appears to be so little of it in the South Pacific islands and culturally appropriate social networks is often the key what can be learned from comparing the few successful to a radio station’s future sustainability. Such pathways community radio stations with those that have failed. to sustainable development within alternative islander- One key difference relates to indigenous notions of rent defined development models, however, are often extraction and wealth redistribution. Some theorists, such opaque to international development actors working as Hau’ofa (2005), contend that all Pacific island cultures are within Western-defined development theories, resulting defined in fundamental ways by the adaptive interactions in the widespread failure of many community media between people and the sea. This “oceanic” orientation development projects. – one that is expansive, cyclical, open and fluid – stands in opposition to the bounded, stationary and seemingly changeless nature of land, which lies at the heart of Western development theories. This outward orientation predisposes islanders to anticipate the introduction of new technologies and ideas from exogenous sources, which are then interrogated, appropriated and transformed into “something meaningful” to island societies (Rainbird, 2000). In this way, Pacific communities have long sought rent-seeking relationships with the outside world to sustain their village lives and have redistributed this wealth through social networks. As will be demonstrated through

Biography

Linda Austin completed her doctoral studies in communication for development at the University of Queensland in December 2013. She has worked in commercial and community media, higher education, and agricultural communication in the Western and South Pacific islands since 1991.

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Café Niugini- A Culinary Journey through Papua New Guinea Save PNG

Food is central to the Papua New Guinean culture and developed to reinvigorate an interest in local food, to as a society food has shaped our traditional activities promote indigenous Papua New Guinean food and to through collection, production, preparation, sharing and strengthen the fragile relationship between land, culture celebration. Food production and consumption are linked and people expressed through the culinary art of food to community wellbeing and certain types of food play practices and traditional cooking. This is a unique TV central roles in initiation ceremonies marking changes series is presented by Jennifer Baing Waiko a local food in phases of life. The foodways of every society are an enthusiast from Morobe Province for both local and integral part of the cultural heritage and in a country like international audiences. The series will be launched in Papua New Guinea with over 1000 languages has a rich late 2014 and will also be produced into an educational and diverse food culture, which is shared through the resource kit to distribute through schools in Papua New medium of video, in Café Niugini. Cafe Niugini is a 10 part Guinea to improve nutrition. television series, shot in over 25 communities throughout Papua New Guinea, in the Western Highlands, Eastern Highlands, Morobe, Oro, Milne Bay, East New Britain Provinces and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. The series highlights the unique food cultures of Papua New Guinea and promotes local food as nutritious and healthy options to the modern diet. . Café Niugini was

Biography

Jennifer Baing-Waiko is a marine science graduate, community leader, agriculturist, sustainable living and cultural advocate from the Markham Valley of Morobe Province. Jennifer is dedicated to improving the livelihoods and advancing the rights of rural communities in Papua New Guinea. Jennifer believes Melanesian people deserve equal rights and opportunities and should be equipped with the knowledge, skills and confidence to determine their own future for a prosperous Papua New Guinea that can engage richly with the rest of the world.

She has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Fisheries from the Australian Maritime College and is currently undertaking a Master of Arts in Communication and Social Change at the University of Goroka. She has experience in project management and planning on agricultural projects and international NGO programs. She is a young leader with fresh ideas to bring Papua New Guinea forward in the 21st century. She has a passion for the positive development of Papua New Guinea and this was demonstrated when she ran for the first time in the 2012 election in the Markham electorate and came 5th. She is dedicated to the development of Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province and the people of Markham Valley. She is also a strong advocate for agriculture and fisheries as key development targets to ensure the 80% of the Papua New Guinea population ca included in building the local, provincial land national economy. She has been educated both locally and internationally and understands global issues relating to politics, agriculture, fisheries and environmental development and protection.

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Photography as a tool for Cultural Preservation

“A photograph is worth a thousand words”

Ever since the dawn of man, mankind has tried to record Today, younger generation of Papua New Guineans have events that may be of significant value at any point of time. less or no interest about culture and tradition. And as And those records are evident even today in their visual older generations are slowly dying away taking with form as cave paints. This painting has given us valuable them valuable traditional information that may never be information about human history and culture. recorded. The development of our nation is as important as of our Invented in the 1820s the cameras then were used mostly tradition but, it is through this development and modernity for portraits of people to capture memories especially of that we are losing aspect of our cultural heritage and family members and of love ones. Since then camera has tradition. In order for us to preserve and maintain this evolved along with its use. Today it is a tool used in Science, diverse culture, photography is one medium that can be Education, Medicine, Politics and almost in everyday life in used as a tool to visually record and document historical today’s 21st century modern life. Thanks, to the invention cultural events and traditional believes that is symbolic and of mobile phone cameras. significant to the identity of every Papua New Guineans.

As we all know Papua New Guinea is culturally diverse Having photographic record is a visual image that can country boasting with almost 800 different dialects which be used as information and visual reference by future can be translated into 800 different cultures. Our society generation to understand, practice and maintain our is a visual and oral base society which means our tradition, traditional ways and maybe, even guide us in the 21st traditional norms, rituals, taboos, initiations and stories century. that makes our culture so unique is pass down visually and orally from generation to generation . Sadly to say, but the fact is some of this tradition may forever be lost as Papua New Guinea develops.

So, what role can photography play in this fast developing and rapid changing Papua New Guinea?

Biography

Milan Boie is a Lecturer Visual Art in the Division of Creative Art at University of Goroka. He is from Milne Bay with mixed Filipino, Milne Bay Heritage. He studied at UPNG in the field of Visual Arts and did further studies at Kingston University London. He has worked as Graphic designer and photographer in Europe and Africa.

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Misusing the Internet: Papua New Guinean Fast Money Schemes and Transnational Crime

Advances in communications invariably have a shadow The fast money schemes were initially understood as a side. ‘Media initiatives’ do not always come from those local or national event. U-Vistract, for example, initially with the public interest at heart and can be used to deceive presented itself as ‘the Bank for Bougainvilleans’ and and defraud. Nigerian email scams, for example, turn up claimed that it was helping to rebuild Bougainville after in our inboxes daily and have been fooling people around the crisis. As the scheme has grown and expanded its the world for a decade or more. Every year in Australia, audience, it has changed its emphasis, claiming to be a hundreds of people are known to send approximately ‘Christian ministry’ and even a self-proclaimed ‘kingdom’ AUD10 million to Nigeria under the influence of these based in south Bougainville and exerting a disruptive scams. influence there.

In Papua New Guinea (PNG), fast money schemes (Ponzi Papua New Guineans seem to have tired of the deceptive or pyramid scams) have proliferated over the past promises that U-Vistract has been peddling. Few still hold fifteen years. These scams have defrauded hundreds of out any hope of seeing their money again. Yet the scheme thousands of people and stolen millions of kina through has adapted the websites that it used to scam Papua New devious means. The fast money schemes promised their Guineans and refocussed its efforts on people in the United ‘investors’ 100% returns on their deposits and made this States and other places outside PNG, including Australia. seem reasonable through clever manipulation of the At least some of these people are known to have invested media and use of the internet. large amounts of money, apparently lured by the idea that Very often, the success of fast money schemes in PNG Bougainville is an island paradise with substantial mineral was attributed to underdevelopment, to superstitious wealth and sovereignty outside the conventional world ways of thinking or to ‘financial illiteracy’. Yet many of system. In targeting these ‘investors’, U-Vistract appears the fast money investors were drawn from PNG’s urban to have joined forces with transnational criminal networks middle classes. These were highly educated people with of fraudsters. professional careers, bank accounts and great familiarity with the cash economy. Many had studied overseas and This paper analyses the story of U-Vistract in order to bring travelled widely. Indeed, the largest of the fast money to light how communications technology can be put to schemes, U-Vistract, published all of its propaganda in deceptive purposes. Of particular interest is the question English, often written by professional journalists. of how communications initiatives targeted at a particular (local) audience can be reformulated and integrated into global networks.

Biography

John Cox is a Research Fellow and Anthony Regan is a Fellow in the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program at Australian National University.

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Reconciling cultural policy, enterprise, and art in the Pacific: the case of the Leweton Cultural Group and “water music”.

Post-colonial Vanuatu, a Pacific island nation-state, is one The project involves a single case study, the Leweton of the most culturally and linguistically diverse countries Cultural Group/Village with embedded or multiple units in the world. Ni-Vanuatu cultural performers present of analysis. Taking a critical realist approach I conduct themselves as local, national, and international actors an ethnography using semi-structured interviews and simultaneously by allowing outsiders to witness and participant engagement to explore how these embedded engage with their living cultural expressions or “kastom”. units intergrade and provide critical recommendations Contemporary ni-Vanuatu communities are establishing about policy development in the areas of cultural themselves as distinct and differentiated “cultural villages”. heritage maintenance, tourism, and artistic and cultural These cultural villages operate as entrepreneurial entities development. leveraging cultural capital in a community context. This presentation will draw evidence-based conclusions Taking the case of the Mwerlap-speaking diaspora from to stimulate further research and policy tools to inform the islands of Gaua and Merelava who perform “water arts and cultural policy for development while favouring music”. I investigate the forces at play in the transitioning of research from marginalised groups: indigenous peoples, the Mwerlap-speaking diaspora into the Leweton Cultural youth, and the region of Oceania. Overall, the presentation Village. I track the trajectory of the Leweton Cultural has a focus on extending the paradigm of entrepreneurial Village as an enterprise operating locally, nationally, and forms of media production and cultural transmission internationally, with these scales of activity providing within cultural policy discourse. markers for my research.

Biography

Thomas Dick (Tom) is an independent, critical executive producer and researcher, who possesses extensive international experience in a diverse range of projects and events, with a demonstrated track record of success in producing large scale, professional events in remote locations. As a Producer and Researcher, Tom has more than a decade’s experience in Melanesia promoting and facilitating various cultural exchanges and a greater level of economic empowerment for Melanesian and indigenous artists and their communities. Tom is currently the Secretary and (Acting) Managing Director of Wantok and a Board member of Further Arts. He is doing a PhD through Southern Cross University.

37 Abstr acts drama, comedy andtraditional dance. works awareness events, performs national biographies, legends, around Troupe Arts Performing National The based inGoroka. now Troupe Arts Performing National the as known now Theatre were Raun Raun andmergedabolished to one company only and company Theatre National the 1994, In Arts the under funded Council now known asthe National Cultural Commission. directly are they and board on them government national took the that werelucky POM TheatreRaun Raun The Gorokain Nationaland Theatre in governments provincial withdrew theirfundingfrom DuaDuandRaunIsi. Respective priority. their was education and health infrastructure, development; into moved we As changed. theatregovernment’s forinterest PNG. After 1999, the provincial governments and national in theatre for time high was it 1999, and 1975 Between and video.60DVDS are now currently beingbroadcast onairthrough thePNGNational Broadcaster KunduTV. Morobe Nadzab, in Province School and Movi Primary Primary Gabmazong School in Chuave,at Simbu used Province. currently John are started books documenting written NPAT’s the and of Two developed culture. programs and has since 2006 theatre on He both to audio relating Troupe. books Arts 6 Performing National the of running the changed John role this Director.In serving John Doa is the Director of the National Performing Arts Troupe (NPAT). He has worked with NPAT for 32 years and he is the longest Biography Arts Troup Building Theatre andSkillsTraining through TheNational Performing Doa, John 38 decade. variousprogramthe NPAT pastoverthe running been has about present will Doa John project. Skin Bilasim the and Training training, activities Reliance Self Training, theatre Development community include based program The performance culture. around with them combining workshopsNPAT based The skills practical introduced has cultural beliefs andpractices. of deterioration the on culture popular and globalization of impact the and areas urban to rural not from youths many system the education of migration to the citizens, PNG’s of many accommodating due functions, NPAT of In 2005, a new concept was introduced into the operations Douglas, Tara

Tales of the Tribes: Animation as a tool for Indigenous Representation

The misrepresentation of indigenous cultures in colonial The marginalization of animation as a tool for artistic history has contributed to an ideology that is based on self expression can be studied with reference to India. the purity of indigenous culture suspended in time where The absence of indigenous representation in animation tribal art, perceived by anthropologists to be archaic and film in India is evidenced by research on the commercial a remnant of the past, requires preservation in museums. animation industry where production is focused on (Coomaraswamy, 1977) maximizing profit and caters primarily to the outsourcing industry subcontracted by foreign companies. This has led The traditional artistic practices of indigenous communities to the dominance of an aesthetic of animation designed in India included painting, sculpture, weaving, pottery, for universal appeal. The Tales of the Tribes research basketry, music, dance and oral traditions of song and proposes the appropriation of the dominant language of storytelling, and they created a sense of identity and animation for indigenous representation that ensures that belonging that intensified group consciousness and ethnic detail is not merely providing local colour, but is the cohesion. (Sampson 1964) These traditional artistic central feature that gives a specific reference point through and cultural practices have declined with the impact the visual design, music, dialogues and indigenous values of colonialism and through the recent impetus of as cultural signifiers in the film. (Ashcroft et al, 1989). globalization and the introduction of popular television entertainment to the most remote areas. The Tales of the Tribes sample collection of five short animation films based on indigenous narratives from tribal Experimental animation was developed as a hybrid art form communities of Northeast and Central India have been that attracted modern artists as a way of adding movement developed through the workshop model in collaboration to their paintings and graphic designs (Star 1987) to with indigenous communities. From this context, the explore their creative personality. Practitioners commonly practice includes interaction with elders to deconstruct worked on their own or with a small teams rarely seeking the narratives and designs that reference traditional art or finding popular success. (Halas and Manvell, 1959) The forms. This paper presents a discussion on re-imagined National Film Board of Canada supported experimentation links with the medium of animation as an artistic tool by film practitioners that challenged the hyperrealism of and the communication of indigenous values to young Disney, as well as adaptation of indigenous content from audiences worldwide. Inuit culture. In addition to hand drawn cel animation other techniques included pixilation, oil painting on glass, and stop motion animation.

Biography

Tara Douglas was born in India. Tara graduated from West Surrey College of Art and Design (UK) in 1993 with BA Hons Animation and she is based in Delhi. In 2002 Tara became the coordinator in India for an indigenous animation project The Tallest Story Competition (2006), produced by West Highland Animation in Scotland. She directed and animated one of the stories - How The Elephant Lost His Wings, from Chhattisgarh. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g12URE_J5HM) In 2007 Tara screened The Tallest Story Competition films to 10,000 children in schools in Central India In 2008 she conducted screening programmes and creative workshops with school children in the United Kingdom. She has also conducted animation workshops in Nagaland, Sikkim, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh for indigenous artists and storytellers. Tara is a co-founder and Secretary of the Adivasi Arts Trust, (www. adivasiartstrust.org) Tara is currently working on a Professional Doctorate research project Tales of the Tribes: Animation as a Tool for Indigenous Representation for Bournemouth University (UK).

39 Abstr acts members on social media, photography, film, research and new technologies. film, photography, media, social on members community fellow to Studio Nesar at workshops literacy media basic deliver now team this up make that women and men young The Heritage. Biodiversity Cultural and Conservation and Exchanges, Youth Activist Music Traditional Leaders, Change, Climate Against Action Justice, Youth Blackbirding, including: initiatives education and development for and products audio-visual quality producing promoting and researching, documenting, in skills programs and international exchanges to develop technical training intensive several after Arts team media youth Further its and of vision the by created was Studio Nesar with people their rights. engaging through change enact to means is apowerful tools these on education with community as the Providing knowledge. and messages transmit platforms waysto media and telecommunications to access and use increased of age an in nasara urban Studio an becomes Nesar connotations, its and word this on Taking generations. through transmitted is practices) other and art dance, Kastom(throughsong, wisdom knowledgeand where traditional avillage of place meeting ceremonial common name used throughout Vanuatu to talk about the information. the Nasarais – language local a ‘Nasara’in means of ‘Nesar’ sources reliable and valuable most the still are storytelling, as such communication, of methods oral Vanuatu, change.In social positive promoting media stories. The studio is a model for Pacific Island community for and voices community Vila, to credence giving of purpose Port the in studio multi-media community access This presentation is about the rise of Nesar Studio, an open Through various media-based initiatives with Further Arts’ Nesar Studio, Sarah has provided training and mentoring to studio mentoring and training provided members has andstaff inphotography, Sarah multimediaand production techniquesasaccessible tools forpeople to Studio, express their stories. Nesar Arts’ Further with initiatives media-based various Through urbanyouth, creative and artsandmultimedia,whileenacting positive socialchange through participation and organising, leadership. rural with daily She engages communities, musicians, artists and practitioner. performers to development reinvigorate respect community for and maintenance and of indigenous cultural facilitator heritage educator, through volunteer, of capacity the in working communities and organisations cultural and youth of number a with involved is Vanuatu,Sarah in Based Biography Nesar Studio:amodelfor youth andcommunity mediafor change Doyle, Sara 40 through words andimages. youth and community media in a developing Pacific nation of power the of vignette a provide will presentation This change. positive for engagement media community and youth sustainable for model a Studio: Nesar multimedia. of ni-Vanuatu culture and development through media and developingis Studio strategic pathways for promotionthe Nesar partnerships, important other and these Through Pacific Triennial ofContemporary Art in2015. Asia the for Art Modern of Gallery Queensland the collaboration with and, films; documentary for class Master in the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association’s participation Pan Pacific Scheme; Assistance Media Pacific from International theDocumentary Australian Conference; at training workshops and support Marum, Lon film, presentation the of include: Some initiatives upcoming groups. and community current and agencies, government non- and government institutions, various from attractedinterest have team its and Studio Nesar region, the in partnerships existing and network Arts’ Further Through Eby, Mark

Collaborative Filmmaking with local communities

The Centre for Social and Creative Media has worked closely with surrounding communities in a variety of research and production projects within the framework of communication for social change and participatory action research. This workshop is an opportunity to give OurMedia Conference participants an insight into how this process works locally. The workshop will begin with a brief overview of previous CSCM projects and community collaboration including Komuniti Tok Piksa, Pawa Meri and the Haus Piksa Film Advocacy Program and then we will show a short documentary, Nokondi’s Morning Call from the Yumi Piksa project, featuring a local artist, George Sari. George will be present in the workshop to answer questions about community collaboration and issues of representation. The workshop will include a walking tour to two local communities, giving participants a hands-on opportunity to engage in the collaborative filmmaking process.

Biography

Mark Eby has been an independent filmmaker for over 15 years collaborating with artists, musicians, and performance communities in Los Angeles, the Asia-Pacific region, and Africa. Currently, he is a lecturer, researcher and filmmaker at the Centre for Social and Creative Media (CSCM) at the University of Goroka in Papua New Guinea (PNG). At the CSCM, Mark works with PNG staff for training and capacity building purposes and is leading several research grants that explore local film production and distribution through village cinemas in PNG. Mark grew up in the Waghi Valley and throughout his life has lived and worked alternately in the U.S. or in PNG.

41 Abstr acts directed. had she film one is series Meri Pawa the from Up Give Never and belt her under films of number a has She films. producing and Ruth Ketau works as a film editor with the National Film Institute for almost 17 years. She has a wealth of experience in researching is director for Yu Ken Mekimfilmintheseries. Janet Munaup has a theatre background and is the Head of Department of the Communication & Creative Arts Division at UOG. She the National FilmInstitute. Sheisdirector ofthe VoiceofChancefilmintheseries. background with filmmaking working previously and a media University Goroka. the has of at She Officer Media a is Munau Llane of thesixdirectors ofthePawa Meri:Role ModelsofInspire alongside local and international scholars using filmmaking as a tool for researching Indigenous Melanesian perspectives. She is one Joys Eggins works as a Media Officer at the University of Goorka. She is co-founder of the Centre for Social & Creative Media working Biography appropriate representation of PNG women leaders. Six ensure leaders. women to PNG filmmakers of representation and appropriate storytellers of training the been has projectPawa Meri the during importantEqually Papua New Guineans. young for models roles of stories provide and audiences It wasanticipated that the stories achievements. would resonate PNG with of their portrait intimate an create to experiences and by people that are close to them, in order Papua New Guinea. Their stories are told through personal relevant in developmenttothemes of varietyrepresent a and backgrounds diverse from come subjects films’ The for theyoung peopleinthecountry. inspiration providing of way a as success and challenges their lives, women’s (CSCM). PNG exploring Media at aimed project Creative The & Social Victoria for Centre between the under collaboration a as University, Melbourne and the University of 2012 Goroka (UOG) in Project began woman) woman/strong (power Meri Pawa The film Pawa Meri:rolemodelsto inspire Eggins, Joys 42 ( witha10-minute preview ofonethesixfilms) filmseries recentlywww.cscm-uog.org launched.See for fullprofile. ; Exploringwomen’s stories through untold stories through films. many of expression artistic an in people engaging Guinea New Papua of landscape communications and media the to contribute to revived be to industry the for need There a offered. is being workshops few a with sparse, are training opportunities The dormant.almostbecome since young ofinspiring had that industry film the contribution to a was it people, purpose their serve films the While individuals. widely viewed and to have an impact on communities and be to films the for potential much is There Guinea. New take to Papua in level another women’sto and wantstorytellingissues that team mentors, a talents, form crew, to directors, able of been has project Meri Pawa The were mentored by CSCMstaff and overseas advisers. They CSCM. the developed by Melanesia in filmmaking to approaches unique through of Pawa taken been have as part and Meri, trained were filmmakers PNG female Faik-Simet, Naomi

“Digitizing Visual Images of Papua New Guinea’s Traditional Dance Traditions – an ongoing activity of the Institute of PNG Studies”.

The Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies is a government My presentation will share the work in progress and cultural research institute established in 1974 with the the challenges faced in developing this project. It will primary function to conduct research on the country’s focus on indigenous approaches of dances in local and diverse cultures and traditions. It maintains an archive of modern settings. Particular elements of dance such as the Papua New Guinea’s traditional music, dance, oral history costume, movement, music, choreography, local name, and literature. The Music archive at presents contains the place of origin, meaning/description and oral history are largest collection of the country’s traditional music on important information that will accompany the video cassettes, compact discs and reel-to-reel tapes compared images. Anticipated to be one of the first dance projects to other archives of the world. Dance research was the Institute has undertaken, this presentation also aims introduced as part of the Institute’s function in 2001 and to publicize its appeal for net-working and partnership has since contributed to the storing archiving of traditional with other participants who may want to be a part of this dances in Digital Video formats. project.

The Institute through the Music Department is currently undertaking a project aimed at putting together a video collection containing traditional dance performances from all provinces in the country. This collection will be used as material to aid school teachers and academics in the delivery of quality dance education in schools and tertiary institutions. With the increase in demand of cultural knowledge in learning institutions today, the Institute is embarking on this project to assist provided visual materials to develop the learning and understanding of dance in Papua New Guinea.

Biography

Naomi Faik-Simet is a dance researcher with the Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies and conducts research on Papua New Guinea’s diverse traditional and contemporary forms of dance. She has published locally and internationally on issues concerning the study and practice of dance in Papua New Guinea. She is currently involved in research, investigating the processes of learning through dance in informal and formal education. Naomi holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in performing arts and a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours) in literature from the University of Papua New Guinea.

43 Abstr acts animals, from e-waste to environmental NPO¹swebsites. of perceptions our on characters animation of influence theambiguous to coal and energy nuclear on alternative reporting and mainstream from topics, a of range address wide Workshops bubble. media the exit students Japanese help to curriculum a literacy, media eco called project current my of focus the is This scenarios. still-bad though-not-worst-for preparing while worst the avert to hands on deck approach climate scientists say is necessary young with people working in Japan, educator I wondered what and my part communicator could be a in the all As to needs start inthere, insidethat action), bubble. to lead necessarily not do caring and realizing (as act then and care, and realize them help to effortAny bubble. media a inside lived lives forbackdrop a most at is environment natural the countries, wealthy in people young of majority the for least At reason: One did notknow what to answer. out people young protesting the mess that¹s being you made of the planet? They aren¹t Why reporters: young of group a askedrecently Wilson O. A. biologist famous The the environment inJapan”[skypepresentation] “Between Nature GamesandVideoGames-young people,mediaand Gabriele Hadl, Gabriele Hadl,Ph.D, is Associate Professor intheDepartment ofSociologyat Kwansei Gakuin University inJapan. Biography 44 focused variants of classic citizen¹s documentary citizen¹s games with environmental themes. classic video commercial at look critical of a as well as workshops, nature- variants and games naturefocused media- classic includes of This variants teaching. assisted currently am I course university a of subtitle the also games, video and games nature between workshops on focus will I paper, this In Haro-Tamarua, Hare; Popal, Isabel: Davis, Angela; Freeman, Sam; Sabumei, Gaius Strengthening citizen voice and participation through Communication for Development: Yumi Go Wer? NBC governance programming

The Media for Development Initiative has been working MDI Communication for Development Advisor to closely with the NBC to build capacity across central and assist provincial NBC stations to deliver Yumi Go Wer? provincial stations to deliver public service broadcasting programming that centralises community voice in the that promotes good governance, and citizen participation development of governance content. and voice. Yumi Go Wer? is an NBC program designed to promote To contribute to an assessment of the impact of Yumi Go public discussion on governance issues, such as Wer?, a national audience survey is currently underway, infrastructure, government transparency, health and which will provide insights into the impact of the program. education services. The program is available on radio, TV This presentation will draw specifically from the Yumi and social media. Research into community information Go Wer? program as a case study to highlight the use needs is a key part of MDI and NBC programming. of research and Communication for Development to better understand and address key governance issues In order to provide relevant local content that reflects in Papua New Guinea. It will focus on the key findings citizen needs and promotes access, MDI has conducted from the research, lessons learned from the programs research into governance and media across seven provincial implementation, and provide an assessment of the impact locations. The research focuses on key governance issues of the approach. The key learnings from the research relevant to each community, access to authorities, will also serve to provide recommendations that can be perceptions of governance and decision making and the utilised across similar programs outside the Papua New preferred media format for receiving and participating in Guinean context. governance related media and communications. Findings from this research have been used by the

Biography

Hare Haro-Tamarua, Communication for Development Adviser, Media for Development Initiative. Hare started with MDI in November 2011 as Office Manager but after developing a strong interest in C4D, Hare successfully transitioned into the C4D Advisor role. She has received training in Bangkok and from various C4D specialists. Hare is currently overseeing all MDI activities including the Social Journalism Awards, provincial content collection, and the Yumi Go Wer? TV and provincial radio panel show programs.

Isabel Popal, Research Officer, Media for Development Initiative. Isabel is responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of all MDI activities since taking on the position of Research Officer in October 2011. She has run focus groups across four regions in PNG, researching critical and sensitive issues such as health and gender - maternal health and domestic violence. In June 2012 she presented two papers at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) in Durban, South Africa. Isabel is currently working on a number of C4D papers for future publication.

Angela Davis, Research Officer, ABC International Development Angela works on ABC ID projects across the Asia Pacific region to assist in the delivery of research insights and monitoring and evaluation. Angela has a degree in International Development (anthropology) from the Australian National University (ANU) and is currently completing a Master of Public Health at University of Melbourne.

Sam Freeman, Research Assistant, ABC International Development Sam works for ABC International Development assisting in monitoring and evaluation for projects across the Asia Pacific region. Sam has a BA from Monash University, and is currently undertaking the Master of Global Media Communication at the University of Melbourne.

Gaius Sabumei, Research Assistant, Media for Development Initiative Gaius works in the research component assisting in the monitoring and evaluation of MDI activities. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Community Development and Research) from Divine World University, Madang, Papua New Guinea. 45 Abstr acts media for Climate Change adaptation. using on Change focusing Social and Communication Masters in a currently undertaking is preservation.culturalaround He issues PACMAS Innovation Haus Piksa Film Advocacy. Aaron is interested in the researching for and entry documenting data people’s in assisting cultural Media Creative livelihoods and and Social for Centre the re-joined he 2013, In program.development government on a Kokoda initiative, the Track on documentary a producing assistant, production the as team, media Goroka of University the joined he 2011 In (2012). Kokoda Foundation the Track by Leadership Development Community on workshops attended has and (1997) Consultancy Ltd by Mapex sponsored Writing Proposal and Planning Project in Certificate a holds Goroka.He of University the from Studies Museum in Diploma a and Commerce Literature and Language, in Education in Bachelor a holds Inamara Aaron Biography socio-economic services, marginalisation and ethnic conflicts. basic of risks, sanitation standards and appalling health high security, food from of suffering lack As been have programs. IDPs Manam assistance these, of their result community abandon to international NGOs the and and forced interest This government leadership. lacking with attention little received has IDPs Island Manam of plight the 2006, Since food monthly of rations, forms and building materials the and aide basic in service infrastructures. programs substantial special relief were disasterthe government, offered There them. NGOs to years, assistance and of community couple international first the During plantations. Displaced Peoples for ten years now. old Internally on as care-centres these at living been lands have They free-hold purpose, special purchased government on resettled ‘temporarily’ had been villages fifteen from islanders thousand ten About of Manam islanders to mainland Bogia in Madang Province. Manam volcanic eruption of 2004 caused the displacement ISLAND. THE PLIGHTOFINTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE FROM MANAM Inamara, Aaron 46 omnt-ae mda etr f N. hs il be will This PNG. accompanied by ashortmulti-mediapresentation. of sector the media developing of community-based challenge the poses second the Manam IDPs the and of the plight into a background The first offers segments. two of comprises presentation The that affect them. issues about voice a have to citizens ordinary the enable would This in PNG. capacities and initiatives media based community- supporting at aimed programs develop and the highlight need for to government and is media community to second collaborate The silent. virtually been has media the violated, been have IDPs Manam the of rights IDPs Manam issue over the last the ten years. Though the of basic human coverage media fair of lack the highlight to first is twofold. The presentation is this of purpose The from references with publications and supported reports abouttheManamsaga. are These 2011 2014. between and photographs and footages audio-visual interviews, of collections personal from extracted been have compiled materials The presenter. the of research This presentation is based on the personal experiences and

Jablonko, Allison

Remembering Grandfathers – Koka Nako Among the Maring-Speakers of the Simbai Valley: Photography as Dialogue between Past and Present – 1963-2014

Fifty-one years ago Allison Jablonko and her husband Inherent in the images are concepts, sensations, values, Marek Jablonko journeyed to the Simbai Valley to live and dreams which can be brought into awareness by amongst the Maring-Speakers of the Bismarck Mountains. discussions, workshops and participatory activities They joined the other four members of the Columbia associated with the exhibition. Allison’s knowledge of University expedition who were documenting the human the subjects/authors of the images allows her to see the ecology of the rainforest. By the end of their year-long stay pictures in terms of personal relationship, individuality, they had over 10,000 B&W and color photographs. They and specificity of place and time. This personal approach also collected the paintings and drawings made by the is complemented by Shiva’s aesthetic/communicational men, women and children whose lives are represented in perspective. The participation of visitors in mini-workshops the photographs. In 2002, Marek died, and now, Allison will create the possibility of triangulation among these wishes to return with his memory and, in dialogue with three basic angles of view. The final outcome will lead her granddaughter, Shiva Yahaghi, a young artist, to exhibit toward new insights into current issues of identity, the fifty-one year old material in urban and rural venues in multiculturalism and change. Papua New Guinea. Their special goal is not only to find people who were in the photographs, the children who are now elderly, but also to meet their children and their grandchildren who, like Shiva, would like to learn more about the world of their grandfathers and grandmothers.

Together, Allison and Shiva have chosen a set of photographs and paintings to express their own cross- generational vision of the meaning of these now-historical images. Depicting a clan whose history depended on its oral tradition, these photographs not only belong in their land of origin but can be used to spark a discussion on the role of images in the preservation of history.

47 Abstr acts rural development and alleviate poverty inthelongrun rural PNG. empower to it use can they how and development social knowledge in traditional system rural folks’ of potential the harness can These and many other experiences have motivated her to present a paper on how community media and communication education knowledge abouttheirassociation withnature, theirenvironment andhow they embrace thesewiththeir way oflife. cultural diversity, bio philosophies, life, rural traditional heritage, of social development,knowledge poverty reductionand and media.TEK She has alsoon beeninterest contemplating writingresearch abookher on as my Abelam people’swell as experiences teaching qualifications, her from culminates area this interestin her and backgroundLiterature teaching and Language a has She Environmental Knowledge oftheAbelamPeople at theUniversity ofGoroka, 31October –2November 2012. She has co-authored a book- titled ‘Introduction To Language Skills’ published in January 2014 and presented a paper on Traditional Technology’s Teaching andLearningMethods Unit(TLMU)andLanguage Communication andDevelopment Studiesdepartments. Dora Jimela. Kialo. M.Ed. B.Ed. (Lang. and Lit major), Dip. Ed., is an educationist by profession and a lecturer at the PNG University of Biography different, it would be fallacious to regard forms of they are premised ondifferent to regard world view. be fallacious commercial media as superior to the other would merely because it different, conceptually are systems two the although that is paper Sepik EastProvince, Papua New Guinea. of The central argument of District this Maprik in development in people rural of potentials the harness to knowledge ecological indigenous advance can media commercial and change social for media as media community how to advanced arguments the examines critically paper theoretical This ecological modern to assessment”. Jacinta Mwende, 2011,pp.35-47). irrelevant hence and and as “‘traditional outdated’ dismissed often is and communication of involvement and forms knowledge Indigenous further. awareness, capabilities their stimulate knowledge to in vital indigenous men is and it Nevertheless, women areas. both rural of empowerment the and change social for their opportunities new creating is lives concerning own decisions in of communities participation and people the and programmes people-centred towards and practice thinking development in shift The New Guinea. Folks InDevelopment InMaprikDistrict, East SepikProvince, Papua How Communication Education CanHarnessThe Potential Of Rural Kialo,Jimela Dora 48 its dimensions. all in development sustainable achieve to as so inter-linkages, their recognizing and aspects social environmental and economic, integrating levels, all at development sustainablemainstream further to need the acknowledge thereforecan whole a as people the and government the community media development and education processes, the achievement of sustainable development. Through the in PNG through community media in order to contribute to sustainable tourism activities and relevant capacity-building through its networks can also call for ups enhanced support set for media commercial or governmental current The as awhole. biodiversity,naturalenvironmentand human the and economies local their supporting by flora, communities local of the livelihoods and wildlife, protect ecosystems and cultural and diversity, respect and improve the welfare conserve environment, awareness, knowledge environmental traditional promote that building capacity relevant and activities media communication sustainable support to need the recognizing by done be should change. This social for networks media community through and their traditional ecological knowledge in development -governmental non in rural settings and can harness the potential of rural its folks through organization therefore Communication more are effective media Community Kapo, Nime

A mobile phone-based animal disease surveillance system

The National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority (NAQIA) is now able to send reports of sick and dead animals around the country using a new short messaging service (SMS) system. The SMS reporting is the first animal disease reporting project to be developed in the country. The project involves sending SMS messages through mobile phones to report any sick or dead animals. NAQIA officers, provincial Department of Primary Industry livestock officers and non-government organisations stationed in strategic locations all over PNG can now send messages using mobiles phones.

The messages sent are automatically recorded in an online database, monitored by NAQIA. Reports are then analysed for possible field disease investigations. This project was developed in 2012 and was implemented in January 2013 by NAQIA in partnership with the Australian Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Biography

Dr. Nime Kapo is the PNG Chief Veterinary Officer with the National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority.

49 Abstr acts with rural communities. She looks specifically at the applied theatre methodology – both performance andthecommunity performance – both established development traditions: Theatre for Development andCommunityConversations methodology to devise this work. theatre methodology applied the at development engagement aspects– and how it facilitates effective and ethical specifically ways communication and change. She draws on two looks She communities. rural with practice that attends constraints the to current of development particularly creating work, sustainable transformative applications theatreTechnology. applied Universityof an developingQueensland candidatefrom on focusesPhD PhD a Her is Kauli Jacqueline Biography based approaches offer alternatives. arts regard, this In communication. improve to attempts sustainand concernshavechange.These toincreasedled develop to and social with grapple individuals the complexities cultural of reduces premise capable This behavior. bodies, rational autonomous as that individuals strategies regard interventionist implement to agencies development of insistence the by exacerbated further is issue The collectively. issues social understand to ability and community’s and practitioners participants deepen to capacities reflective local developing and carried isspent time investing less workshop And building organizations. respective by capacity out and trainings of number fixed achieving by measured is success predetermined– outputs privilege to conceptualized is remit the part, social most the For justice strategies. these social underpin that remit addressing and emancipatory the strategies of short fall communication issues that is have consensus growing The years. recent Guinea, in efforts increased New Papua in demonstrated limited impact in transforming change lives despite social designed foster programs to development for Communication Initiative. Conversations Community the and Theatre Community in PNG: Community theatre – specifically VSO’s Awareness workedhave that conceptsdevelopment established two achieving an efficacious communication model. It to draws linked on complexities the of some overcome to devised model, development for theatre a also and research as developed practice based arts is Conversation in Theatre Theatre inConversations. Improving communication for development through artsbasedpractice: Kauli, Jacqueline 50 by indigenous epistemologies. informed engagements community and communication for effective the considerations b) local of and artists-facilitators capacities of development the a) premise: this facilitated that points crucial two at look will paper This and its design in workshop ecology. concepts maximized these utilizing my research by impact its therefore learning, collective and to collaboration crucial of ways strategies ethical localized New privilege that idea of Papua the in Grounded Guinea. ecology of communication power traditional in the recognized communication embedded based visual Conversation performanceand in Theatre Kisombo, Michael

Celebrating and advocating cultural diversity within diverse communities in museums

Museums are unique spaces that celebrate and advocate cultural diversity within diversified communities. These spaces hold great stories of human kind and invite a diverse range of audiences to listen to these stories, probably question them, develop them and retell the stories in many different ways.

This paper explores how various messages are delivered to the museum audiences? What roles are advocated by curators and museum educators? And how do museums operate the magic encounter that allows any visitor to understand the most difficult topics needed to be able to enjoy the wonders exhibited in the museum spaces? The paper share the experiences encountered by PNG National Museum and Art Gallery’s recent exhibition titled ‘lines that connects’ when attempting these questions. It then argues that museums are unique spaces to communicate and advocate cultural diversity to diversified communities.

Biography

Michael Kisombo served the PNG National Museum for 16 years is currently the manager of Access, Education and Public Programs. He holds a Museum Studies Masters from the University of Queensland in 2013 and a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from the University of Goroka. He also holds an advance certificate in museology from the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan. Recently, he contributed an article titled “Papua New Guinean Masks and Performance: The Inner Layers” in the Asia Pacific Triennial Seven (7) catalogue published by the Queensland Art Gallery l Gallery of Modern Arts. Michael’s long term ambition is to design a museum education model for Papua New Guineans.

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Mobile phones and Internet helping to highlight development issues

Papua New Guinea is considered one of the most difficult Today for the young it is an entertainment center. For farmers places in the region with rugged terrains and difficult it is an important tool for marketing communications. For transport and communication services. It has a high health practitioners it has aided the health worker from population and low development indicators in almost all walking long distances and giving simple health advices areas. over the phone. Students are researching their science and social science questions online. Villagers are now In this day and age economic progress and development using mobile phones to record and report events in their bring many hopes as well as challenges. For a growing communities. nation, Papua New Guinea must deal with a myriad of complexities locally and internationally. The Bismarck Ramu Group is an advocacy group working to raise awareness on the impacts of extractive development. From a fast growing population, to resource extraction to From its humble history of using verbal communication to poverty and HIV and AIDs in a rugged country, things can simple posters and flyers, it has taken advantage of mobile be pretty difficult. phones and internet communications to mobilize, organize and raise awareness on issues. Communication technologies have played a key role in helping to keep people informed, help communities It currently runs an organizational facebook page (Bismarck organize, inform those in decision making spaces and Ramu Group), its staff from field workers to campaigners keeping information flowing. run personal facebook pages, its staff members are moderators of some group pages, it contributes to blogs Almost ten years on since the arrival of the first mobile and sends media feeds through twitter. phones and despite the costs, some good things have been noticeable for advocacy groups such as the Bismarck Here I want to share further how this medium of Ramu Group. communication is helping to further development campaigns in Madang. Mobile phones initially were a talk medium among peers, families and business off course. At its introduction it was just a gadget to have.

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Adapting to Climate Change the Bougainville Way

In late 2006 the Council of Elders (CoE) of the Carterets Consultations and exchanges of Chiefs and youths and Islands held a series of meetings to discuss the worsening women groups between the Carterets islands and the host effects of sea surges on their islands. The CoE were communities included youth speaking tongues and many concerned that progress in establishing a relocation more activities. program for the Carterets people was going very slowly, while the erosion of their islands and the destruction of This approach was chosen to avoid the same mistake food gardens as a result of sea water surges was increasing made by the North Solomons Provincial Government prior at a very fast pace. As early as 2001, the Bougainville to the Bougainville conflict, when they resettled Carterets government talked about relocation for the Carterets, but islanders at Kuveria outside Arawa but they had to return as nothing had ever eventuated, the CoE felt the process home during the crisis. These people were not really was not going to happen unless the Carterets people supported by the Provincial Government and most of the took charge, so they registered a NGO Organization called times were not in good terms with the host communities. TULELE PEISA INC in 2007 which started fundraising and raising awareness of the flight of the Carterets Islanders as The project in Tinputz is very different as the small the first Climate Change Refugees in the World. resettlement has become part of the local COE with some Carterets leaders part of the Village Assembly members. The Tulele Peisa inc operated without a Board of One hectare each was allocated to the ten families that Directors until 2007 when they elected Aloysius Laukai have been settled there with economic activities already as the Chairman. Since then they have undertaken the happening. Because they have been resettled on a resettlement project in Tinputz, which is on the Northern Plantation blocked and allocated to the settlers they are part of mainland Bougainville. The Project in Tinputz is already growing food and harvesting Cocoa and Coconut operating on a 38 hectares of land given by the Catholic from their own blocks. The project has also started planting Church of Bougainville which is part of the Church’s own trees at this site and 6,000 different species of Hardwood, Tinputz Plantation. Softwood and Palm trees, Bamboos are already growing. Houses were built and over one hundred people moved Aloysius Laukai will share various documentation about to this location since 2009. This unique project resulted this project during his presentation. from many consultations between the host communities in Tinputz who have accepted them as their own people.

Biography

Mr Aloysius Laukai is the founder and current owner of New Dawn FM Community Radio on Bougainville. He started work with the National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea in 1978 as a Cadet Broadcast Officer and remained with the NBC, before becoming Director Provincial radio at Radio Bougainville and Radio Manus where he remained until 2003. Mr Laukai teamed up with other Bougainville broadcast officers to start up a separate radio station on Bougainville as at that time the local NBC Radio was only broadcasting in the evening and not putting out a lot of local programs but relaying from Port Moresby. New Dawn FM started broadcasting in April 2008 and joined the ARMAC (WORLD Association of Community Broadcasters in 2010. New Dawn FM since then has been in the spotlight from media groups in Europe and the Pacific.

Mr Laukai is also Chairman of the TULELE PEISA INC an NGO from the Carterets islands. Tulele Peisa Inc has the only successful resettlement program working in Bougainville. His work can be seen by visiting New Dawn FM blog: www.bougainville.typepad. com or www.tulelepeisa.org

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Photo Voice: capturing rural young men’s HIV risks through the lens of a Camera in Upper Bena of Eastern Highlands Province

Young people are often framed as high risk populations Themes arising from the analysis, youths talked of broad to HIV epidemic yet involving and empowering them in social issues and cultural practices, the presence of HIV researches. While participatory action research advocates in the community, peer influences, gender violence for youth involvement and empowerment, globally few and introduced structures that create opportunities for studies included youth participants as researchers to young men to HIV risks. The findings indicate young understand youth issues. Photo voice is a participatory men are exposed to a more complex level of cultural and action research tool used by subalterns to identify issues, social environment that often leave them vulnerable to share their concerns, and give voice to those who are not health discourses. Participants photographed scenes and heard. It is also used to mobilize communities to focus on representations of HIV risks, personal experiences and social action and develop partnerships for change. This influences that affect their lives while trying to make sense paper reports on a study conducted in rural EHP among of the presence of HIV in the communities they live in. young men using photo voice to identify, represent and Social issues and practices that are often hidden were also discuss cultural practices, social issues, experiences and photographed and narrated. behaviors that put the young men at risks of HIV and their perceived interventions to reduce HIV transmission. Reflecting on the critical issues arising from the historical and cultural changes affecting the lives of young people Photo Voice was one of the tools used in a multi method and putting them at risk of HIV, programs must be qualitative longitudinal study conducted among in-school developed to fit the realities of people’s everyday lives and out of school youths in Eastern Highland Province. in PNG. Policy makers rather than borrowing from other A total of ten young men from the longitudinal study countries experiences need to develop culturally relevant participated in the three days training of photo voice programs that promote positive attitudes and practices for following Wang’s and her colleagues (2004) guidelines. young people to take ownership and value their lives. The youths took photographs, wrote up narratives and talked about each image in group discussions. Narratives were written either in Tok Pisin or English or digitally recorded, transcribed and translated verbatim where necessary. Thematic analysis of the data was done on themes emerging from the visual images and narratives.

Biography

Agnes Mek is a Social and Behavioural Researcher and Project Coordinator at the Institute of Medical Research currently working on a study titled Mobile Men with Money. She is also currently enrolled in the Master of Arts in Communication and Social Change Program at the University of Goroka. Agnes graduated from Queensland University of Technology, Australia with an under graduate degree in Business majoring in Human Resources Management. She has a background in nursing.

Co-authors: A Kelly (PNG Institute of Medical Research; International HIV Research Group, UNSW); V Thomas (University of Goroka, PNG; University of Technology Sydney); H Aeno (PNG Institute of Medical Research); R Nake Trumb (PNG Institute of Medical Research); R Siki (PNG Institute of Medical Research); W Safi (PNG Institute of Medical Research); W Lee (University of Queensland); and A Vallely (PNG Institute of Medical Research; Kirby Institute, UNSW).

57 Abstr acts were left out because they were deemed factors that factors deemed could inhibit‘development’. were they because out left were agenda development the in ways’ ‘old The behind. ways own their leaving – it new the into and awayprogressfrom when people ‘development’for way a as of viewed was PNG, idea in introduced was the context a such In written word, appearunwieldy andarchaic. even the and spoken, using communication made have beguile, and global dazzle that a technologies new economy, of and emergences The things. doing of ways and communities and made to learn and accept new languages were tribal isolated small of pockets cultures in living fromaway forced Distinctive conflicts. and tensions of full is landscape cultural PNG Todaythe cultures. indigenous Papua New Guinea (PNG) was a kaleidoscope of numerous Government of the Netherlands. He is an Associate Professor in indigenous processes of art making and art experience and is and experience art and making art currently Pro ViceChancellor(Academic andInnovation)of at theUniversity ofGoroka, processesPapua New Guinea. indigenous in Professor Associate an is He Netherlands. the of Government and Family Royal by the Pacific the and Guinea New Papua in development and culture indigenous celebrating and promoting in aroundculturehis of theMogeiof Papuathe Highlands in New In 2006 Guinea.hewas awarded aPrinceAwardClaus forwork his work of Much through teaching, writing drama. and performing explores and and discusses indigenous processeseducation of teaching, learning and performingin based Ph.D. a with 1996 in Australia South of University Flinders from graduated Mel Michael Biography New Guinea. Communication andDevelopment: Stories from theHighlandsof Papua Indigenous Communitiesandthechallenges andopportunitiesin MichaelA Mel, 58 university. the and communities the both for challenging both been have projects communication and media to aspects basic as culture recognize to efforts Universities’ the cultures, extractive of cauldron havescantwhich attentionpaid their and communities to development for cultural leases land agricultural a and industries In community development. and communication to elemental ways the old articulates media using Goroka of University the at This paper explores and discusses how community projects Molus, Wilma

Public’s Perceptions on the Role of Media Technologies as a Means to Promote Female Children Commercial Sex in Lae Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

Female children commercial prostitution is a global are collected from six organizations that deal with children phenomenon and an oldest profession. In Papua New issues. They are namely parents, police, Save the Children Guinea, it is rated illegal under the Conventions on the International, schools, Juvenile Court and hospitals. The Rights of Children however; it remains an extreme form results affirmed communication theories that media of female exploitation for commercial reasons. The technologies particular cell phones are supreme players research aimed at finding out the public’s perceptions that lead female children into all manner of deviant on the use of media technologies as a mean to promote behaviors including crime, violence, prostitution, drug female children commercial sex, particularly the use of among others. Based on the findings recommendations cell phones by female children commercial sex workers for developing communication strategies were made for and their social relations. The result of the survey of 25 families, NGOs and for the government were made to officers from different professional fields that deal directly combat this escalating issue. or indirectly with children’s issues that used both the quantitative and qualitative methods revealed that, media technologies are potential tools for promoting female children commercial sex. The study further reveals that cell phones assist in aiding female children commercial sex workers’ ability to organize their sex work networks. The research findings about the public’s perceptions on the use of cell phones to promote female commercial sex

Biography

Miss Wilma Molus is a lecturer with the Department of Communication and Development Studies (CDS) at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology (PNG UOT). She graduated with Bachelor in Education from the University of Goroka. She taught as a High School Teacher with state and private schools in PNG before joining the staff of the Department of CDS at the PNGUOT. She graduated with Master’s in Communication Studies with PNG UOT and currently lecturing at the CDS Department PNG UOT. Wilma’s professional academic experience comes from her ten years of teaching at high schools and universities in PNG.

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You are the media!

Social Media is over a decade old in PNG, yet it has only Understanding the opportunities and challenges in social been in the last 3 years that social media growth has media will now be crucial to how effectively you are heard exploded primarily due to competition in the mobile not only as a broadcast tool, but also for developing phone industry. It is clear today that social media has conversations to learn, shape and grow ideas in whatever completely changed the media landscape of PNG and aspect of your life. good or bad what is important here is that finally it is you In my paper I will share my experiences in using social who is the media. media as a personal and business tool, I will go through Various elements have come into play in improving the examples of social media impact in PNG, especially in environment for social media and the growth of small Politics. I will then go through some opportunities and businesses on facebook are a great example of the results challenges faced in the social media space. of these improvements in ICT.

The power of social media continues to grow in our lives in PNG, looking at the largest social media platform facebook, we had 30,000 PNG registered facebook users in 2010, in 2012 this had grown to 86,000 and today in 2014 we have 300,000 registered facebook users in PNG.

Biography

Emmanuel Narokobi graduated from the University of Papua New Guinea with a law degree. He then developed Masalai Communications through which he has engaged in media projects a well as touch screen applications, SM marketing, Digital Signature and photography. He also runs a popular Papua New Guinea blog, which receives up to 13,000 hits in a month. His interest in media has also brought him back to acting and film – in which had actively participated in Australia. In 2007, Emmanuel participated in the TropFest Short Film competition where his short film ‘Hands Up, Buai or Your Life’ became Best of the Rest in 7,000 entries. Emmanuel is now running the Tanim Graun Q&S show soon to be launched on EMTV in July.

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SustainablePacific outcomes Media Currently, for acrossthe study region. Mobilising baseline 14-country the with assisting is she Jessica is also a research assistant at DERC, RMIT University. She assisted with the State of the Media and Communication Report, a Communication Assistance Project beingmanaged by ABCInternational Development andfunded byAusAID. evaluating the Cambodian to particular,in governance. relation In evaluation assistanceconsidering on practices is tomedia she of impacts the approaches explores thesis Technology.Her of University Queensland at candidate PhD a is Noske-Turner Jessica 62 development. and health structures, social and power governance, in change creating to approaches interplayof the illuminate in the talkback show. Together, these examples are used to an about unauthorised garbage dump site after concerns the issue was raised citizen to instance responding an authorities is of second The conduct. of code midwifery new a of topic the on program talkback a is example first The governance. improved to contributing of staffintension radio local the with formats radio talkback to introduced where been have Cambodia project assistance media a examplesfrom using by complexityillustrate this I approaches. evaluation and monitoring appropriate of design the programs’particularly for a overalland design, Richer understandings of the theory of change is critical to change. social and development of dimensions different of the understanding pluralist sophisticated a reach theoretically to approach a require projects development and communication media, contemporary that show to Puawe, Paula; Elia, Clerah; Kuamba, Joyce; Kissipn- ga, Agnes; Williamson, Emma; and Connell, Jane Utilising media to provide networking, professional development, in- service and health education support to graduate midwives from the University of Goroka The University of Goroka (UOG) has been educating midwives. With this aim in mind they have come up with midwives under the new national midwifery curriculum the UOG Midwives project. During their studies at UOG, framework since 2010 with nearly 100 midwives having the students are exposed to information technology, most graduated. These midwives are now working in most acquire laptop computers, all acquire an email account provinces of Papua New Guinea (PNG), in hospitals, health and are taught how to access the internet, they also centres, training institutes for midwives, nurses and gain skills in Word, PowerPoint and Excel, and many also community health workers and other settings, in urban and acquire a smartphone. The university educators see a huge rural areas, in government, church supported facilities and potential to use the internet and other forms of media to non-government organisations. Many are isolated both by support their graduates. geography and by the lack of like-minded colleagues and may find it difficult to implement their new knowledge One part of the project is to maintain ongoing and maintain their newly acquired skills. After graduation communication with graduates via their phones and they are expected to share their new knowledge and smartphones. The German government is funding skills by providing education for their colleagues, mainly some experts from the University of Osnabruck to visit other midwives, nurses and community health workers in Goroka to write a smartphone application to achieve their own context. They are also expected to educate the this, collaborating with the midwifery team and the UOG community about the importance of accessing supervised Centre for Social and Creative Media (CSCM). Students will birth and many other health related messages. Support be encouraged to network between themselves and with for these activities within the health system is currently their former educators with regard to their own continuing not available. professional development and providing in-service to their health worker colleagues and health education to The midwifery educators at UOG feel that it is important the communities they serve. Information and resources to support Bachelor of Midwifery graduates, to encourage will be provided to them and they will be encouraged to networking among the graduates and with UOG, and share any experiences they have in the area of professional encourage continuing professional development by the development and in-service education.

Biography

Paula Puawe is a nurse and midwife, with a Master of International Public Health and a Master of Health Administration. She has been the Bachelor of Midwifery course coordinator since 2012 and is the driving force behind the push to continue support for the midwives when they graduate from UOG.

Clerah Elia is a nurse and midwife, with a Diploma in Health Teaching. She has been working as a midwifery educator at UOG since 2013.

Joyce Kuamba is a nurse and midwife, she graduated with a Bachelor of Midwifery from UOG in 2013. She has many years of experience teaching at the community health training school in Kainantu and in 2014 joined the midwifery educating team at UOG.

Agnes Kissipnga is a nurse and midwife, she graduated with a Bachelor of Midwifery from UOG in 2013. She then went to work in the labour ward of the Angau Hospital in Lae before joining the midwifery educating team at UOG in 2014.

Emma Williamson is an English nurse and midwife, now residing in Australia, who has a Master of Public Health. She has recently taken the job of Clinical Midwifery Facilitator at UOG, working with the national educators to improve the standard of midwifery education in PNG.

Jane Connell is an Australian nurse and midwife, with a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and a Post-graduate Certificate in Education. She has been working at UOG as Clinical Midwifery Facilitator since 2012, working with the national educators to improve the standard of midwifery education in PNG. 63 Abstr acts on thebasisofthesefindings. be justified would trial effectiveness pragmatic, rigorous A PNG. in acceptable and feasible is protocol treatment malaria new the to adherence worker health support yet complementary,to comprehensive, service remindertextmessage a conclusion,resources. In more utilise to workers health that and manytootimes may be reluctant messages are same the if mayrepeated service tire the of workers health PNG that found study the Nevertheless, and were considered both acceptable and clinically useful. time the of most read were messages text most that and successfully were messages text transmitted, that participants had regular mobile phone access of indicate majority Findings vast the discussions. group and diaries participant reports, transmission by assessed was service reminder The messagetext the of provider.acceptability and feasibility network mobile largest country’s Friday) the to via Monday day, per messages text (two period NMTP were new week two the a over twice workers of health 42 to transmitted elements remind to key designed of messages participants text Ten PNG. of (EHP) Province Highlands Eastern the selected in located facilities health purposively six in place took protocol study The (PNG). treatment Guinea malaria New Papua in acceptable and revised feasible is (NMTP) worker a health to support adherence to designed service reminder messagetext a whether assess to is study this of aim The Research (PNGIMR). of Medical Institute Guinea New Papua the at (PHDU), Unit Demography and Health Population the of head is Pulford Dr.Justin Biography SMS reminders for healthworkers Pulford, Justin 64 Rodríguez, Clemencia

Studying Media at the Margins: Lessons from the Field

Based on ethnographic research on media at the margins, this presentation proposes a shift in perspective at several different levels: 1) instead of focusing on individual technologies, our research should examine how grassroots communicators operating at the margins exist in a media ecology that offers different potentialities in each historical situation; 2) instead of trying to determine if the media technologies used at the margin are old or new, digital or not digital; we need to explore how embedded community communicators detect local information or communication needs and plug available technologies to address such needs; 3) our research on media at the margins should shed light on how grassroots communicators re-invent, hybridize, converge, and bridge technologies from one platform to another. In sum, understanding media at the margins is about embracing complexity, maintaining the notion of media ecologies, and understanding how grassroots communicators, deeply embedded in local contexts, wedge media technologies in everyday life.

Biography

Dr. Clemencia Rodríguez is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma. In her book titled Fissures in the Mediascape: An International Study of Citizens’ Media (2001), Rodríguez developed her “citizens’ media theory,” a ground- breaking approach to understanding the role of community/alternative media in our societies. Currently she continues to explore how people living in the shadow of armed groups use community radio, television, video, digital photography, and the Internet, to shield their communities from armed violence’s negative impacts. This has involved fieldwork in regions of Colombia where leftist guerillas, right-wing paramilitary groups, the army, and drug traffickers made their presence felt in the lives of unarmed civilians. In her recent book, Citizens’ Media Against Armed Conflict: Disrupting Violence in Colombia (University of Minnesota Press, 2011) she reports many of her findings. She continues to teach in the areas of international communication, social change, and gender. In her spare time she explores Oklahoma’s back roads in search for good spots for trout fishing.

65 Abstr acts the HighLevel ofViolenceagainst Women AccusedofSorcery andWitchcraft in Papua New Guinea”. to Solutions on “Local film a documentary for and Thesis Master her for research conducting currently is She Palestine Refugees. Burmese refugees,of East,Middle the in also and working communicationa as advisor UNRWA,for United the Nations Agency for at the University of Queensland, in Australia, and Television worked Spanish in the National field of development the in Thailand, collaborating on with the community work to her took Channel as a journalist and as a producer.Communication, After that period,and she undertook a postgraduate degree in Media Peace and Conflict Resolution in BA previous Her GEMMA. Studies Gender and Women in Degree Master Mundus Erasmus EU-supported prestigious the of student year second a is Sagrista Rodino Maria Biography each other. with dialogue in them putting and approaches different account into taking inclusive, very be the will in documentary presented voices the and research The forward. way hopeful a proposing this, all Papua from and, from Guinea people New the of voices the possible as much as reflecting stakeholders, local these by recommended solutions the capturing agents, main the interviewing be social will documentary, I the of trigger production the During change. and awareness raise to order in medium film the of an audiovisual potential the use to is of intention my creation product, the and research this With government, PNG’s of international agencies andlocal HumanRights Defenders. concerns main the of two been have these years last the for how on seen be can which areextremelyit, relevant forPapua issues Guineans, New and Guinea the urgent Newtopic of sorcery-related Papua violence as in a part of violence gender-based pervasive for Communication The change. social and within gender on focusing Development enclosed topic a Guinea”, New Papua Witchcraft in and Sorcery of WomenAccused about film against Violence of Level High documentary the to Solutions “Local the a and research a on working Master Gender,a of As studentfield the on currently am I discussion aboutmy work onprogress. presentationa roundtable/ a by with participate followed like to would Conference, I International NuestrosMedios OURMedia/ the for proposals for call the to response In witchcraft in Papua New Guinea.” to thehighlevel ofviolenceagainst Women accusedorsorcery and socialchange:and trigger audiovisual filmaboutthelocal solutions potential ofthefilmmediumin order to“The raise gender awareness Sagrista, Maria Rodino 66 problem ofgender-based violence. of Papua New Guineans in order to overcome such a major the influence of audiovisual media to enhance the activism effective. This project pretends to exploit to the maximum powerfultooltomake informationthis broadly heard and a very as film innovative the proposeways using forward, and practices implemented the on reflect to useful very is be this can problem it I believe research. of field undiscovered an still to overcome initiatives and solutions implemented the local of the specificities assessment However, and the violence. compilation sorcery-related regarding of literature effects and much is There gender equalityingeneral and,specifically, inPNG. for advocate to film this of potential the use to way best the and distribution connections, transnational regarding fromacademics,activists, practitioners policy experts and and audience the from suggestions hear to opportunity to open the floor for dialogue and discussion, so I have the like presentation,would I the of part second a As change. social and political achieving of aim the with place taking on and that will show the active social movements that are some media clips that by will be illustrated part my research, to of the documentary later of is findings main intention the present my Conference, OURMedia the During Sabumei, Gaius

Childbirth Emergency Phone project

The maternal mortality rate in PNG is alarmingly high. In The findings indicate widespread enthusiasm for the fact, PNG has one of the highest maternal mortality rates project, with both rural health workers and labour ward in the world: 733 deaths per 100,000 live births. In other staff pleased to be able to communicate more effectively words, there are “five women dying every day while giving regarding childbirth complications. The phone has been birth” and “currently a woman in rural PNG has a one in 25 well utilised. During the first seven months of operation chance of dying in her lifetime as a result of childbirth”. It (November 1 2012 to May 31 2013), labour ward staff is sobering to note that the maternal mortality rate in PNG noted down information about phone calls regarding 118 may have doubled between 1996 and 2006. In addition, separate maternal health cases. The analysis has found infant mortality is “57 deaths per 1,000 live births”. There that the discussions through phone calls are helping rural are “more women and children dying during birthing, health workers to stabilise and manage cases, many of than dying of malaria”, which is “a marker of both gender which would result in maternal death, if no intervention inequity and health system weakness”. Rural health is provided. Therefore, the phone line can be said to be workers are often uncertain of what to do when birthing reducing the maternal mortality and morbidity outcomes complications arise. They typically have few support for women in Milne Bay Province. services or communication options.

This paper outlines the results of the first two phases of the Childbirth Emergency Phone project in Milne Bay Province. The project involved the establishment of a free-call phone, which rings in the labour ward of the Alotau Provincial Hospital. Health workers from around the province are able to call the phone for advice during childbirth emergencies. The Childbirth Emergency Phone project is a project of the Milne Bay Provincial Health Authority. The first two phases were funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, through the Economic and Public Sector Program.

Biography

Mr. Gaius Sabumei is a research assistant with the Media for Development Initiative. He worked as a research assistant on the Childbirth Emergency Phone project. He previously worked as a field researcher with PNG Institute of Medical Research and Tingim Laip.

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Indigenous language media are critical to community communication. The traditional notion of community refers to a small, social unit of any size that shares common values. In the strict sense, a community of people shares the same language. Thus, the local language of the community becomes the most effective to communicate with such community. In this sense, we may see the correlation between community media and indigenous/ local language media. Regrettably, not much attention is being given to the media using local languages. Local language media have their own peculiarities which require particular attention. However, journalism curricula have not been paying any attention to this sector of the media. The training of journalists working in such media is also not been accorded any importance. Working on the hypothesis that training of local language media journalists is apposite to the effective operation of community media, this paper proposes syllabi for indigenous language journalism using Nigeria and South Africa as templates. It also designs an informal training workshop for local language journalists.

Biography

Abiodun Salawu is Professor in the Department of Communication, North-West University, South Africa. He held briefly the Mazisi Kunene Chair in the School of Arts, College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Prior to this, he was of the Department of Communication, University of Fort Hare, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Communication and Language Arts of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Prior to his coming to South Africa, he had taught journalism and media studies in various institutions in Nigeria, including The Polytechnic, Ibadan; University of Lagos and Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo. His major areas of research interest include indigenous language media, development communication, critical studies and new media.

69 Abstr acts include VisualResearch Methods, Agricultural Knowledge Systems, Participatory Learning andAction Research. research development Her interests in processes. engagefacilitating rural households to video on participatory Change Social and communication Communication for Centreexploring UQ, Management in postdoctoralresearch Systems did Lilly Rural sciences. natural and and social across Natural Knowledge Indigenous using of field the in was (UQ) Her PhD Queensland University. of Cook University James the and from from PNG of University from in Education qualification has Lilly research. communication Lilly Sar is a lecturer with Papua New Guinea (PNG) University of Technology. She has wide experiences in participatory development Biography vernacular to encode and decode messages through drum local the uses and specific acommunity.location is language in drum The belong to connect identity their to land; the inability with youth and elders, youth gap generational between widening of concerns address to was purpose second The self-sufficiency. in for productivity rice farmers of smallholder participation increase would garamut the of use the whether explored research This structures. government through silenced in systematically been have challenges multiple with creating conditions to genuinely faced ‘give voice’ to people who are development rural in voice community for advocating agents Change strengthenrelationships/.and harmonymaintain waysto cultural / sindaun’ strongim long tumbuna the bilong ‘pasin was It lost. be unspoken desire of this elder to train the youth of his clan otherwise would that knowledge recording allowed recordingwereculturalyouth community learnt he when only He between and communities. within neighboring communicate to used gong slit a to garamut; the on not messages sending video decided on recorded be who elder an of words the were These to meandmy children andgrandchildren/. don’t want the white man stilim kam to come and steal what belongs /I tubud mi bilong tumbuna ol na pikinini ol na long mi, biling samting les ‘mi answered hesitation Asked why he did not come when asked, the elder, without culture through participatory videoinrural Papua New Guinea Looking through theeyes ofavillager: Networking agriculture and 70 Sar, Lilly Agricultural Innovation, Bargam community Key words: Participatory video, Indigenous communication, and creating networks inagriculture andculture. generational gap the reducing in begun truly had process the garamut, champions and video participatory of combination the to train Through sustainable. are efforts development and ensuring communities within spaces learning creating in research on-going on based is paper This productivity. rice on messages content agricultural learning and garamut the using messages decoding and cultural recordedencoding in skills learning outcomes; two The had knowledge level. household the at food security sustainable planning on scientists agricultural the an enabling environment for farm families to interact with messages. Combining traditional media with garamut video created document to video used youth Selected beats. Sefo, Joel

“Alternate Approach to Communicating Adult Literacy programs in the Rural Areas of PNG: A Case Study on Usurufa Community

This research was carried out to find out the most vernacular, a local Creole. In addition the knowledge gained appropriate communication strategies to be used in from this adult literacy program was basically for reading delivering adult literacy programs in rural areas of Papua Bibles in Tok Pisin language. The skills and knowledge New Guinea (PNG) and if utilising this approach would ever of adult literacy wasn’t evident in other development enhance other rural community development programs; a programs such as health, agriculture and hygiene. case study in Usurufa area. The problem that prompted the researcher to undertake this research was that PNG It is recommended that different parties who are concern government as well as other development partners with communicating important information use Contextual initiate many adult literacy programs in the rural areas; Approach; an approach that require use of English some of these programs operated for a while and close language in a whole situational context. For example up while the others are never effectively run. The research the adults learning the skills of sewing must use English was carried out to determine what the real problem was. language, study terms related with sewing in English, using English language as medium of communication; the same The research paradigm employed for this research was for other developmental programs. When this approach both quantitative and qualitative of which two specific is encompassed the adult literacy programs would be methods were used; survey schedules were prepared evident in other development programs which will make and interviews were conducted by the researcher using it relevant to the livelihood of the community. the pre-prepared questions. Other related questions that were not on the schedules were also asked and both the answers and the questions were scribed on lecture pads. The data was then analysed by tallying the responses and coming up with numbers which was then used to create graphs and charts for graphical representation. The second method was a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). Under this method the researcher used mapping, transect walking and discussions to verify information collected.

The primary finding was that missionary approach was used to teach literacy in reading a Bible using Tok Pisin

Biography

Joel Sefo is from Kainantu in the Eastern Highlands Province. He attained college education at the former Saint Paul’s Teachers Collage in East New Britain Province. After matriculating to Grade 12 level through Department of Distance Learning (DODL) he enrolled at Pacific Adventist University for four years to complete his Bachelors Degree in Secondary Education, majoring Language. He holds a Masters in Communication Studies, degree from University of Technology. He is also currently enrolled in a Masters in Educational Leadership through extension mode at Divine Word University Madang. As an educationist by profession Joel has taught at all levels (primary to tertiary). After he obtained his masters qualification he taught both communications for development, media studies and language at college levels.

71 Abstr acts was amagazine editor withTe Rūnanga o Ngai Tahu, New Zealand. 2012, she won the Pacific award, followed by the African/Caribbean/Pacific award for best agricultural journalist. Prior to 2011, she In Polynesia. of heart the fromMe’aiRecipes cookbook Samoa: acclaimed highly the produce to Oliver Robert author with editor Samoa. She also has her own boutique communications company Flying Geese Productions. Zealand, In 2013, New she collaborated in stints as the cultural includes London that and Samoa. communications Currently she and is a media columnist in for Spasifikexperience magazine,years’ and the20 media specialistalmost forhas Tafuna’iWomen in Felolini Business DevelopmentFaumuina Biography existing ICT tools but many of the existing tools could tools existing the of many but at looked tools WIBDI ICT costs. existing data internet high to However due cent. low is per uptake phone 70 mobile over Census, was Samoa penetration 2011 the to According assist alltheactors. thereto is anopportunity integrate into ICT theproject to extension textproject.But farmers,and the callto out phones carry Currently delivered. mobile and databases computer of be aid the with workers, will it guarantees WIBDI ordered, is produce if and information system,farmer on guarantee based supply produce available of list a a creates WIBDI whereby operates Table To Farm consulting ontheSamoaproject. Caribbean the executive is severalthe He was chef for resorts. he where in it developed who Oliver, Robert chef This Farm to Table system was designed by award-winning period ofnotification from restaurants was unworkable. were quality and supply consistent. For farmers, short the the if produce local use would outlets these of 85% that However,imported. FAOa noted 2009 in Samoa in survey local incorporate to produce. Currently menus around 70% of hotel/restaurant food is their tailor to restaurants with working also is It hotels. and restaurantsto farmers smallholder connect to – financing agroprocessing, bridge and transport assessment, quality marketing, – links chain value missing the provide ambitious to projectTable to an Farm on embarked has It have. they resources an the with and live they where income is sustainable createa (WIBDI) families Inc farming rural assisting to dedicated Developmentorganization Business in Women Women inBusinessDevelopment Inc(WIBDI) Tafuna’I, Faumuina 72 uses andrecipes. possible information, nutritional includes that viewpoint cuisine a a access from produce and describing seasons database crop knowledge view online, order to able be will managers restaurant mKitchen, app, third the In news. farming international and regional local, WIBDI, read to able be also will They pricing. crop on WIBDI) by weekly campaigns. harvesting and They will also be able access market information (inputted planting plan and set expenses, budgets and income record to business which own for their account create to able be also will They to. contribute workerscan extension the and they that bank knowledge a access to able be will farmersmFarmer, In compliance organic and crop to information andongoing issues. access farmers, of In mExtension, WIBDI workers will have a mobile database are mExtension, mFarmer andmKitchen. there apps, of availability suite the In Tablefarmers. crop to Farm among identify to and compliance; organic in mitigatefarmersto breaches all ways: communicate toto two in used is SMS The apps. of suite a and SMS use will which System, mLink the developed organization has The states. Pacific other in replicated be could but that one solution, also ICT own its created WIBDI Consequently, organically being farmers 600 certified to international standards. with around 1000 families, of farming a membership has WIBDI islands. five across spread people 193,000 of population a has Samoa size. small WIBDI’s of because cheaply implemented not Travers, Helen and Hunter, Ernest Meeting Dual Challenges: producing rich media health information that breaks down the barriers of literacy, technology and economics, while creating the capacity to address diversity through multilingual production techniques.

Through a program of continuous innovation HITnet has a new model of information delivery to other indigenous developed a proprietary and unique means of delivering communities marginalised in the global knowledge integrated social change programs to remote and poorly economy. resourced indigenous Australian communities. Indigenous populations in need would thus be able to Its ‘Communications for Development’ approach – the capitalise on a unique set of assets including HITnet’s combination of its multi-delivery media platform, national technology platform, delivery network, established network of touch screen kiosks, and strategies for direct management systems, and successful strategies for direct community involvement – is making HITnet one of the community involvement, to establish their own networks more effective health promotion interventions taking of information kiosks. place in Indigenous Australia. These networks would enable them to push customised, The program has over ten years experience supporting reliable self-help information out to hard-to-reach an interactive media network across remote Australia, populations independent of professional staff, via with 60 community-based touch screen kiosks delivering kiosk, Web and mobile applications. Community kiosks engaging, broadcast-quality health information – would provide a simple, attractive end-user interface interactive films, music, documentaries, games and – a gateway to highly personalised, interactive health animations. Content is produced with local communities content, produced using local creative cultural practices, and delivered nationally, promoting diversity and creating and requiring minimal literacy and computer skills. The career opportunities that build on unrecognized skills and kiosks also offer transparency, providing system feedback talents in places dominated by high unemployment. to community clients and investors built on real-time, tailored kiosk usage data. HITnet will demonstrate its potential to build on a decade of experience in remote Indigenous Australia, to introduce

Biography

Helen Travers is Director of Creative Production at HITnet, a ‘Media for Development’ company that produces rich learning media for marginalised communities. Using new technology to co-create interactive learning materials, HITnet then deploys them to their network of public touchscreen kiosks, mobile devices, DVD and web, enabling democratic access to learning.

Dr Ernest Hunter is Regional Psychiatrist with Queensland Health. He has provided clinical services to remote Aboriginal communities in Cape York and the Torres for two decades. He previously held a chair in Public Health (UQ) and is now an Adjunct Professor with James Cook University. He is also the Founder of HITnet.

73 Abstr acts allow for future referencing anduse. presentthe of ‘snapshot’ a dayas cultural wildlifeof use Papuain interactionthe and NewGuinea between wildlife culture and to WCS’s Media and Communication Officer, one of her duties is todigitally archive both locally and internationally the data collected Currently, as Office. Technology’sRelations of Public University Guinea New Papua the with work to on moved then and Limited FM Guinea New Papua with Broadcasting journalist Radio a as served program, Elaine Guinea New Papua – Society Conservation Elaine Vaina graduated with a Bachelor of Communication Arts in journalism from Divine Word University. Before joining the Wildlife Biography target audiences. thekey to change onclimate information disseminating WCS’s highlights most appropriate the types of media and approaches for effectively paper for recommendations this makes and and experience change climate on these are important aspects for communicating effectively that feels to WCS information. byauthorities change climate disseminate mediums of proper utilization adequate or of use lack The 2) and facilitators, community or journalists it be disseminators information the by matter subject the of awareness of Lack 1) are; area this in WCS in the country, by faced challenges common most the of TwoProvinces. activities particularly in WCS project sites in mitigation Manus and New change Ireland out climate and adaptation carrying when face organizations partner and (WCS) Society Conservation Wildlife the that challenge amajor highlights communication in gap The communities. important most the by understood being or reaching not are measures adaptation and mitigation change onclimate between information communities; vulnerable gap communication the environmental organizations, the main stream media, and is of and effects change climate causes the transferringon of information challenges appropriate the of One severe events. increasingly will weather and rise who level sea by communities hit hardest coastalbe rural vulnerable most the for particularly environmental major region, Pacific a of much growing pose for challenge will and a Guinea New is Papua within climate issue of impacts The “Media asatool inbridgingthecommunication gap onclimate change”. Vaina, Elaine 74 West, Paige

Representational Sovereignty: Nature, Culture, and Emergent Images

This paper examines the disjuncture between the understandings and representations of people, place, and culture in Papua New Guinea between international development funders and national activists and non- governmental organizations. It argues that the disjuncture rests on enduring images of Papua New Guinea as located in a prior state of humanity and development. It attempts to push our thinking about how to engage with funders in ways that allow for representational sovereignty at multiple scales: for individuals, for communities, for organizations, and for the nation state.

Biography

Paige West is the Tow Professor of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University. Dr. West’s broad scholarly interest is the relationship between societies and their environments. More specifically, she has written about the linkages between environmental conservation and international development, the material and symbolic ways in which the natural world is understood and produced, the aesthetics and poetics of human social relations with nature, and the creation of commodities and practices of consumption. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Papua New Guinea since 1997 and is the author of two books about the county as well as numerous articles.

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Digital Storytelling - Ethnomycology Educational & Research Benefits: A case study from the International Mushroom Collaborative Project in the Highlands Regions, Papua New Guinea.

Since early this century, digital storytelling has become a powerful instructional tool in secondary and tertiary education. The concept of combining traditional storytelling with today’s emerging digital tools is rapidly spreading around the world. Unsurprisingly, digital storytelling has increased our students’ 21st century skills, knowledge and inspiration. Since 2008, our staff and postgraduate students from University of Goroka, School of Science has been engaging in a joint international collaborative mushroom research project to document traditional knowledge in Papua New Guinea. We employed community based participatory research (CBPR) approach to understand and gather traditional mycological knowledge, skills and practices from communities. We have critically assessed and evaluated the way new technologies such as the Internet, digital cameras, computers, and mobile phones are used to promote indigenous scientific knowledge. This paper examines an importance of integration of digital story telling in our ethno science curriculum.

Biography

Stewart Wossa (presenter) is a teaching staff in the School of Science and Technology at the UOG. He is currently pursuing PhD qualification at the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University under the mentorship of Professor Russell Barrow. While his work is concerned with new drug discoveries, he has also been a keen follower of the schools of thought on knowledge theories to help understand how his work on traditional knowledge systems relates to modern sciences.

Mr. Wossa attained his BSc and MSc qualifications from the University of PNG in the areas of natural products chemistry with Professor Topul Rali and has been teaching chemistry at UOG since 2006.

Co-authors: Stewart Wossa, Wasa Sibiya, John Nema, Jerry Anae, Anson Barich, Alfred KIK, Ronald Aknonero, Savitha De Britto, Basil Marasinghe, Michael Mel, Jeyarathan CNRRD, The School of Science, University of Goroka Corresponding author: Jeyarathan

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Crowther University, Oyo. His major areas of research Monday 21 July 2014 interest include indigenous language media, development communication, critical studies and new media. Laukai, Aloysius Takashi Kawakami Mr Aloysius Laukai is the founder and current owner of New Dawn FM Community Radio on Bougainville. Takashi Kawakami is Facilitator of J-CAM (Japan He started work with the National Broadcasting Conference of Alternative Media) and ex-Associate Corporation of Papua New Guinea in 1978 asa Professor of Hiroshima International University, Japan. Cadet Broadcast Officer and remained with the NBC, before becoming Director Provincial radio at Radio Bougainville and Radio Manus where he remained until 2003. Mr Laukai teamed up with other T uesday, 22nd of July 2014 Bougainville broadcast officers to start up a separate radio station on Bougainville as at that time the local West, Paige NBC Radio was only broadcasting in the evening and not putting out a lot of local programs but Paige West is the Tow Professor of Anthropology at relaying from Port Moresby. New Dawn FM started Barnard College and Columbia University. Dr. West’s broadcasting in April 2008 and joined the ARMAC broad scholarly interest is the relationship between (WORLD Association of Community Broadcasters societies and their environments. More specifically, she in 2010. New Dawn FM since then has been in the has written about the linkages between environmental spotlight from media groups in Europe and the conservation and international development, the Pacific. material and symbolic ways in which the natural world is understood and produced, the aesthetics and poetics Mr Laukai is also Chairman of the TULELE PEISA of human social relations with nature, and the creation INC an NGO from the Carterets islands. Tulele Peisa of commodities and practices of consumption. She has Inc has the only successful resettlement program conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Papua New Guinea working in Bougainville. His work can be seen by since 1997 and is the author of two books about the visiting New Dawn FM blog: www.bougainville. county as well as numerous articles. typepad.com or www.tulelepeisa.org Paulus, Monica Salawu, Abiodun Monica is a founding member of the Highlands Women’s Abiodun Salawu is Professor in the Department Human Rights Defenders Network and works on rapid of Communication, North-West University, South response with the Police to respond to sorcery cases. She Africa. He held briefly the Mazisi Kunene Chair in also works in partnership with the YWCA on counselling the School of Arts, College of Humanities, University and violence against women. In the past, Monica worked of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Prior to this, he was with Meri Kirap Sapotim, a local CBO, as a volunteer to of the Department of Communication, University help women and children who are accused of sorcery. She of Fort Hare, South Africa. He holds a PhD in also helped to repatriate and settle them in safe avenue Communication and Language Arts of the University and assist in courts and village mediation. She further of Ibadan, Nigeria. Prior to his coming to South documented cases of abuse with UN, Oxfam and Amnesty Africa, he had taught journalism and media studies International. Monica holds a graduate certificate in in various institutions in Nigeria, including The Tropical Agriculture from Popondetta College. Polytechnic, Ibadan; University of Lagos and Ajayi

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Thursday 24 July 2014 Watson, Amanda

Horst, Heather Dr. Amanda H A Watson is a communication researcher and trainer, with expertise in new communication Dr Heather Horst is Director of the Digital Ethnography technology for developing nations, and research Research Centre in the School of Media and background in development-related communication Communication at RMIT University. Her research issues. Dr. Watson is currently working as Mobile focuses upon understanding how digital media, Communication Research Consultant for the Economic technology and other forms of material culture mediate and Public Sector Program. Dr. Watson completed her relationships, communication, learning, mobility and doctoral research on mobile phones in rural areas of our sense of being human. Her books examining these Papua New Guinea, through Queensland University of themes include The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Technology. Dr. Watson is currently affiliated with the Communication (Berg, 2006), Hanging Out, Messing Centre for Health Communication at the University of Around and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning Technology Sydney. Dr. Watson has published in Pacific with Digital Media (MIT Press, 2010) and Digital Journalism Review, Media Asia, Australian Journalism Anthropology (Berg, 2012). Her current research, Review and The Australian Journal of Emergency supported by the Australian Research Council, explores Management. www.ahawatson.com transformations in the telecommunications industry and the emergence of new mobile media practices across the Asia-Pacific region. Friday 25 July 2014 Foster, Robert Joseph, Nicola Robert J. Foster is Professor and Chair of Anthropology and Professor of Visual & Cultural Studies at the Nicola Joseph is currently the CEO of the Community University of Rochester (USA). He has done field Media Training Organisation in Australia. She has research in Papua New Guinea since 1984. He is previously worked in both public and community radio the author of Social Reproduction and History in as a presenter, a producer and an executive producer. Melanesia (Cambridge 1995); Materializing the Nation: In all of her work Nicola has been primarily concerned Commodities, Consumption and Media in Papua with empowering marginalised communities with New Guinea (Indiana 2002); and Coca-Globalization: media skills in an effort to work towards a more Following Soft Drinks from New York to New Guinea diverse media in Australia. She has worked closely (Palgrave Macmillan 2008). His current research with indigenous and ethnic communities in Australia interests include globalization, corporations, and on media and arts projects. Nicola is committed commercial media. to the idea of communities controlling their own With Dr. Heather Horst (RMIT), Robert is undertaking media and developing the skills to frame their own a new research project titled “The Moral and Cultural representations, messages, conversations and Economy of Mobile Phones in the Pacific” funded by contributions to a wider dialogue. As a media trainer, the Australian Research Council. Through a comparative she is aware of the some of the shortfalls in media study of mobile telecommunications markets in Fiji and courses and C4D projects aimed at bringing about Papua New Guinea, this project will investigate how change. The challenge for those involved in media companies, consumers and states shape the social education and training is finding ways to facilitate new forms of expression and innovative media which discards many of the old forms of representation we have seen.

80 West, Dot programs for Australian schools and communities. Brad is a member of various research teams concerning Dot West is a Director of Goolarri Media Enterprises the role of the arts and creative practice in learning based in Broome Western Australia. Dot has a long including the Australian Research Council funded media history within the Kimberley and has played project Developing applied performance programs a major role in the training and development of for HIV and AIDS education in Papua New Guinea. He the region. She has also been instrumental in is currently leading a research project in Papua New the development of Indigenous media nationally Guinea developing applied performance programs for assisting its growth and development. Dot facilitates HIV and AIDS education. the vision of Indigenous media playing an intricate role in communications and the arts in the Kimberley Kenny, Jo and across Australia. She is a Director of the Special Broadcasting Service as well as Ramu Productions Jo Kenny grew up in Papua New Guinea from 1959 – and the Pilbara and Kimberley Aboriginal Media 1977, returning home in 2003 to assist a school on Association. Dot was the Inaugural Vice Chairperson Nusa Lik near Kavieng. A visually rich childhood full of of NITV. She has also served on the boards of stories shared around cooking fires at night influenced Screenwest, Australian International Documentary her future life in Australia. Starting out as a researcher Conference and the National Indigenous Radio and storyboard artist, Jo worked in film and television Service. Dot currently works freelance as a production management for 25 years before joining scriptwriter and a consultant in the Indigenous Creative Enterprise Australia at the Queensland Media sector. University of Technology. During her time at QUT CEA, Jo was instrumental in facilitating the Production of Simondson, Helen “Letterbox”, NITV, and “Go Lingo!” for Carbon Media and ABC 3 / NITV. In her role as an Industry Advisor, Helen Simondson is the Public Programs Manager Jo also mentored Indigenous start-up film production at the Australian Centre for Moving Image (ACMI), companies in South East Queensland. Jo now lectures Melbourne. Helen has been responsible for in Film, Screen and Animation in the Creative Industries initiating and developing the award-winning digital Faculty at the Queensland University of Technology. storytelling program at ACMI which has seen Helen and her team work with many individuals and communities, empowering them to tell their own stories in their own voice, while learning invaluable technology skills. Helen has presented on the ACMI digital storytelling program internationally and has contributed to several publications about digital storytelling practice. Beyond digital storytelling, Helen is also responsible for overseeing the programming of many of ACMI’s public events.

Haseman, Brad

Brad Haseman is Professor and Assistant Dean (Academic) for the Creative Industries Faculty at the Queensland University of Technology. He also Chairs the strategy panel on Capacity Building for the Australia Council for the Arts. From 2007 to 2011 Brad served as a community interest representative on the Australia Council for the Arts. During this period he chaired the Community Partnerships Committee of Council, which manages a range of funding programs for community cultural development activities, Arts in Education, Arts-Health and Artist in Residence

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