Start Guide Spring Term 2012
Welcome to the Communication for Development Masters Programme. The following start guide is aimed specifically at students starting the Communication for Development masters programme in Spring 2012.
If you have any queries regarding your application to the Communication for Development Masters programme then please do not hesitate to e mail us on comdev@mah.se
December 2011
If the email you received from the Swedish Agency for Higher Education (VHS) offering you a place to study Communication for Development stated that you have to confirm that you accept your place then you MUST confirm that you wish to accept your place to study ComDev using www.universityadmissions.se before December 20th. If you do not confirm that you wish to take up your place to study with ComDev then your place will be given to another student
If you are in any doubt whether you need to confirm your place then please check your personal area on www.universityadmissions.se or contact Malmö University’s admissions department on admissions@mah.se
January 2012
On January 3rd, or shortly after, you should receive an email from the Malmö University IT department with your username, password and student email. When you receive this information please log into the university systems and confirm that your username, password and student email are working.
You will need this information to access all the ComDev learning systems so it is vital that you make sure this works correctly.
Before you can access the Communication for Development online learning resources you must register for the Communication for Development programme AND the first course you will study in Spring 2012 Communication, Culture and Media Analysis.
Web registration opens on Monday January 9th 2012 you should go to http://webreg.mah.se/ and log in using your Malmö University username and password. Please register for the Communication for Development Programme and Communication, Culture and Media Analysis course as soon as possible so that you can access the It’s Learning course site and our online learning resources in good time before the online introduction on Monday January 16th 13:00 – 15:00 Swedish time (12:00 – 14:00 GMT).
If you have questions regarding your web registration please contact Kristina Regnell on kristina.regnell@mah.se
Once you have completed the web registration it will take two days for us to create your It’s Learning account. It’s Learning is our online learning management system and the place where most of the online teaching, and communication with your colleagues and teachers will take place.
Registration will close on January 16th, the first day of term, but should register well before this date so that you can access, It’s Learning, Live Lecture and take part in the online introduction.
Access It’s Learning from the link on the right hand menu of this blog and click on the ComDev on It’s Learning link and this will take you through to the It’s Learning log on page.
If you have questions regarding your Malmö University username and password or access to It’s Learning you should contact support@mah.se
You should log in to It’s Learning as soon as you are able and click on the Communication, Culture and Media Analysis link to enter the course site. Take some time to read the information there about the course that you will be studying.
January 16th 2012 Online Introduction Session 13:00 – 15:00 Swedish Time (12:00 – 14:00 GMT)
Like all ComDev sessions this introduction will be streamed live via LIVE LECTURE. You can access live lecture via It’s Learning. Click on the LIVE LECTURE link in the left hand menu on the It’s Learning course site. You should log into It’s Learning using your Malmö University username and password. Read more about LIVE LECTURE
Friday January 20th and Saturday 21st 2012
Communication, Culture and Media Analysis Two Day Seminar
This is the first two day seminar of the Communication, Culture and Media Analysis course. There will be two days of lectures, discussions and presentations from ComDev staff and guest lecturers.
The programme for this seminar is still to be confirmed but when it is published you will be able to see it here. Please register here (REGISTRATION NOT OPEN YET) and let us know if you will be participating in person here in Malmö or whether you will be participating online.
Participation in ComDev seminars is obligatory. If you live in Scandinavia then you are expected to attend in person. If you are unable to come to Malmö then you can follow live online and participate in lectures and discussions using the LIVE LECTURE video streaming and chat function.
Two day Seminar in March (Location and dates are yet to be confirmed provisional dates are Thursday 29th, Friday March 30th and Saturday 31st. We will confirm the location and dates for this seminar as soon as we can)
Two day Seminar Communication, Culture and Media Analysis
Thursday May 31th
Examination Seminar Communication, Culture and Media Analysis.
Additional Information
There will additional online seminars, lectures and presentations through out the term. The dates of these will presented at the start of the term.
You can find information on important dates for other ComDev course running in spring 2012 here
The ComDev Portal
On this site you will find a lot of information about the programme, our students and alumni. The Student Handbook, also available on this site, is a must read for all new students.
There will be a full literature list available on the course site in It’s Learning from August but if you would like to make a start with your preparation here is some suggested reading for the first course.
Joint reading
The readings are organized in two sub-sets, one for the theme “Development” and one for the theme “Communication for development”. Within each sub-set, readings are listed in the reading order recommended. Readings marked as * should be read in preparation for the first seminar (20-21 January)
Development
Nederveen Pieterse, Jan (2010) Development Theory – deconstructions/reconstructions (Second Edition). London: Sage.
* preface to the 2nd edition and Chapters 1 and 2.
Eriksson Baaz, Maria (2005) The Paternalism of Partnership. A Postcolonial reading of identity in development aid. London: Zed Books.
Especially chapters 1, 3 and 4.
Richey, Lisa and Ponte, Stefano (2011) Brand Aid: Shopping well to save the world. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Warah, Rasna (2009) “Development and other myths” in Europe’s World.
available online at http://www.europesworld.org/Default.aspx?TabId=809&PostID=843
Kremer, Monique; van Lieshout, Peter; Went, Robert (2010) Doing Good Or Doing Better: Development Policies in a Globalizing World. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 10.
Communication for Development
* Wilkins, Karin Gwinn (2008) “Development Communication” in Donsbach, Wolfgang (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Blackwell Publishing.
Retrieved on 12 June 2008 from http://www.communicationencyclopedia.com/subscriber/tocnode?id=g9781405131995_chunk_g97814051319959_ss20-1 Download as PDF
Hemer, Oscar and Thomas Tufte (eds.) (2005) Media and Glocal Change. Rethinking Communication for Development. Buenos Aires, Göteborg: CLACSO/Nordicom.
Especially chapters 4 and 7 for this module, but new students are recommended to read also the introduction and chapters 5 and 6. PDF files of each chapter available at http://bibliotecavirtual.clacso.org.ar/ar/libros/edicion/media/media.html
Quarry, Wendy & Ramírez, Ricardo (2009) Communication for another development: listening before telling. London: Zed Books
Chapters 1 to 5, and Chapter 10.
* Quebral, Nora (2011) “DevCom Los Baños style”. Lecture delivered at the Honorary Doctorate Celebration Seminar, LSE, University of London, December 2011.
Available online at http://www.southbound.my/downloads/NoraCruzQuebralDec2011Lecture.pdf
Srampickal, Jacob (2006) “Development and participatory communication” in Communication Research Trends, Vol. 25. No. 2. Santa Clara: Centre for the Study of Communication and Culture (CSCC).
Available online at http://cscc.scu.edu/trends/v25/v25_2.pdf
Recommended additional reading
These readings complement those in the Joint reading list and will broaden your understanding of the field of communication for development and social change as a field of theorization, research and practice. Most readings correspond to journal articles or book chapters, and are freely available online. Where books or book chapters are indicated, an effort has been made to suggest references that will make a long-standing, useful addition to your personal library.
Alfaro, Rosa María (2007) “Without communication, there is no development” in Glocal Times # 7
available online at http://webzone.k3.mah.se/projects/gt2/viewarticle.aspx?articleID=103&issueID=10
Da Costa, Peter (2007) “Communicating as one? A look at the past and future of the UN’s Communication for Development Round Tables” in Glocal Times # 7
available online at http://webzone.k3.mah.se/projects/gt2/viewarticle.aspx?articleID=105&issueID=10
Easterly, William (2007) The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. US: Oxford.
Chapters 1, 8, 9, 10 and 11
Fair, Jo Ellen and Shah, Hemant (1997) ‘Continuities and Discontinuities in Communication and Development Research Since 1958’ in Journal of International Communication, 4(2), pp. 3–23.
Fraser, Colin and Restrepo Estrada, Sonia (2007) “Policy-makers perceptions’ of Communication for Development: Two surveys twelve years apart / Personal reflections on what changed between 1994 and 2006 and its implications for advocacy”
available online in Glocal Times # 7
Gumucio-Dagron, Alfonso (2009) ‘Playing with Fire: Power, Participation, and Communication for Development’ in Development in Practice, 19(4–5).
Huesca, Robert (2002) ‘Tracing the History of Participatory Communication Approaches to Development: A Critical Appraisal’ in Servaes, Jan (ed.) Approaches to Development Communication. Paris: UNESCO.
Available online at http://webzone.k3.mah.se/projects/comdev04/frame/devcomm_servaes.pdf
Ogan, Christine et al. (2009) ‘Development Communication; The State of Research in an Era of ICTs and Globalization’ in International Communication Gazette 71(8), pp. 655–670.
Rush, Jason (2009) “Sugar Coating, or the Manufacture of Community Support” in Glocal Times # 13 (November).
Available online at http://webzone.k3.mah.se/projects/gt2/viewarticle.aspx?articleID=171&issueID=20
Sachs, Wolfgang (1991) The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power. London: Zed Books.
Tufte, Thomas and Gumucio-Dagron, Alfonso (2006) “Roots and relevance: Introduction to the CFSC anthology” in Tufte, Thomas and Gumucio-Dagron, Alfonso (eds.) Communication for social change anthology. US: CFSC.
Warnock, Kitty, Emrys Shoemaker and Mark Wilson (2007) The Case for Communication in Sustainable Development. London: Panos Institute
Available online at www.panos.org.uk/?lid=296
Wilkins, Karin (2000) “Accounting for power in development communication” in Wilkins, Karin (ed.) Redeveloping communication for social change. US: Rowman & Littlefield.
Wilkins, Karin (2009) “What’s in a name? Problematizing communication’s shift from development to social change”
available online in Glocal Times # 13
Hall, Stuart, (ed.) (1997) Representations. Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices London: Sage.
See electronic preview version at Google Books
Additional readings – case studies
Tufte, Thomas & Florencia Enghel (eds) (2009) Youth Engaging With the World Media, Communication and Social Change. Gothenburg: Nordicom
Hemer, Oscar and Thomas Tufte (eds) (2005) Media & Glocal Change. Rethinking Communication for Development . Buenos Aires/Gothenburg. CLACSO Books/Nordicom
Browse chapter overview. Maybe specifically Methodology and Case studies section. See links with pdf files of each chapter available at:
http://bibliotecavirtual.clacso.org.ar/ar/libros/edicion/media/media.html
Ginsburg, Abu-Lughod and Larkin (eds) (2002) Media Worlds. Anthropology on new terrain. Berkeley: University of California Press.
See electronic preview version and contents/chapter overview at Google Books. You may find case studies of interest.
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Hi,
thank you for all the useful information! Even though there is no programme for the first seminar (20-21 Jan) yet, do you have the approximate starting and finishing hours? Just to book the flights already.
I hope that my participation in the course is confirmed – I did get “accepted” from the admissions website, and also confirmed my place. Hope to see you in January then!
Hi Riikka
The seminars will start at approx 10:00 and we will be finished by 17:00 on each day. (All times are Swedish local)
/Hugo