2nd Announcement
Conference on Aspects of Inter-cultural Communication,
Both Inside Multicultural Societies
And Between Culturally Dominant and Dominated Countries
Roskilde University, Denmark, April 6 and 7, 1999
The University of Roskilde will hold a two-day, double-themed conference on
Arctic and communication issues.
Coinciding with the inauguration of the Nunavut Territory, the first
theme will include subjects such as: the establishment of Nunavut, its status
- legally and socially, rights of indigenous peoples, sociological
structures, politics, ethnic grassroots structures, and comparisons with
aboriginal peoples in other circumpolar nations.
The second theme builds on a previous series of communication seminars on
Quebec and will examine and compare the choice and system of communication
tools used by ethnic groups to pursue their objectives internally and
externally.
While focussing primarily on Canada, the subjects will be extended to
include Nordic bids for increased autonomy and related issues. The two
themes will be structured so that they are parallel and interrelated.
Roskilde University, NACS/ANEC and the Nordic countries have specific
reasons to celebrate this ethnic event which is the first time since
Greenland achieved home rule that Inuit demands for autonomy
have been met. Roskilde University has had Greenlandic studies during many
years, it cooperates with other circumpolar institutions and organizations
and Canadian study and research activities attract quite a few students and
professors.
Since 1987 Roskilde University has hosted a couple of seminars on
communication studies in Denmark and Canada / Quebec. This conference is in
line with an expected enhancement of Nordic and European focuses on Canadian
social and political structures.
Conference Languages: French and English.
Conference fees: dkr. 500 (students dkr. 250) which includes a copy of the
printed abstracts, a copy of the printed proceedings, as well as coffee,
lunch and dinner on the first day and coffee and lunch on the second day.
Deadline for registration: February 26.
Deadline for abstract: March 12.
PROGRAM
Tuesday 6. April 1999
9.00 AM - 10.00
Registration
10.00 - 10.30
Rector, RUC, Henrik Toft Jensen: Opening address.
Ambassador, Brian Baker, Canada: Opening address
Associate Professor, Rasmus Ole Rasmussen, Opening remarks,
practical information.
10.30 - 11.10
Representative from Nunavut Government: Nunavut - Status and
perspectives
Discussion
11.10 - 11.30
Coffee break
11.30 - 12.10
Chef regional de l'Assemblee, des premieres nations du Quebec et
du Labrador, Gislain Picard: Sur les relations sociales et
politiques entre les autochtones au Quebec et les autoritees
gouvernementales et l'administration politique. La situation et le
processus entre les autochtones et les Quebecois.
Discussion
12.10 - 13.00
Lunch
13.00 - 13.40
Professeur de l'Universit, Laval, Quebec, Roger de la Garde:
How do the continental, national and provincial media affect
cultural identity processes in Francophone Canada?
Discussion
13.40 - 14.20
Consultant to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Greenland
Issues, Finn Lynge: Production of Knowledge and the question of
Right or Wrong - the Sealing case.
Discussion
14.20 - 15.00
Coffee break
15.00 - 17.00
Sessions: Parallel sessions are planned with four - at the most -
six contributions per session. Coffee will be available on tables
outside session rooms. Chairing persons and session keynote
speakers are Gail Valaskakis from Concordia University's Department
of Communication Studies (tbc) and Alain G. Gagnon, Professor,
McGill University, Quebec studies, Montreal.
17.00 - 18.00
RUC, NACS/ANEC and the Canadian Embassy host a reception in
connection with the opening of an exhibition on Canadian
literature and art.
18.00 - 19.00
One or two theater performances by the Greenlandic SILAMIUT theatre
group and possibly by a Nunavik performance group.
19.00 - ?
Dinner
Wednesday 7. April
9.00 AM - 9.15
Rasmus Ole Rasmussen, opening remarks
9.15 - 9.55
President of IWGIA, Jens Dahl: Indigenous Peoples, Nunavut and
Self Determination in the Arctic.
Discussion
9.55 - 10.35
Ande Somby, Associate Professor, Troms University, Norway:
Indigenous peoples and minority policies in Northern Scandinavia.
Discussion
10.35 - 11.50
Coffee break
11.50 - 12.30
Bob Scott, Professor, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto:
Communication in Development. (tbc)
Discussion
12.30 - 13.30
Lunch
13.30 -15.00PM
Parallel sessions continued, with four - at the most - six
contributions per session. Coffee will be available on tables
outside session rooms. Chairs and session keynote speakers:
Richard Langlais, Director of Arctic Center, Rovaniemi, Finland
(tbc), and Bill Gilsdorf, Adjoint Professor, University of Ottawa.
15.00 - 15.30
Coffee
15.30 -17.00
Panel discussion with chair persons. On inter-cultural
communication and the perspectives and opportunities for
minorities and their communication culture.
17.00
Closing remarks
REGISTRATION
Please send information about NAME, ADDRESS and INSTITUTION to:
E-mail: Rasmus [at] Ruc.DK
Address: NORS 21.2, Roskilde University 21.2
P.O.Box 260, DK4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Phone: +45 46742137
Fax: +45 46743031
Deadline of registration is February 26. If you would like to present a
paper, please indicate the topic, and, if possible, include an abstract.
Deadline for abstracts in English, French or both, is March 12. 1999.
We have made arrangements with a selection of hotels in Roskilde and
Copenhagen in different price ranges. As soon as you have registered, we
will be happy to send you further information about