Conference on University Radios will be offered

Conference on University Radios will be offered
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 8, 2012

A   conference on the role of university radios and their potential for development with web 2.0 technologieswill be offered this coming Wednesday, June 13, in the Orientation Hall of the Pedro Mir Library, located at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, at 10:30 in the morning.

Santiago García Gago has extensive experience both advising university radios and on radio production issues, especially in regard to technical assembly, in connection with the web 2.0.

The lecture will be offered by Spanish Professor Santiago García Gago, representative of the organization Radialistas Apasionados y Apasionadas,wich is headquartered in Quito, Ecuador. The conference is aimed at university professors and students of all disciplines, but with emphasis on students of Social Communications. Admission is free of charge.

This activity is part of the training and radio production activities of the Spanish Cultural Center, in the framework of the launching during the month of July of the CCESDRadio, a non-commercial communication platform, whose emphasis is on broadcasting local Spanish and Ibero-American cultures and contemporary art practices. However,it is also oriented toward the construction of citizenship and social awareness, with a view to promoting social initiatives that focus on social issues such as gender, migration, democracy, environment, education, and culture of peace, among others.

The issue of the creation of university radios is a proposal that has been gaining strength in various Latin American countries, since it represents an option for the dissemination of academic subjects as well as for the creation of opportunities for citizen participation from the classroom and for reinforcing the social function of universities.

Santiago García Gago has extensive experience both advising university radios and on radio production issues, especially in regard to technical assembly, in connection with the web 2.0.