MEDIA-SELF EDUCATION FOR LIBERATION

                         Workshop Conducted by

          FR. GASTON ROBERGE

             (film scholar, teacher and author) 

10 – 15 May 2008 04.00pm - 08.00pm (EVERY DAY)

LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION - 30 APRIL 08 

COURSE FEE –Tk 2,000/= (TWO THOUSAND TAKA ONLY)

 

 

Schedule

 

Day	Module	Fragment	Readings From CB	Homework (Morning?)	Movie
1	1 (+16, 19) awareness	Internet 2	E. 73-89 B. 59-71	Fill in quest-ionnaire, ‘The Media and You’	A Man Escaped
2	3 cyberclubs	Globalization 20-21; mod 8	E. 189-208 B. 148-162	Newspaper analysis	Ontor Jatra
3	5 digital divide	Hybridization 28-29	E. 138-141 B. 109-112	Feature film/ads	Raghu Romeo
4	15 liberation	Googlelization 28-29	E. 181-187  B.  141-146	Billboards analysis	Pulp Fiction
5	9 human (+12 Liberation)	Media angst 40-41	E. 90-122 B. 71-85	Cricket match on two national tv channels	None
6	10 Ideas			None

 

CONTACT:

 Academy of Film and Media ; 4/1 Humayun Road, Block-B,    (College gate) Mohammadpur, Dhaka – 1207;Cell – 01552575019 - 20.

 

Workshop on media self-education for liberation (Gaston Roberge, 10-15 April 2008)

 

Six days:

Afternoon: 2 hours (4-6 pm);

Evening: feature film (6-8 pm)

 

The workshop is based on a new book by G. Roberge, Media Dancer, Who Sets the Tune? This book is available on the Web, and a password will be given to the participants to access the site if they so wish.

Each day, the afternoon session deals with a module (from Media Dancer) and has the following parts:

 

1.      introduction to the module

2.      Readings from Cyberbani (with references to both the English and Bengali editions).

3.      fragment (additional material)

4.      homework (optional; may have been done the previous morning)

5.      group discussion (exercises)

6.      review (questionnaire)

Of the six parts mentioned above, the most important will be the group discussion.