Convocatoria Edición #33 Julio - Diciembre 2024

Communication and Social Change

Issue editors: Amparo Cadavid (UNIMINUTO, Colombia), Cicilia Krohling Peruzzo (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil) and Thomas Tufte (Loughborough University London, England).

The School of Communication Sciences of the University Corporation Minuto de Dios Uniminuto, invites communication professionals, professors, researchers, thinkers, managers and independent social and community leaders or others linked to public, private, multilateral or community organizations, to submit their contributions for review. We welcome a) research results, b) reflection articles or results of consultancies, c) case studies, d) systematizations of experiences, and e) reviews. The accepted submissions will form the twenty-ninth edition of the Journal Mediaciones, and the theme is Communication and Social Change.

This issue will have an international reach and thus invites contributions from all regions of the world. We invite proposals that reflect upon the legacy of the field, others that offer a deep vision and analysis of contemporary cases and others that offer scenarios for the future.

We welcome articles in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Communication for social change is a field of research and practice that is undergoing fundamental changes. In the first place, we currently observe developments of approaches that are different to the early approaches, focused on growth and modernization. Today’s proposals are inclusive of the diversity in production of knowledge, resulting not only in a critique of the dominant paradigm, but especially in a growing recognition of other epistemologies. This is widely influencing the field and is seen, for example, in indigenous knowledge systems gaining greater visibility; it is seen in the theoretical advances linking decolonial thought to the field of communication; and we see it in the growing South-South dialogues around communication for social change and the broadening of citizenships. These are processes that lead to fascinating debates and reflections on transnational connections.

Secondly, we live in a time of great challenges in capitalist development, where the social cost of systemic injustices is increasingly evident and disturbing, and where challenges to subsistence are posed by climate change, wars, exclusions, mass migrations and technological advances. The role of communication in addressing these challenges is complex and requires in-depth analysis.

Third, the actors involved in communication for social change are increasingly diverse. Civil organizations and social movements in all their variety, which engage with communication for social change, have become visible and gained momentum in the constitution of civilizational changes at the global level. Analysing the breadth and impact of these civil society actors is key to understanding the role of this field in practice.

 

Dateline: February 1, 2024

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