Power is at play when it comes to the question of whose stories, both individual and collective, are preserved as public memory, says Editor Philip Lee in “Archival Justice: Unfinished Business,” the latest issue of Media Development. In his editorial Lee notes that “what is archived...
WACC’s newly appointed international Board of Directors determined steps to strengthen the organization’s mission to promote communication rights as a cornerstone for more just societies when it met in London, UK, on May 10–12. Under the leadership of WACC President Embert Charles and Vice President Mathilde...
The WACC ship has set a course for the future and that is to focus on building a transformative movement that helps shape government policies and actions “founded on human dignity, human rights, and democratic principles,” General Secretary Philip Lee told the organization’s Board of...
President Embert Charles has urged the WACC Board to draw on the wisdom of maturity to promote the mission of communication for all in a post-pandemic world marked by diverse threats to human rights and just societies. “We are all living a second half of life...
Organizations committed to equal, inclusive and sustainable development can take steps to promote a technology ecosystem rooted in human rights, agreed participants at a recent seminar exploring development and digital access co-organized by WACC and the CDAC Network. Information and communication technologies lacking a human rights...
[caption id="attachment_52894" align="alignleft" width="190"] MD 2023/2[/caption] Media Development 2023-2 Archival Justice: Unfinished Business This issue of Media Development argues for “archival justice”, since what is archived or retained in political, economic, and social structures – including the media – embodies inclusions and exclusions, discriminatory attitudes and behaviours, one...