Media practitioners worldwide who are interested in indigenous media and communication can attend a three-day conference in Malaysia from October 13 to 15.

The event, the International Conference on Media and Communication, will discuss the relevance of indigenizing media knowledge in an era in which Western curricula has influenced media studies worldwide.

The conference seeks to: debate issues relating to indigenizing of communication knowledge; examine research that has promoted indigenous forms of knowledge; and explicate the challenges of realizing indigenous knowledge.

The School of Media and Communication Studies, University Kebangsaan Malaysia is organizing the biennial conference.

For further information, click here or e-mail mtn2009@ukm.my.