Framing
Speakers: Baldwin Van Gorp (KU Leuven), Karin Nelissen (‘t Lampeke) and Tracy Bibo Tansia
Language: ENGLISH
Conscious and strategic handling of framing
The so-called glasses you wear to look at the world define in a big way which solutions you see and what kind of support you can generate. Framing is all about selecting subjects, words and images that create specific emotions, values and thoughts. The more you know about frames, the more aware you become. In this session, we challenge attendees to use framing more strategically and consciously.
Speakers
Baldwin Van Gorp studied Political and Social Sciences at the University of Antwerp. In 1999, Baldwin's career unexpectedly took a turn when he started writing a dissertation at the University of Antwerp. In this dissertation, he presented his view on the concept of 'framing' and applied it to the media's reporting on asylum seekers and refugees in Belgium. He then moved to Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, where he taught strategic communication for four years.
In 2009, Van Gorp returned to Belgium. Currently, he works as a professor at the Journalism Master and Communications Master at KU Leuven. Over the years, he became an international expert in framing.
Karin Nelissen has been the General Coordinator of community organisation 't Lampeke for 15 years. In 1992, she volunteered and joined forces with women in poverty in the expansion of a second-hand clothing shop. In 1993, she started as a child counsellor. Nelissen stood at the cradle of different projects and non-profit organisations.
Tracy Bibo Tansia holds a Master's in International Politics (University of Ghent). For several years, she worked as a parliamentary assistant for CD&V, focusing mainly on equal opportunities, gender and international relations.
After her political career, she worked at the Minderhedenforum. Her most recent job experience was in East Congo, where she supported sexual assault victims. She also appeared in the media to talk about racism and (de)colonisation, for example, in the documentary Kinderen van de Kolonie (Canvas, VRT).
