Autor/Autorin: Agosta Diana
The author received her Ph.D. from the Anthropology Program ofnthe City University of New York, and has served on the Board ofnDirectors of Manhattan Neighborhood Network, and on the editorialnboard of the Community Media Review of the Alliance for CommunitynMedia. Her current work involves urban education.
How can a community re-create itself after a civilwar? In El Salvador, returning refugees from thedevastated northern regions established localcommunity radio stations to inform, entertain andbuild a new cultural identity. Based on a year ofethnographic research, Naming the Future argues thatthese new community radios worked to activate avision of civil society, and fought to create localpublic spaces which could also help them enter thenational public sphere. They melded popular culturewith mass media through their partipatory programs.This popular culture helped their communities to workthrough their shared histories and experiences of thewar, the horrors and repression which it brought, andtheir dreams and efforts to attain them. It was alsoa way that they combined local traditions withglobalized music and other cultural flows whichincreasingly were part of their lives. For communication scholars, development workers andstudents alike, this in-depth study of radiohighlights the distinctive contribution ofparticipatory media forms to the development of civilsociety and the re-creation of local culture despitecivil war and intensifying globalization.
How can a community re-create itself after a civil
war? In El Salvador, returning refugees from the
devastated northern regions established local
community radio stations to inform, entertain and
build a new cultural identity. Based on a year of
ethnographic research, Naming the Future argues that
these new community radios worked to activate a
vision of civil society, and fought to create local
public spaces which could also help them enter the
national public sphere. They melded popular culture
with mass media through their partipatory programs.
This popular culture helped their communities to work
through their shared histories and experiences of the
war, the horrors and repression which it brought, and
their dreams and efforts to attain them. It was also
a way that they combined local traditions with
globalized music and other cultural flows which
increasingly were part of their lives.
For communication scholars, development workers and
students alike, this in-depth study of radio
highlights the distinctive contribution of
participatory media forms to the development of civil
society and the re-creation of local culture despite
civil war and intensifying globalization.
The author received her Ph.D. from the Anthropology Program of
the City University of New York, and has served on the Board of
Directors of Manhattan Neighborhood Network, and on the editorial
board of the Community Media Review of the Alliance for Community
Media. Her current work involves urban education.
Über den Autor
The author received her Ph.D. from the Anthropology Program ofthe City University of New York, and has served on the Board ofDirectors of Manhattan Neighborhood Network, and on the editorialboard of the Community Media Review of the Alliance for CommunityMedia. Her current work involves urban education.
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How can a community re-create itself after a civilwar? In El Salvador, returning refugees from thedevastated northern regions established localcommunity radio stations to inform, entertain andbuild a new cultural identity. Based on a year ofethnographic research, Naming the Future argues thatthese new community radios worked to activate avision of civil society, and fought to create localpublic spaces which could also help them enter thenational public sphere. They melded popular culturewith mass media through their partipatory programs.This popular culture helped their communities to workthrough their shared histories and experiences of thewar, the horrors and repression which it brought, andtheir dreams and efforts to attain them. It was alsoa way that they combined local traditions withglobalized music and other cultural flows whichincreasingly were part of their lives. For communication scholars, development workers andstudents alike, this in-depth study of radiohighlights the distinctive contribution ofparticipatory media forms to the development of civilsociety and the re-creation of local culture despitecivil war and intensifying globalization.
