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The Cultural PRAXIS of Community Radio in India: Community, Culture, and Communication

The Cultural PRAXIS of Community Radio in India: Community, Culture, and Communication

Belavadi, Vasuki
Jena, Aniruddha

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change

RadioGeneral ReferenceGeneral Sociology

PREORDER - Expected ship date January 3, 2027

ISBN10: 3032351650
ISBN13: 9783032351654
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Jan 3 2027
Language: English

This book critically examines how community radio functions not merely as a tool for information dissemination or development messaging, but as a powerful medium for cultural expression, identity formation, and epistemic resistance among indigenous and marginalised communities in India. Through ethnographic case studies of Radio Dhimsa and Radio Swayamshakti in Odisha, the book explores how hyper-local radio stations facilitate the articulation of community-specific cultural narratives, challenge hegemonic media discourses, and foster communicative autonomy. It addresses a critical gap in media and communication scholarship by moving beyond normative development frameworks to foreground the lived experiences, cultural lifeworlds, and everyday communicative practices of communities. Aimed at scholars, students, and practitioners in media studies, development communication, and anthropology, the book brings into focus the urgent need to re-theorise community media as culturally embedded, politically meaningful, and participatory infrastructures.

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