Narratives and New Voices from India: Cases of Community Development for Social Change
Singapore: Springer (2022), xxi, 318 pp.
Contains 42 illustrations, 37 illustrations in color.
Series: Communication, Culture and Change in Asia, 8
ISBN 978-981-19249-6-5 (ebook); 978-981-19249-5-8 (hbk)
"This volume focuses on indigenous knowledge in analyzing the traditions and communication processes within various communities of Northeast India. It deals with the historical and theoretical trajectory of communication for social change as a discipline, bringing together a series of interesting case studies from the sphere of meaningful learning where individuals and communities engage in a cooperative and dialogic environment to promote change at multiple levels. The case studies cover a range of media - radio, video, ‘forum theatre’ - and considers both practitioners and audiences." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction / Alankar Kaushik, Abir Suchiang, 1
PART I: COMMUNITY-CENTRED DEVELOPMENT AND SHIFTING PARADIGMS
2 Community-Centric Approaches and Changing Paradigms: A Perspective from India / B. P. Sanjay, 13
3 The Relevance of Rabindranath Tagore and Paulo Freire for Participatory Communication / Jan Servaes, 25
PART II: COMMUNITY VOICES AND NARRATIVES
4 "CGNet Swara Encourages Us to Participate and Bring About Change": Analyzing the Role of Media and Development / Paromita Pain, Malik Zahra Khalid, Aaliya Ahmed, 43
5 Women Journalists of Khabar Lahariya and Namaskar: Enabling Gendered Media Ecology in Rural India / Annapurna Sinha, Kanchan K. Malik, 59
6 Reinforcing Desia Culture Through Community Radio: A Cultural Analysis of Radio Dhimsa in Koraput, Odisha / Vasuki Belavadi, Aniruddha Jena, 73
7 Samvidhan LIVE! Be a Jagrik-A Case Study of Effecting Social Change Through Constitutional Literacy / Nidhi Srivastava, Ashraf Patel, Kanika Sinha, 85
8 Simple Minds, Powerful Voices: Tradition and Transformation in the Patachitras of Bengal / Monolina Bhattacharyya, 107
PART III: COMMUNITY VOICES OF NORTHEAST INDIA: PRACTICES IN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
9 Community Media Practices in Northeast India: Cases of Community Development Through Community Radio / Ankuran Dutta, 135
10 Visual Medium for Social Change in Northeast India Leveraging the Power of Youth in Conservation Action and Social Change / Rita Banerji, 153
11 Revitalizing the Language and Culture Through Community Radio: A Case Study of Hajong Community from Dhemaji District, Assam / Alankar Kaushik, Bhaskar J. Bhuyan, 167
12 Participatory Video Making and Community Children Reporters: A Case Study of "Pollution at Umshing" in Shillong, Meghalaya / Abir Suchiang, 179
13 Traditional Health Practices in Northern Thailand, and Their Implications for Holistic Health Communication / Patchanee Malikhao, 191
14 Contribution of Traditional Medicine Toward Primary Health Care in Meghalaya / J. P. Lyngdoh, 203
PART IV: HEALTH COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
15 Nutrition Communication-Experiments, Experiences and Exasperation / SubbaRao M. Gavaravarapu, Ananya Seal, 217
16 Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and Poshan Abhiyaan: A Case Study from India / Seema Puri, Urvashi Mehlawat, 231
17 Adolescent Health: Participation, Community, and Communication as the Key for RKSK Programs in Rural Gujarat / Manisha Pathak Shelat, Priyanki Choudhury, 251
18 Contemporary Challenges to Entertainment-Education: Health Narratives from the Hindi Language Show ‘Mai Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon’ / Shubhda Arora, Juhi Jotwani, 271
19 Agricultural Drudgery Reduction Among Tribal Women Through Science and Technology Communication in Tamil Nadu / S. Nagarathinam, Kinkini Dasgupta Mishra, N. Paramanantham, 283
20 Responding to the Language of Violence: A Voluntary Organisation’s Assays in Development / Sunil Kaul, 299
PART I: COMMUNITY-CENTRED DEVELOPMENT AND SHIFTING PARADIGMS
2 Community-Centric Approaches and Changing Paradigms: A Perspective from India / B. P. Sanjay, 13
3 The Relevance of Rabindranath Tagore and Paulo Freire for Participatory Communication / Jan Servaes, 25
PART II: COMMUNITY VOICES AND NARRATIVES
4 "CGNet Swara Encourages Us to Participate and Bring About Change": Analyzing the Role of Media and Development / Paromita Pain, Malik Zahra Khalid, Aaliya Ahmed, 43
5 Women Journalists of Khabar Lahariya and Namaskar: Enabling Gendered Media Ecology in Rural India / Annapurna Sinha, Kanchan K. Malik, 59
6 Reinforcing Desia Culture Through Community Radio: A Cultural Analysis of Radio Dhimsa in Koraput, Odisha / Vasuki Belavadi, Aniruddha Jena, 73
7 Samvidhan LIVE! Be a Jagrik-A Case Study of Effecting Social Change Through Constitutional Literacy / Nidhi Srivastava, Ashraf Patel, Kanika Sinha, 85
8 Simple Minds, Powerful Voices: Tradition and Transformation in the Patachitras of Bengal / Monolina Bhattacharyya, 107
PART III: COMMUNITY VOICES OF NORTHEAST INDIA: PRACTICES IN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
9 Community Media Practices in Northeast India: Cases of Community Development Through Community Radio / Ankuran Dutta, 135
10 Visual Medium for Social Change in Northeast India Leveraging the Power of Youth in Conservation Action and Social Change / Rita Banerji, 153
11 Revitalizing the Language and Culture Through Community Radio: A Case Study of Hajong Community from Dhemaji District, Assam / Alankar Kaushik, Bhaskar J. Bhuyan, 167
12 Participatory Video Making and Community Children Reporters: A Case Study of "Pollution at Umshing" in Shillong, Meghalaya / Abir Suchiang, 179
13 Traditional Health Practices in Northern Thailand, and Their Implications for Holistic Health Communication / Patchanee Malikhao, 191
14 Contribution of Traditional Medicine Toward Primary Health Care in Meghalaya / J. P. Lyngdoh, 203
PART IV: HEALTH COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
15 Nutrition Communication-Experiments, Experiences and Exasperation / SubbaRao M. Gavaravarapu, Ananya Seal, 217
16 Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and Poshan Abhiyaan: A Case Study from India / Seema Puri, Urvashi Mehlawat, 231
17 Adolescent Health: Participation, Community, and Communication as the Key for RKSK Programs in Rural Gujarat / Manisha Pathak Shelat, Priyanki Choudhury, 251
18 Contemporary Challenges to Entertainment-Education: Health Narratives from the Hindi Language Show ‘Mai Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon’ / Shubhda Arora, Juhi Jotwani, 271
19 Agricultural Drudgery Reduction Among Tribal Women Through Science and Technology Communication in Tamil Nadu / S. Nagarathinam, Kinkini Dasgupta Mishra, N. Paramanantham, 283
20 Responding to the Language of Violence: A Voluntary Organisation’s Assays in Development / Sunil Kaul, 299
