Many Voices, Many Worlds: Critical Perspectives on Community Media in India
New Delhi: Sage (2021), 365 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-93-91138-87-5 (online); 978-93-91138-46-2 (print)
Signature commbox: 317:10-Community 2021
"Many Voices, Many Worlds: Critical Perspectives on Community Media in India is a critical reflection on governance and policymaking, development, disability, knowledge and other social markers in the context of community media. Bringing together different modes of community media—such as video, radio, theatre, information and communication technologies (ICTs) and new media—into a productive conversation with each other, the book focuses on how communities through their communicative practices, negotiate the politics of caste, class, gender, and access to funding and technology." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: Other Worlds Are Breathing / Faiz Ullah, Anjali Monteiro, K. P. Jayasankar, 1
I. WAVES OF FREEDOM: COMMUNITY RADIO AND ITS DISCONTENTS
2 Negotiating 'the Political' in the Community Radio Sphere: Historical Choices, Contemporary Predicaments / Vinod Pavarala and Kanchan K. Malik, 47
3 Dalits and Adivasis in Community Radio: Understanding Representation and Participation in Bundelkhand / Bidu Bhusan Dash, 70
4 Understanding the 'Community' in Community Media: Women's Experiences of Leadership in Mandakini ki Awaaz / Shweta Radhakrishnan, 93
II. IN THEIR OWN MOVING IMAGE: COMMUNITY VIDEO PRACTICES
5 Collaborative Animation: Challenges of Participatory Film-making with the Bhil Community / Nina Sabnani, 109
6 'Sangam Shot': Community Video as Assemblage / Madhavi Manchi, 123
7 The Disability and Film-making Community in Film Practice-As-Research: The Case of We Make Film / Shweta Ghosh, 143
8 Dalit Camera: Resisting Caste Atrocities Through Video / Raees Mohammed, 157
III. DURABLE MARGINS: ASSERTING CITIZENSHIP
9 Community Media and Potential for Responsive Listenership on Campus / Nikhil Thomas Titus, 169
10 Muslim Community Media and the Public Sphere: The Contribution of The Milli Gazette and TwoCircles.net / Mahtab Alam, 189
11 Theatre for Community Education, Capacity Building and Research / Madhura Dutta, 207
12 Doing Theatre, Fighting Stigma: Budhan Theatre and the Creative Struggle of the Chharas / Dakxinkumar Bajrange, 228
IV. TRAJECTORIES OF CHANGE: SPACES OF HOPE
13 A Delicate Weave: The Place of Local Wisdoms in Community Media Initiatives / Anjali Monteiro and K. P. Jayasankar, 241
14 Notes on the Political Economy of Community Media: The Independent Self-organizing Power of Communities / Faiz Ullah, 265
15 Doing Feminist Community Media: Collectivizing in Online Spaces / Shilpa Phadke and Nithila Kanagasabai, 289
16 'Divided We Stand, United We Fall': The Newfound Wisdom of Digital Age Communication Technology / Hemant Babu 318
I. WAVES OF FREEDOM: COMMUNITY RADIO AND ITS DISCONTENTS
2 Negotiating 'the Political' in the Community Radio Sphere: Historical Choices, Contemporary Predicaments / Vinod Pavarala and Kanchan K. Malik, 47
3 Dalits and Adivasis in Community Radio: Understanding Representation and Participation in Bundelkhand / Bidu Bhusan Dash, 70
4 Understanding the 'Community' in Community Media: Women's Experiences of Leadership in Mandakini ki Awaaz / Shweta Radhakrishnan, 93
II. IN THEIR OWN MOVING IMAGE: COMMUNITY VIDEO PRACTICES
5 Collaborative Animation: Challenges of Participatory Film-making with the Bhil Community / Nina Sabnani, 109
6 'Sangam Shot': Community Video as Assemblage / Madhavi Manchi, 123
7 The Disability and Film-making Community in Film Practice-As-Research: The Case of We Make Film / Shweta Ghosh, 143
8 Dalit Camera: Resisting Caste Atrocities Through Video / Raees Mohammed, 157
III. DURABLE MARGINS: ASSERTING CITIZENSHIP
9 Community Media and Potential for Responsive Listenership on Campus / Nikhil Thomas Titus, 169
10 Muslim Community Media and the Public Sphere: The Contribution of The Milli Gazette and TwoCircles.net / Mahtab Alam, 189
11 Theatre for Community Education, Capacity Building and Research / Madhura Dutta, 207
12 Doing Theatre, Fighting Stigma: Budhan Theatre and the Creative Struggle of the Chharas / Dakxinkumar Bajrange, 228
IV. TRAJECTORIES OF CHANGE: SPACES OF HOPE
13 A Delicate Weave: The Place of Local Wisdoms in Community Media Initiatives / Anjali Monteiro and K. P. Jayasankar, 241
14 Notes on the Political Economy of Community Media: The Independent Self-organizing Power of Communities / Faiz Ullah, 265
15 Doing Feminist Community Media: Collectivizing in Online Spaces / Shilpa Phadke and Nithila Kanagasabai, 289
16 'Divided We Stand, United We Fall': The Newfound Wisdom of Digital Age Communication Technology / Hemant Babu 318
