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Radio Fields

Anthropology and Wireless Sound in the 21st Century
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Radio is the most widespread electronic medium in the world today. As a form of technology that is both durable and relatively cheap, radio remains central to the everyday lives of billions of people around the globe. It is used as a call for prayer in Argentina and Appalachia, to organize political protest in Mexico and Libya, and for wartime communication in Iraq and Afghanistan. In urban centers it is played constantly in shopping malls, waiting rooms, and classrooms. Yet despite its omnipresence, it remains the media form least studied by anthropologists. Radio Fields employs ethnographic methods to reveal the diverse domains in which radio is imagined, deployed, and understood. Drawing on research from six continents, the volume demonstrates how the particular capacities and practices of radio provide singular insight into diverse social worlds, ranging from aboriginal Australia to urban Zambia. Together, the contributors address how radio creates distinct possibilities for rethinking such fundamental concepts as culture, communication, community, and collective agency.
Acknowledgments 1 Introduction Lucas Bessire and Daniel Fisher 2 Aurality under Democracy Laura Kunreuther 3 From the Studio to the Street Daniel Fisher 4 Editing the Nation Danny Kaplan 5 Reconsidering Muslim Authority Dorothea Schulz 6 Community and Indigenous Radio in Oaxaca Lynn Stephen 7 The Cultural Politics of Radio Melinda Hinkson 8 Frequencies of Transgression Jeffrey S. Juris 9 "Foreign Voices" Kira Kosnick 10 "We Go Above" Lucas Bessire 11 Appalachian Radio Prayers Anderson Blanton 12 Radio in the (i)Home Jo Tacchi 13 "A House of Wires upon Wires" Debra Vidali-Spitulnik Radio Fields Faye Ginsburg About the Contributors Index
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