Transforming public space: a local radio's work in a poor urban community
Author(s)
Navarro, DoraEditor(s)
Eade, DeborahPublication date
2009-06-01Country
Peru
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Development in PracticeDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
Among processes towards democratisation, it has been asserted that alternative radio has a central role in the citizen making of the poor. However, it is important to analyse in detail what possibilities an alternative or citizens' radio has to strengthen ideas of citizenship and transform the public space into a critical and deliberative public in urban sites. This paper focuses on one local Catholic radio station in Huaycan, a shantytown on the outskirts of Lima. It describes the radio's journalistic work, showing examples of how they mobilise local leaders and monitor democratic processes, such as municipal elections and the district's participatory budget. In addition, it shows how the public uses the radio to channel their claims. It also identifies the factors that prevent the radio from fully empowering the public and transforming public space into a more critical and democratic one.Pages
9ISSN
0961-4524EISSN
1364-9213ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/09614520902866355