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Retreating in/from art institutions
All too frequently individuals working in art institutions are faced with the frustrating contradiction that the quality engagement with art and ideas that are the institution's raison d'être and the concentrated research and writing that are a vital part of for instance curatorial work are compromised by workload and have to be eked out in less-than-efficient spurts fit in after regular working hours or postponed altogether. This text explores some of the reasons conditions of overwork exist in art institutions and how slow time for working with art artists and ideas might be reprioritized by looking at recent examples of art institutions that have employed strategies of retreat and withdrawal. The text also proposes that given the prevalence and normalization of conditions of overwork as well as an increasing reliance on unpaid labour in the field art institutions have an ethical responsibility to refuse such exploitative conditions and commit to doing less when human and financial resources are insufficient.
Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising
Atkinson Joshua D & Kenix Linda Jean (2019) Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising. Lanham USA: Lexington Books. ISBN 9781498584340 hbk 223 pp.
Sound Citizens: Australian Women Broadcasters Claim their Voice, 1923–1956, Catherine Fisher (2021)
Review of: Sound Citizens: Australian Women Broadcasters Claim their Voice 1923–1956 Catherine Fisher (2021)
Acton: ACT: ANU Press 184 pp.
ISBN 978-1-76046-430-1 p/bk $50
MeToo: The Impact of Rape Culture in the Media, Meenakshi Gigi Durham (2021)
Review of: MeToo: The Impact of Rape Culture in the Media Meenakshi Gigi Durham (2021)
Cambridge: Polity Press 191 pp.
ISBN 978-1-50953-519-4 h/bk AUD103.95
ISBN 978-1-50953-520-0 p/bk AUD32.95
ISBN 978-1-50953-521-7 e-book from AUD18.00
On what it means to be free: Radio as a tool of desistance for formerly incarcerated women in Adelaide, Australia
Women and girls make up only a small percentage of the overall prison population; however there has been a significant increase in their representation most notably over the past twenty years. Despite this fundamental understandings of the role of prisons as well as issues around recidivism and desistance are based on a male norm failing to meet the needs of women affected by the criminal justice system. This article outlines the findings from an ongoing grassroots action research project conducted with a support group for women of lived prison experience based in Adelaide South Australia to investigate radio production as a means for supporting women in their transition to life outside of prison. It draws on observations made over a two-year period of radio production and thematic content analysis to investigate the role of community radio as a tool of desistance for formerly incarcerated women.
Is community radio in crisis in the Global North?: Lessons from Australia and the United States
This article explores the relevance of community radio in the Global North. Its significance in the Global South is uncontested (Gumucio Dagron 2011; Rodríguez 2011; Tacchi 2002) however in the Global North the role of community radio is not necessarily so clear. According to a 2017 study published by New York University newer digital services are changing the way people listen to content endangering the future of traditional radio (Miller 2017). In this environment the relevance of community radio can be put into question. Based on three different case studies – two in Australia and one in the US – our analysis explores community broadcasters’ strategic initiatives that although different intend to address specific communication needs in particular audiences. Our analysis suggests that the future of community radio in the Global North depends on its ability to detect needs and audiences at the hyper-local level.
What I Know Now: Radio as a means of empowerment for women of lived prison experience
Incarceration rates are increasing almost everywhere and while women and girls make up only a small percentage of the overall prison population there has been a significant increase in their representation – especially over the past 20 years (Carlton and Segrave 2013). Despite the fact that societies are locking women up at increasingly high rates the fundamental understandings regarding prison reform are based on a male norm and do not meet the needs of female offenders (Walmsley 2016). This article outlines the findings from the first stage of a grassroots action research project conducted with a support group for women of lived prison experience based in Adelaide South Australia to investigate radio production as a means for supporting women in their transition to life outside of prison. The research found that empowerment manifested itself in a number of distinct ways through both processes and the products of the project. Through the production of radio women of prison experience recognised their own expertise and took ownership of their stories while the radio products educated the wider public and validated the participants’ experiences.
Prisoner radio as an abolitionist tool: A scholactivist reflection
Prisoner and prison radio – audio production and broadcasting that services prisoner and prison communities – has existed in a variety of forms in a diverse range of countries for over 30 years and has recently seen a surge in popularity and awareness. At the same time the prison abolition movement has also gained momentum and visibility after an equally long presence and history. Recently in the United States the New York City Council voted to close Rikers Island by 2026 in response to community campaigning driven by an abolition agenda. Likewise the Black Lives Matter movement has introduced an abolitionist discourse (especially around defunding police services) to the mainstream vernacular. This article considers the relationships between broadcasters/audiences and the State – embodied through government departments responsible for managing the incarceration of its citizens and how these impact on prisoner radio’s capacity to act as an agent of change. To do so we take a scholactivist approach to critically reflect on our experiences as prisoner radio practitioners and researchers and consider the potentials for prisoner radio to either support or hinder a prison abolition agenda. Can the genre contribute to the prison abolition movement when it often requires the support of the prison-industrial complex to exist?
‘We are all confident to speak’: Using radio as a tool of resettlement for young people of refugee background
Settlement presents a significant challenge for refugees compared to other migrants given the forced and often traumatic nature of their resettlement but despite this many refugees arrive in Australia with the tools to positively face new challenges in their settlement and as a result have a very high chance of making a good life for themselves in Australia. This paper discusses the ways community media production can be utilised to investigate solutions to the resettlement challenges faced by young people of refugee background. It draws on findings from a pilot research project that involved young people with refugee experience in media and radio production as well as broadcasting on an internet radio station at the University of South Australia. The findings suggest preliminarily at least that participation in community media can have a beneficial effect on a young person’s settlement experience in line with perceptions of what constitutes ‘successful’ resettlement.
‘Go join that radio station up there’: The role of Australian community radio in journalism education and training
Community broadcasting represents the largest independent media sector in Australia with over 26000 actively involved volunteers per annum. While people come to community broadcasting at many different points in their life there is a common unofficial narrative that describes community radio volunteers ‘cutting their teeth’ in the sector and then ‘moving on’ in their careers. This article details research that interrogates the experiences of journalists and other people working in the creative and cultural industries who spent significant time in the Australian community broadcasting sector. Employing a collective case study approach this article identifies and discusses key themes describing the impact of community radio on the employment pathways and career trajectories of its practitioners with a focus on journalism and media production. These themes provide a framework for further research into the impact of community media on journalists’ employment pathways and career trajectories viewing community media through a rhizomatic prism.