[Commlist] Cfp | Broadcasting in (De)Colonial Settings | Journal of Radio & Audio Media

*Broadcasting in (De)Colonial Settings*

Call for Papers –   Journal of Radio & Audio Media Symposium | Editor: 
Nelson Ribeiro

Deadline: October 1, 2021

The emergence of radio introduced profound changes in public 
communication, changing patterns of information dissemination at local, 
national and international levels. In the case of the Imperial nations 
this role was extended overseas with radio becoming the most important 
medium for uniting the home countries with the expats living in the far 
reaches of the empires, though not unproblematically.

A growing body of literature on the history of imperial and colonial 
broadcasting, as well as of sound, have been contributing to the 
understanding of the role of radio technologies, broadcasting and music 
in the 20th century in forging audible and sonorous empires. However, 
the ways in which different imperial countries used radio to create a 
sense of nation and colonial identities among those living in different 
geographies remains an open question. On the other hand, in the last 
decades works dealing with the media during decolonization have called 
attention to the significant role played by the audio medium in 
promoting independence from colonial powers and giving visibility to 
forms of culture that would become part of national identities of the 
new-born countries. What research has also revealed is that much is 
still to be understood about the relation between radio and 
decolonization practices and processes. Thus, this special issue seeks 
to publish manuscripts dealing with how broadcasting was incorporated 
and appropriated within different colonial and decolonial settings.

Hence, papers dealing with the following topics will be highly 
appreciated (non-exhaustive list):

Radio and national identities;

Imperial and colonial broadcasting institutions;

Radio professionals in imperial and colonial broadcasting contexts;

Programming in international broadcasts;

Reception of Imperial and colonial broadcasts;

Technologies used for international broadcasting;

Radio, ethnicity and race;

Radio and practices of resistance;

Broadcasting and colonial subjectivities;

Radio and colonial independences;

Radio and decolonization;

Intermedial approaches to radio history in colonial contexts;

Radio and music market in imperial and colonial contexts;

Radio in postcolonialism.

The topics above are merely suggestions. We welcome submissions that 
explore other aspects of colonial and imperial broadcasting. Submissions 
for this symposium are due by October 1, 2021. Submitted manuscripts 
undergo a blind peer review. Manuscripts should be submitted through 
Manuscript Central link on https://www.beaweb.org/wp/?page_id=571 
<https://www.beaweb.org/wp/?page_id=571> or 
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hjrs 
<https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hjrs> Documents prepared in Microsoft 
Word are preferred and should APA for style and citation.  Manuscripts 
should not exceed 6500 words and should include an abstract of no more 
than 100 words. In addition to the manuscript with no reference to the 
author(s), the author(s) should include a separate attachment with 
contact information. Please fill in the manuscript information as 
directed on the site. No payment from the authors will be required.

For more information on the Journal of Radio & Audio Media, click here 
<https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hjrs20/current>.

Please direct any questions in advance of your submission to the 
symposium editor: Nelson Ribeiro ((nelson.ribeiro /at/ ucp.pt) 
<mailto:(nelson.ribeiro /at/ ucp.pt)>) subject line JRAM Colonial Broadcasting.

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