A fascinating exploration of modern podcasting as a tool for
decolonization
In The Podcaster's Dilemma: Decolonizing Podcasters in the Era of
Surveillance Capitalism, Drs. Nolan Higdon and Nicholas Baham III
connect contemporary podcasting to the broader history of the use of
radio technology in the service of anti-colonial struggle and
revolution. By organizing the book's analysis of decolonization through
podcasting via three distinct activities--interrogation and critique,
counter-narrative, and call to action--the authors create a lens through
which they analyze and evaluate the decolonizing potential of new
podcasts.
The book also critiques the threat to the decolonizing efforts of some
modern podcasts by the growing phenomena of surveillance capitalism and
the emerging podcast oligopoly. The Podcaster's Dilemma reveals both
potential and challenges in the podcasting space as podcasters struggle
to put forward insightful new narratives funded by anti-capitalist
models.
This important book also includes:
- A thorough introduction to the podcasters profiled in the book and an
examination of how they're using podcasts to decolonize themselves
from colonial mentalities
- Practical discussions of how the profiled podcasters interrogate and
critique the veracity of neoliberal, racist, imperialist, patriarchal,
heterosexist, classist, and ableist white-centered ideologies
- Comprehensive explorations of the counter-narrative production phase
of a decolonizing podcaster's process
- In-depth treatments of the community activism created by decolonizing
podcasts
The Podcaster's Dilemma: Decolonizing Podcasters in the Era of
Surveillance Capitalism is an indispensable new resource for critical
media, communications, ethnic studies, and political science scholars,
as well as undergraduate and graduate students. It is also perfect for
anyone interested in the broad expansion of intersectional voices in
dialogue about everything from political organizing to plant-based
diets.
