Indigenous Amazonians on air

Shipibo–Konibo radio broadcasters and their social influence in Peru

Bibliographic Data

ID18995993
AuthorsJacqueline Oyarce-Cruz (0000-0003-4445-1092, National University of San Marcos, corresponding author), Melissa Medina Paredes (National University of San Marcos), Markus Maier (0000-0002-9160-1826, National University of San Marcos)
Year2019
Volume15
Issue2
Pages93-100
Publication date2019-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1177-1801 • E-ISSN: 1174-1740
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1177180118823561
OpenAlexW2912866138
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited1

This article describes how Peruvian Shipibo–Konibo people instrumentalize local radio stations to participate in civil society and to become social leaders supported by their communities. The investigational group consisted of Shipibo–Konibo communicators, all of them are men, who work at local radio stations located in the region Ucayali, Amazonas, Peru. The indigenous radio broadcasters interviewed were chosen from the most popular radio stations of Ucayali. Topics in radio programs are politics, corruption, abuse, mishandling, as well as celebrations, traditional holidays, communities’ anniversaries, and other cultural activities. Promoting social demands of their localities has given rise to new generations who now attend university and conduct radio programs in Shipibo–Konibo and Spanish, to communicate their concerns. It is an exploratory type research with a qualitative approach, focused on radio programs that got more local audience in the Peruvian Amazonia

Community radio · Geography · Indigenous · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Radio broadcasting · Sociology · Telecommunications · Communication and COVID-19 Impact · Engineering · Gender, Health, and Social Inequality · Law · Media and Digital Communication · Ecology

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