Vida selvagem de quintal: contemplando as interações entre humanos e animais na rádio comunitária no Sul da Índia

Conteúdo do artigo principal

T. Hazeena

Resumo

O incremento crescente de interações entre humanos e animais selvagens, que se transformam em conflitos, representa uma preocupação socioecológica crítica na Índia, assim como em muitas regiões do mundo. Ao abordar a questão, muitas instituições reconheceram a mídia como uma parte interessada valiosa. Os estudos atuais que conectam a mídia e as interações entre humanos e animais selvagens tratam predominantemente da representação de conflitos pela mídia. Além disso, a literatura carece de insights de pesquisa sobre como a mídia comunitária se envolve com as interações entre humanos e animais selvagens, embora essa mídia tenha uma vasta experiência de envolvimento com questões ambientais em muitas partes do mundo. Para preencher essa lacuna, o artigo se concentra em um estudo de caso de mídia comunitária do estado de Tamil Nadu, no sul da Índia. A Radio Kotagiri, o caso discutido no artigo, é uma rádio comunitária localizada na cidade de Kotagiri, no distrito de Nilgiris; no estado, que faz parte de uma cadeia de montanhas ecologicamente rica e vulnerável do país. Utilizando os dados qualitativos -coletados durante o estudo etnográfico mais extenso conduzido pelo autor, e o conteúdo de mídia disponível publicamente da rádio- o artigo examina os compromissos da mídia comunitária em relação às interações entre humanos e animais selvagens. A análise revela as dimensões dos esforços da rádio comunitária na busca de conversas sobre coexistência em nível de base e sua contribuição para ampliar as realidades das pessoas comuns em relação às interações entre humanos e animais selvagens na região. Embora a rádio se baseie nos interesses existentes de sua organização-mãe e em seus recursos relacionados ao assunto, ela se revela uma plataforma capaz de centralizar a matriz socioecológica em ação nas narrativas.

Biografia do Autor

T. Hazeena, University of Hyderabad

Doutor em Filosofia - PhD em Comunicação

Pesquisador Sênior da Universidade de Hyderabad

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