Regional and National Radio Cultures in the Struggle for Racial Justice

TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2023 4:00 PM (PST)

Location TBD

Presented by UCSB’s Center for Information Technology

Center for Information Technology visiting researcher Derek Valiant talked about his book project, which uses archival methods, science, and media and sound history to explore America’s emergent “radio borderlands.” This is the interzone where regional and nationally produced broadcasting practices intersect. Valiant argued that this is where racial identity formation and democratic transformation occurs.

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