Women Journalists, Proximity Radios and Conflicts in Burkina Faso: Weaving the Social Fabric for Peace
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2025), xix, 328 pp.
Contains 15 illustr., index
ISBN 978-3-031-96969-0
"This book explores the complex relationships between proximity radio and conflict in Burkina Faso from the perspective of female radio journalists. The study is based on in-depth qualitative field research, including interviews, audio diaries, and radio content analysis, using an analytical framework based on the concepts of participation and intersectionality. It provides a detailed account of radios in the northern provinces of Burkina Faso and the specificities of proximity radio in comparison to larger, national media outlets, particularly in their relationship with the community they serve. It also highlights the material and discursive consequences of violent conflict on radio stations, and shows how journalists regain agency despite severe constraints, as well as pointing to important - often invisible - contributions of women journalists in promoting peace and non-violent conflict transformation." (Publisher description)
PART I. PREPARING THE THREADS: PERSPECTIVES ON THE MEDIA, CONFLICT, AND WOMEN JOURNALISTS
1 Introduction: Media and Conflict Through the Eyes of Women Radio Journalists, 3
2 What Do We Know of Gender, Media, Peace and Conflict? 25
3 Conceptualizing the Intersectionality-Conflict-Media Nexus, 63
4 Media and Conflict in the ‘Land of Upright People’, 101
PART II. HOW WOMEN JOURNALISTS NAVIGATE THE MEDIA AND CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE: THREE THREADS TO BE WOVEN TOGETHER
5 Thread One: Proximity Radios as Actors in Society, 131
6 Thread Two: Proximity Radios and Conflicts, 173
7 Thread Three: Women Journalists in Proximity Radio, 229
8 Weaving the Threads Together: Women Journalists Contributing to Peace, 271
9 Conclusion: New Insights and New Ways to Think About the Media and Conflict, 307
1 Introduction: Media and Conflict Through the Eyes of Women Radio Journalists, 3
2 What Do We Know of Gender, Media, Peace and Conflict? 25
3 Conceptualizing the Intersectionality-Conflict-Media Nexus, 63
4 Media and Conflict in the ‘Land of Upright People’, 101
PART II. HOW WOMEN JOURNALISTS NAVIGATE THE MEDIA AND CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE: THREE THREADS TO BE WOVEN TOGETHER
5 Thread One: Proximity Radios as Actors in Society, 131
6 Thread Two: Proximity Radios and Conflicts, 173
7 Thread Three: Women Journalists in Proximity Radio, 229
8 Weaving the Threads Together: Women Journalists Contributing to Peace, 271
9 Conclusion: New Insights and New Ways to Think About the Media and Conflict, 307