RIDGS Book Event: Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry

A Conversation with Laura Garbes
Headshot of Laura Garbes in a floral shirt smiling into the camera next to an image of the cover of her book, entitled "Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry"
Event Date & Time
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Event Location
Liberal Arts Engagement Hub, Room 120 Pillsbury Hall

315 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Event Registration
Dr. Laura Garbes (Assistant Professor of Sociology) will discuss her new book, Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry, which examines how public radio was formed as a white racialized institution. Through in-depth qualitative interviews, Listeners Like Who? shows the complex cultural work that public radio professionals of color have done to expand who the network is for.
She will be joined by discussants:
  • Carolina Velloso, Assistant Professor, Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication
  • Sam Choo, Audio Producer and Consultant
 

This event is free and open to the public.

Registration is required, and space is limited. 
 

This event is co-sponsored by the Sociology Department and the Minnesota Journalism Center

 

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