The Decolonizing Southeast Asian Sound Archives (DeCoSEAS) project was brought to the attention of our francophone partners through the French blog Les carnets de la phonothèque of the Maison Méditerranéenne des sciences de l’homme. The full text…
Date Archives April 2021
[Sound Bite] Producing local popular culture from colonial radio
By Elizabeth Enriquez American businessmen introduced commercial radio broadcasting in the Philippines beginning in 1922. It was encouraged and supported by the colonial administration, which saw radio as an efficient channel by which American culture…