Hi, I’m Preeti Raghunath, an Assistant Professor at the Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC), Pune, India. I currently teach the MA (Mass Communication), MBA (Communication Management) students and PhD researchers at SIMC.
Curriculum Vitae
I work with four interconnected baskets: Communication Governance, Communication for Social Change, Media Anthropology, and Political Communication. My research interests lie in the politics, policies and practices of media and communication, through lenses of equitable access and sustainable futures, and theories of democracy. I conduct ethnography in South Asia, and theorise from the standpoint of the South. More in my CV here
My Recent Work
My book titled, Community Radio Policies in South Asia: A Deliberative Policy Ecology Approach, as part of the Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change Series, is available here. Here are some reviews that the book has received:
Alternative approaches to studying media policymaking in the Global South , in Media Asia
Book Review: Community Radio Policies in South Asia by Preeti Raghunath, in TripleC: Communication, Capitalism and Critique
Book review: Preeti Raghunath. Community Radio Policies in South Asia: A Deliberative Policy Ecology Approach, in Asia Pacific Media Educator
Academic and Administrative Service
I’m currently a Vice-Chair of the Global Media Policy Working Group at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). I serve as the Founder-Editor of the Media Anthropology Research Collective – South Asia, a voluntary grouping of those interested in Media Anthropology. I also serve on the Executive Council of the Oral History Association of India (OHAI)
At SIMC Pune, I contribute to initiatives in research, besides the Corporate Interface Team (CIT).
Collaboration
If you’re interested in working towards equitable and sustainable media/technology futures, the oral-aural and associated policies, plural histories and philosophies of communication and technologies, drop me a message!
Write to me at preetimalaraghunath@gmail.com. I tweet @preetiraghunath