Elisabeth Soep and Vivian Chávez
Drop That Knowledge
Youth Radio Stories
$55.00, £37.95 hardcover
9780520250215
NYP--Due 4/10
$21.95, £14.95 paperback
9780520260870
NYP--Due 4/10
256 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 15 b/w photographs, 1 table
April 2010, Available worldwide
Also in: American & Canadian Cultural Anthropology; Radio
April 2010, Available worldwide
Also in: American & Canadian Cultural Anthropology; Radio
This is the first book to take us inside Youth Radio for a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at a unique, Peabody Award-winning organization that produces distinctive content for outlets from National Public Radio to YouTube. Young people come to Youth Radio, headquartered in Oakland, California, from under-resourced public schools and neighborhoods in order to produce media that will transform both their own lives and the world around them. Drop That Knowledge weaves their compelling personal stories into a fresh framework for understanding the relationship between media, learning, and youth culture at a moment when all three spheres are undergoing dramatic change. The book emphasizes what is innovative and exciting in youth culture and offers concrete strategies for engaging and collaborating with diverse groups of young people on real-world initiatives in a range of settings, online and in real life.
"Drop That Knowledge is a profound contribution to our understanding of contemporary youth. The authors craft an elegant and energetic narrative that is incisive and inspiring. This is an important work!"—Sam M. Intrator, Smith College, co-director of Project Coach
"Drop That Knowledge is a landmark contribution to our understanding of media and youth movements in the US. It's at the cutting-edge in telling the story of how young people are creating breadth and depth of diversity in the broadcast, cable, and satellite media. Innovative and engaging!" —Toby Miller, author of Makeover Nation: The United States of Reinvention
"Drop That Knowledge draws deftly on the words, ideas, and passions of the young people it studies, locating them within broader contexts of contemporary education, policing and the media. This book is well written and full of accessible, poignant and entertaining vignettes."—George Lipsitz , University of California, Santa Barbara
"Drop That Knowledge is a landmark contribution to our understanding of media and youth movements in the US. It's at the cutting-edge in telling the story of how young people are creating breadth and depth of diversity in the broadcast, cable, and satellite media. Innovative and engaging!" —Toby Miller, author of Makeover Nation: The United States of Reinvention
"Drop That Knowledge draws deftly on the words, ideas, and passions of the young people it studies, locating them within broader contexts of contemporary education, policing and the media. This book is well written and full of accessible, poignant and entertaining vignettes."—George Lipsitz , University of California, Santa Barbara
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Unbury the Lede
1. Converged Literacy
2. Collegial Pedagogy
3. Point of Voice
4. Drop That Knowledge
5. Alumni Lives
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Unbury the Lede
1. Converged Literacy
2. Collegial Pedagogy
3. Point of Voice
4. Drop That Knowledge
5. Alumni Lives
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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