Guerrilla Word: Women in Radio in East Timor

• Autor(a) principal: Amarante, Maria Inês
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Estudos Feministas
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/S0104-026X2013000300022

This article clipping of the author’s doctoral thesis, shows the social role of radio in East Timor, as well as the role of women communicators guerrrilheiras once, since the country’s independence. Although the presence of women in the media Timorese is still quite timid and there is a need to overcome several barriers, including the use of the Portuguese language, they emphasize the importance of this participation and recognition of the working spaces in newly conquered radio. Among reflections on the voice and word environments “mediatized orality,” will reveal the cultural aspects of a people who are seeking to adapt themselves into a new reality without giving up their traditions. The research was conducted in the field, between 2005-06 and materialized through documentary surveys, literature and interviews (life story and witness reports).