Fogos digitais
Letramentos de sobrevivência no Complexo do Alemão/RJ
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5769210 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Junot De Oliveira Maia (0000-0002-9645-0027, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | THESIS |
| Publisher | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (PUBLISHER • BR) |
| DOI | 10.47749/t/unicamp.2017.989439 |
| OpenAlex | W4206832247 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
The aim of this research is to investigate how residents of Complexo do Alemão, a group of favelas in the Northern Zone of Rio de Janeiro, have appropriated information and communication digital technologies (ICDTs) to enhance and expand their possibilities for citizen participation and social mobilization.In this context, this dissertation analyses the way in which social networks, such as Facebook and twitter, work as alternative channels for the expansion of local narratives, which have focused mainly on the numerous cases of violence arising from the tension between State repression and illicit drugs retailers who live in favelas.These (re)writing practices that materialize the struggle of favela's dwellers vis-à-vis the persistent violence that plagues their reality characterize what I call digital fireworks, a metaphor inspired by the fireworks that were used in most favelas of Rio de Janeiro before the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) were installed in their territories.Starting from a postcolonial theoretical view on the social role of digital technologies, the text highlights hegemonic literacy regimes which criminalize residents of favelas since the creation of these territories in the late nineteenth century.It contrasts such
Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies · Social Media and Politics · Urban and sociocultural dynamics
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |