Technology appropriation and Mapuche self-communication: An interpretation of indigenous e-communication in Chile
Technology appropriation and Mapuche self-communication: An interpretation of indigenous e-communication in Chile
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Rivera, Claudio A. Maldonado
del Valle Rojas, Juan A.
del Valle Rojas, Juan A.
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ETHNICITIES,Vol.,,2021
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Abstract
The use and appropriation of digital information and communication technologies by Mapuche communicators and activists has turned into a new process of political and identity innovation in the context of the Chilean-Mapuche intercultural and interethnic conflict. This study aims to understand the Mapuche intercultural dialogue. Based on a corpus of semi-structured interviews with Mapuche communicators, we interpret and analyze their discourses in relation to the dissemination and/or analysis of the indigenous digital informative media. The results are built upon the valorization and recognition of the mediations that the Mapuche agents develop around their own e-communication praxis. This interpretation derives from applying theoretical-conceptual categories which have enabled us to address technological, technopolitical, (inter)cultural, and communicative dimensions regarding the Mapuche e-communication work.