Decolonizing methods to study digital culture: a proposal from Latin America Métodos de descolonização para estudar a cultura digital: uma proposta da América Latina Descolonizando los métodos para estudiar la cultura digital: una propuesta desde Latinoamérica Academic Article in Scopus uri icon

abstract

  • This paper makes an epistemic-political intervention in three parts. First, we elaborate a critique of the theoretical-methodological logics usually reproduced without considering the differences between the place where the methods originated and the place where they are applied. Specifically, we problematize the idea of novelty, which has been predominant in the study of digital phenomena. Second, we discuss some elements of the so-called decolonial turn that we consider inspiring to account for the relationship between methodologies and research on digital culture. Third, we advance a series of specific proposals to develop methodologies that respond to the specific contexts of Latin America and digital culture. © 2023 Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. All rights reserved.

publication date

  • January 1, 2023