How to ethnograph an esport scene? : Epistemic and methodological shifts in a decolonial research done

This article problematizes some research experiences that traversed an ethnography with 42 players from a community esports scene in Brazil. Examining the transformations in the knowledge-power relations outlined in the conduction of that study, the article explores the central role played by episte...

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Author: Macedo, Tarcízio
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Repository:Revista Eco-Pós (Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaecopos.eco.ufrj.br:article/28365
Online Access:https://revistaecopos.eco.ufrj.br/eco_pos/article/view/28365
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Esports
etnografia
decolonialidade
metodologia
epistemologia
ethnography
decoloniality
methodology
epistemology
etnografía
decolonialidad
metodología
epistemología
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Summary:This article problematizes some research experiences that traversed an ethnography with 42 players from a community esports scene in Brazil. Examining the transformations in the knowledge-power relations outlined in the conduction of that study, the article explores the central role played by epistemic-methodological shifts that required putting the research in motion and discussions about a decolonial ethnography done. Based on some field experiences, it is argued that these shared experiences functioned as formative moments that, for this reason, encourage fieldwork in esports as a formative process and as an (inter)epistemic encounter and dialogue.