Mobile ethnography: a means of methodological analysis for gender identity in Facebook.

In this paper I consider the mobile ethnography as a methodological possibility for the socio-anthropological analysis of gender, identities, internet and the traffic that characterizes all these. This proposal is based on a research work with trans people (MtF) from México City. Internet and social...

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Autor: Gutiérrez, Ana Paulina
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:México
Recursos:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Interdisciplinaria de estudios de género de El Colegio de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdegenero.colmex.mx:article/50
Acesso em linha:https://estudiosdegenero.colmex.mx/index.php/eg/article/view/50
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Gender
Identity
Transgender
Internet
Ethnography
Facebook
Género
Identidad
Trans
Etnografía
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Resumo:In this paper I consider the mobile ethnography as a methodological possibility for the socio-anthropological analysis of gender, identities, internet and the traffic that characterizes all these. This proposal is based on a research work with trans people (MtF) from México City. Internet and social media gain importance in daily life of people. Virtuality is no more a science fiction periphery but a daily communication instrument and a social space. Social media are not firm spaces but characterized because of the constant traffic online-offline of users. Gender identity plays a central role in these movements.