[Ciber] - capital simbólico do indígena Misak da Colômbia

Abstract

This research presents the representations about the symbolic capital of the indigenous Misak in the cyberculture, focusing attention on hypermedia productions in the virtual world that carries symbols, hybrid spaces and remediation processes. The objective is to track on the web the hypermedia products that circulate about the indigenous community. The investigation also analyzes the digital narratives say about the Misak with respect to cyberspace and the use of new technologies in the indigenous territory. It asks: Are the Misak culturally identified with hypermedia production? What are the implicit symbols in the cybernarratives? What are the interpretations made of the polysemy of voices in the cyberspace? Consequently, the objects of analysis are hypermedia products such as digital texts, audiovisual productions, photos, blogs, news, social networks and community projects with the community related to New Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). These elements reveal what are the unfolding of the elaboration of the [cyber]-symbolic capital. The methodology is qualitative, netnographic approach and the theoreticalmethodological construction is analysis of the cybernarratives and the Semiotics of culture. In addition, six cases were selected to contribute and contrast this analysis.