Arielism Versus Cosmopolitanism: Brazilian Reaction to 9/11/01 as Cultural Narrative and Identity Work

Autores/as

  • Laura Robinson SCU and Harvard Berkman Klein Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31211/interacoes.40.2021.a4

Palabras clave:

Arielism, Brazil, Identity, Terrorism, Discourse, Digital interaction

Resumen

Esta investigación examina el trabajo de identidad cara a cara frente al discurso brasileño sobre los hechos del 11 de septiembre de 2001. Los datos provienen de ciudadanos brasileños y expatriados que participaron en un foro de discusión digital, organizado por el periodo O Estado de São Paulo. Al discutir los eventos del 11/09/01, los brasileños también entienden lo que significa ser brasileño y lo que significa ser humano. Como muestran los datos, los brasileños encuadran sus reacciones basándose en conocimientos más amplios del mundo social. Las dos posturas más dominantes provienen de brasileños que adoptan lo que se puede llamar posturas Arielistas y Cosmopolitas. Además, un pequeño grupo de expatriados brasileños se unen a la refriega como estadunidenses autoproclamados. Al examinar éstas dinámicas, vemos que las identidades resultan del proceso de construcción de identidades mejor enmarcadas en una perspectiva del construccionismo social. En estos tres casos, las identidades surgen de la interacción, el compromiso y la reacción a marcos de identidad en competencia. A través de las interacciones de diálogo en curso, los participantes brasileños implícitamente hacen declaraciones sobre sus autoconcepciones y visiones del lugar de Brasil en el mundo durante este evento histórico. Significativamente, las posturas complementarias y de oposición en reacción al 11/09/01, continúan persistiendo casi veinte años después de los ataques en los marcos ideológicos en torno a las identidades nacionales que circulan en la actualidad, tanto en el Brasil como en los Estados Unidos. De esta manera, el discurso de 2001 presagia el inminente abismo político entre derecha e izquierda tanto en Brasil como en Estados Unidos y proporciona un impulso para futuras investigaciones.

Biografía del autor/a

Laura Robinson, SCU and Harvard Berkman Klein Center

Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Santa Clara University and Faculty Associate at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. She earned her PhD from UCLA, where she held a Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Santa Clara University and Faculty Associate at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. She earned her PhD from UCLA, where she held a Mellon Fellowship in Latin American Studies and received a Bourse d’Accueil at the École Normale Supérieure. In addition to holding a postdoctoral fellowship on a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation funded project at the USC Annenberg Center, Robinson has served as Visiting Assistant Professor at Cornell University and the Chair of CITAMS (formerly CITASA) for 2014-2015. Her research has earned awards from CITASA, AOIR, and NCA IICD. Robinson’s current multi-year study examines digital and informational inequalities. Her other publications explore interaction and identity work, as well as new media in Brazil, France, and the U.S.

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2021-06-30

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Robinson, L. (2021). Arielism Versus Cosmopolitanism: Brazilian Reaction to 9/11/01 as Cultural Narrative and Identity Work. Interações: Sociedade E As Novas Modernidades, (40), 80–106. https://doi.org/10.31211/interacoes.40.2021.a4

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