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

Autores

  • Laura Robinson SCU and Harvard Berkman Klein Center

DOI:

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

Palavras-chave:

Arielismo, Brasil, Identidade, Terrorismo, Discurso, Interação digital

Resumo

Esta pesquisa examina o trabalho da identidade vis-à-vis o discurso brasileiro sobre os acontecimentos de 11 de setembro de 2001. Os dados são provenientes de brasileiros e expatriados participantes de um fórum de discussão digital organizado pelo jornal O Estado de São Paulo. Ao discutir os eventos de 11 de setembro de 2001, os brasileiros também entendem o que significa ser brasileiro e o que significa ser humano. Como mostram os dados, os brasileiros enquadram as suas reações com base em entendimentos mais amplos do mundo social. As duas posturas mais dominantes vêm de brasileiros que adotam o que pode ser chamado de posturas arielistas e cosmopolitas. Além disso, um pequeno grupo de expatriados brasileiros entra na discussão como autoproclamado americanófilo. Ao examinar essas dinâmicas, vemos que as identidades resultam do processo de construção de identidade melhor enquadrado por uma perspetiva construtivista social. Nesses três casos, as identidades emergem da interação, engajamento e reação a estruturas de identidade concorrentes. Por meio das interações de diálogo em curso, os participantes brasileiros implicitamente fazem declarações sobre as suas autoconcepções e visões do lugar do Brasil no mundo durante este evento histórico. Significativamente, as posturas complementares e de oposição em reação ao 11/9/01 continuam a persistir, quase vinte anos após os ataques, nas estruturas ideológicas em torno das identidades nacionais que circulam atualmente no Brasil e nos EUA. Dessa forma, o discurso de 2001 prenuncia o abismo político iminente entre direita e esquerda no Brasil e nos Estados Unidos e fornece um impulso para pesquisas futuras.

Biografia Autor

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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