Performances narrativas de minorias sociais nos novos letramentos digitais: empoderamento de LGBTs no canal Muro Pequeno

Abstract

In a globalization time in which positivist research and modernism studies are questioned, a view of the social subject as homogeneous and pre-existent to discourses that cross it does not seem to run the errand for the discussions and reflections that arise on gender identities (MOITA LOPES, 2006). Therefore, it is necessary to look at the various gender identities as fragmented, heterogeneous, fluid and in a continuous construction process (HALL, 2000) through discursiveidentity performances (PENNYCOOK, 2006, BUTLER, [1990] 2003). Being the White cisgender and heterosexual man classified as the main standard to be followed, this paper has the main objective to analyze the discursive performances of LGBT people so that we can comprehend the way new digital formats boost an understanding and empowerment of deviant gender and sexuality identities. For this, I seek theoretical support in an Indisciplinary Applied Linguistics and in the socioconstructionism proposed by Moita Lopes (2002, 2006, 2013a, 2013b), in performances and performativities elucidated by Pennycook (2006), queer theories (Butler, 1993, 2003) and in the new digital literacies discussed by Knobel and Lankshear (2007), Lemke (1998) and Moita Lopes (2010). In generating and analyzing data, I rely on a virtual ethnography (HINE, 2000), making ethnographic observations and narrative interviews via virtual social networks with LGBTs analysing them according to the indexical clues proposed by Wortham (2001). The research signals to the empowerment of LGBTs happening due to the mobility and collectivity in the construction of discourses that Web 2.0 and 3.0 enable when they make information available and facilitate communication.