FEMINISM, COMMUNITY OF WOMEN AND ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS : DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY IN A FACEBOOK GROUP

Abstract

The multiple interconnections given by social media have opened up the possibilities to people to organize themselves around the feminist movement demands. In this article we present the results of a digital ethnography, where we seek to understand the relationship dynamics that are established in a group of women on Facebook around mutual care, delving into the role of this tool in the generation, obstruction or maintenance of spaces. The main conclusions suggest that: a) the online tools allow to create and to maintain thematic relational spaces of interest to the feminist movement; b) the online group analyzed supports the exercise of care among its participants; c) the relationships around care go beyond the online social network, materializing itself in hybrid spaces; and d) the interactions on the platform by the participants reproduce patriarchalized relationships and also offer concrete options for their confrontation, in a constant game of reproduction/subversion.