Femitags in the networks and in the streets: 50 hashtags for feminist activism in Latin America = Femitags en las redes y en las calles: 50 hashtags del activismo feminista en América Latina
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2023-06-09T10:03:26Z
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2023-06-09T10:03:26Z
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2023-06-08
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1386-6710
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The aim of this article is to characterize the main hashtags of Mexican feminist activism as part of the Latin American connected crowds, on the basis of a review of the most popular trends between 2016 and 2021 on Twitter. A total of 50 hashtags have been selected that, due to their repeated use, are characterized as femitags, that is, performative meta-discursive identifiers that mainly do three things: disseminate and tune in to frames of protest; extend women’s voices and slogans; and mobilize synchronic, diachronic, and transnational repertoires of collective action. These femitags appear in situated contexts, usually around events such as new cases of violence against women and calls to take to the streets, but with their extension, they become meta-communicative labels that articulate different activist practices. This study reveals not only their functions, but also their role as articulators of networked mobilizations, demonstrating the profound online and real-life intertwining of the fourth wave of Mexican, Latin American, and Spanish-speaking feminism
El propósito de este artículo es caracterizar los principales hashtags del activismo feminista mexicano como parte de las
multitudes conectadas latinoamericanas basándonos de la revisión de las tendencias más álgidas entre 2016 y fines de
2021 en Twitter. Se han seleccionado 50 hashtags que por su reiterado uso se caracterizan como femitags, es decir, identificadores meta-discursivos performativos, que activan acciones: difunden y sintonizan marcos de protesta; extienden
las voces y los lemas de las mujeres; movilizan repertorios sincrónicos, diacrónicos y transnacionales de acción colectiva.
Estos femitags aparecen en contextos situados, generalmente alrededor de acontecimientos como nuevos casos de
violencia contra las mujeres y convocatorias a tomar las calles, pero con su extensión devienen etiquetas meta-comunicativas que articulan distintas prácticas activistas. Este estudio revela sus funciones y su papel como articuladores de las
movilizaciones en red, mostrando la profunda imbricación online y física de la cuarta ola del feminismo mexicano, que
comparte hashtags y agendas en el espacio digital de habla hispana
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s framework programme for research and innovation
Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement n. 893348, “Online feminist global
actions. Potentials and pitfalls of the #MeToo campaign”, Femonmetoo.
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eng
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EPI SCP
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Reproducció digital del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2023.may.19
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Profesional de la Información, 2023, vol. 32, núm. 3, p. e320319
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Attribution 4.0 International
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Femitags in the networks and in the streets: 50 hashtags for feminist activism in Latin America = Femitags en las redes y en las calles: 50 hashtags del activismo feminista en América Latina
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/893348/EU/ONLINE FEMINIST GLOBAL ACTIONS. POTENTIALS AND PITFALLS OF THE #MEETOO CAMPAIGN/FEMONMETOO
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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peer-reviewed
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1699-2407