Hypertext, Multivocality and Multimodality for an Ethnography on Media: the Web MEDIOS INDIGENAS
Abstract
In this paper we reflect on hypertextual and transmedia ethnography in methodological, ethical and theoretical terms. Our reflection revolves around the INDIGENOUS MEDIA website, which is part of a collective and comparative research project on the effective uses and meanings of indigenous and African-American media in Latin America. Based on the concepts of multivocality and multimodality, we rethink and experiment with ethnographic methodology and writing. Both concepts have the potential to incorporate the notions of difference and hierarchy linked to the idea of a plurality in permanent interaction. Indeed, the main challenge of this project and the INDIGENOUS MEDIA website is to grasp the differences and heterogeneity characteristic of indigenous and African-American communication without dissolving them in ethnographic writing and interpretation.
Downloads
Article download
Crossmark
License
In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Revista Española de Antropología Americana is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the source. All content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 use and distribution licence (CC BY 4.0). This circumstance must be expressly stated in these terms where necessary. You can view the summary and the complete legal text of the licence.
