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Old power struggles and new media work: indigenous peoples' striving for justice in contemporary Brazil
Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of culture and media studies.
Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of culture and media studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6544-3211
2020 (English)In: The local and the digital in environmental communication / [ed] Joana Díaz-Pont, Pieter Maeseele, Annika Egan Sjölander, Maitreyee Mishra, and Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, p. 151-180Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Indigenous peoples’ movements in Brazil have been increasing their presence and visibility online in recent years, especially in social media. Inspired by Norman Fairclough’s early work on critical discourse analysis (CDA) and communicative events, we explore two protests organized by Indigenous rights movements shortly after the right-wing nationalist President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January 2019. Social media content connected to #Red January and #Free Land Camp are analysed, focusing on the use of Facebook by the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil (APIB), and the Facebook, Instagram and Twitter activities of Rádio Yandê, a pioneer online radio station established by Indigenous peoples. The chapter highlights how Indigenous media activists construct their contemporary indigeneity online, on their own terms, challenging hegemonic stereotypes and dominant discourses that seek to undermine their legitimacy and power. The analysis shows that both movements articulate, negotiate and translate their identities in connection to ideas of land, nature and justice. Digital networks complicate and impact the dynamics of local, national and global discourse, and also attest to the significance of Indigenous owned media initiatives in the strive for social progress.

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UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. p. 151-180
Series
Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research
Keywords [en]
Social media, Indigenous media, Protest, Brazil, Land rights
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Media and Communications
Research subject
media and communication studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-169835DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37330-6_8Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85094158667ISBN: 978-3-030-37329-0 (print)ISBN: 978-3-030-37330-6 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-169835DiVA, id: diva2:1425582
Available from: 2020-04-21 Created: 2020-04-21 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved

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