O Virtual e o Político: a Análise de um Confronto Discursivo da Comunidade Brasileira de Software Livre

Authors

  • Luis Felipe Rosado Murillo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS12200767

Keywords:

free software, language, discourse analysis, software livre, análise do discurso, hipertexto, comunidade discursiva

Abstract

Este artigo versa sobre as manifestações discursivas da comunidade de software livre brasileira, e está dividido em dois momentos complementares. No primeiro, discutimos as ferramentas analíticas necessárias para a realização de uma análise do discurso com base em documentação eletrônica. Em um segundo momento, mobilizamos as ferramentas para a realização da análise do discurso da comunidade de software livre e de grupos de oposição. Para a conclusão, caracterizamos o funcionamento da matriz discursiva da comunidade de software livre e quais são os deslocamentos teóricos necessários para a articulação da sociologia e a antropologia com a análise do discurso. The Virtual and the Political: analysis on the conflicting discourses of the Brazilian Free Software community This article focuses on the discursive manifestations of Brazilian Free Software community. It is divided into two complementary moments. First, I discuss the analytical tools needed for discourse analysis based on electronic documents. Then, I mobilize these tools to conduct discourse analysis of the Brazilian Free Software community and its opposing groups. I explore the functioning of the discursive matrices in conflict and suggest theoretical reformulations necessary for the articulation of discourse analysis with anthropology and sociology.

Author Biography

Luis Felipe Rosado Murillo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil

Luis Felipe is a social scientist and student of the graduate programme in Social Anthropology at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. He is also collaborator of Software Livre TV and of translation projects for Deriva Publishing Co-Op. His main interests are Language and Culture, Free and Open Source technologies and multimedia authoring in GNU/Linux systems. His recent research articulates participant observation and analysis of language practices within the Brazilian Free Software community.

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Published

2007-09-28

How to Cite

Murillo, L. F. R. (2007). O Virtual e o Político: a Análise de um Confronto Discursivo da Comunidade Brasileira de Software Livre. Observatorio (OBS*), 1(2). https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS12200767

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2007)

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