Repertoires of digital collective action in Latin America: visibility, solidarity, and narrative dispute in contexts of change
Abstract
In recent decades, Latin America has been the scene of multiple political, social, and humanitarian crises that have reshaped forms of collective action. The digital environment is increasingly becoming a political arena in which movements, collectives, and organizational processes intervene, reflecting everyday life. Social movements not only face material or security problems, but also symbolic or narrative disputes that find fertile ground in the digital environment. The digital realm thus becomes not only a channel for communication or mobilization, but also a symbolic and tactical battlefield.
In this article, we will review the repertoires of collective action in the digital environment used by citizen movements to raise awareness, seek help, and remain visible in the narrative during political or social crises. We are interested in analyzing the technologies and platforms they use, how they relate to their political objectives, which tactics emerge, and the tensions they face, to identify relevant lessons for strengthening their collective action in digital environments.
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