Abstract

RAMOS, PABLO DANIEL  and  HAMADA, JUAN PABLO. Reflections on the presence of political and discursive dimensions when analyzing experiences in alternative communication. Signo pensam. [online]. 2011, vol.30, n.58, pp.152-160. ISSN 0120-4823.

This paper inquires into certain theoretical lines of argument in order to rethink the analyses of some alternative communication projects under way in different Argentine inland cities. The characteristics of some established radio and digital newspapers, produced by young men and women from urban milieus, problematize the ways in which social, political, and discursive matters are to be approached. Thus, in this paper, we propose a dialogue between the different post-structuralist perspectives in order to ponder on the relationships established between power and resistance based on a 'rhizomatic' conception of the social issue. On the other hand, we recover some Latin American reflections on alternative communication in order to connect them to M. Foucault's proposal concerning the indissoluble link between power and discourse. Finally, we sum up with a few key methodological approaches from which we consider that, both the political and discursive dimensions of social processes, are articulated into a social-discursive perspective once it has been clearly understood that ideology is always present behind any sense or meaning which has the imprint of the social conditions that produced them.

Keywords : alternative communication; discourse analysis; power and resistance; Alternative communication; Discourse analysis; Power (Social Sciences).

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