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On-line version ISSN 2256-5493
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ALVAREZ PLAZAS, Anderson Yamid and BAUTISTA JOAQUI, Haider Esteban. Links, Social Networks and Virtual Relations in the Process of Social Works" Student Unionization in Colombia. Trab. soc. [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.1, pp.295-316. Epub Oct 29, 2021. ISSN 2256-5493. https://doi.org/10.15446/ts.v23n1.87719.
This article analyzes the process of student unionization, especially on Social Work students in Colombia from the ways of inhabit virtual spaces, the links created between members and the relational transits established between cyberspace and physical environments. The methodology is qualitative and the techniques to collect data were online interviews and participant observation in social networks. As a result, it was identified that the virtuality strengthens professional identity, generate relationships that transcend the academic layer and configure mediations for the construction of face-to-face meetings at a national level. In conclusion, the virtual and physical worlds are connected, articulated, and relational.
Keywords : cyberspace; professional identity; Social Work; social networks; student unionization; virtual links.