Uses of the Biographical Approach: The Construction of Youth Technobiographies

Autores
Lemus, Magdalena; Benítez Larghi, Sebastián
Año de publicación
2023
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In this article, we report on our analysis as part of a research project conducted from 2012 to 2018, and we explore the potential of the biographical approach in studying the appropriation of digital technologies (DTs). The biographical approach (SAUTU, 2012) is described as a theoretical-methodological strategy to address how people, through time and space and within the framework of certain cultural and socioeconomic contexts, connect with various digital technologies and how they construct meanings, practices, and relationships. With the analysis of a series of technobiographies (CHING & VIGDOR, 2005) of young people, we reflect on the ability of the method to capture the symbolic dimension of access to DTs, reconstruct the acquisition of digital skills and their role in educational transitions, and understand the links between biographical trajectories and broader social processes, such as those that constitute and reproduce social inequalities in contemporary societies. We show that technobiographies are a useful construct to identify repetitions, trends, and patterns of behavior, but also to pinpoint anything that is out of the ordinary in the paths of the appropriation of DTs of each particular group.
Fil: Lemus, Magdalena. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.
Fil: Benítez Larghi, Sebastián. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.
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Forum, 24(3). (2023)
ISSN 1438-5627
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Ciencias sociales
Biographical interviews
Semi-structured interviews
Qualitative methods
Afghan youth
Technobiographies
Digital technologies
Discourse analysis
Thematic analysis
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Uses of the Biographical Approach: The Construction of Youth Technobiographies
title Uses of the Biographical Approach: The Construction of Youth Technobiographies
spellingShingle Uses of the Biographical Approach: The Construction of Youth Technobiographies
Lemus, Magdalena
Ciencias sociales
Biographical interviews
Semi-structured interviews
Qualitative methods
Afghan youth
Technobiographies
Digital technologies
Discourse analysis
Thematic analysis
title_short Uses of the Biographical Approach: The Construction of Youth Technobiographies
title_full Uses of the Biographical Approach: The Construction of Youth Technobiographies
title_fullStr Uses of the Biographical Approach: The Construction of Youth Technobiographies
title_full_unstemmed Uses of the Biographical Approach: The Construction of Youth Technobiographies
title_sort Uses of the Biographical Approach: The Construction of Youth Technobiographies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lemus, Magdalena
Benítez Larghi, Sebastián
author Lemus, Magdalena
author_facet Lemus, Magdalena
Benítez Larghi, Sebastián
author_role author
author2 Benítez Larghi, Sebastián
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias sociales
Biographical interviews
Semi-structured interviews
Qualitative methods
Afghan youth
Technobiographies
Digital technologies
Discourse analysis
Thematic analysis
topic Ciencias sociales
Biographical interviews
Semi-structured interviews
Qualitative methods
Afghan youth
Technobiographies
Digital technologies
Discourse analysis
Thematic analysis
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In this article, we report on our analysis as part of a research project conducted from 2012 to 2018, and we explore the potential of the biographical approach in studying the appropriation of digital technologies (DTs). The biographical approach (SAUTU, 2012) is described as a theoretical-methodological strategy to address how people, through time and space and within the framework of certain cultural and socioeconomic contexts, connect with various digital technologies and how they construct meanings, practices, and relationships. With the analysis of a series of technobiographies (CHING & VIGDOR, 2005) of young people, we reflect on the ability of the method to capture the symbolic dimension of access to DTs, reconstruct the acquisition of digital skills and their role in educational transitions, and understand the links between biographical trajectories and broader social processes, such as those that constitute and reproduce social inequalities in contemporary societies. We show that technobiographies are a useful construct to identify repetitions, trends, and patterns of behavior, but also to pinpoint anything that is out of the ordinary in the paths of the appropriation of DTs of each particular group.
Fil: Lemus, Magdalena. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.
Fil: Benítez Larghi, Sebastián. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.
description In this article, we report on our analysis as part of a research project conducted from 2012 to 2018, and we explore the potential of the biographical approach in studying the appropriation of digital technologies (DTs). The biographical approach (SAUTU, 2012) is described as a theoretical-methodological strategy to address how people, through time and space and within the framework of certain cultural and socioeconomic contexts, connect with various digital technologies and how they construct meanings, practices, and relationships. With the analysis of a series of technobiographies (CHING & VIGDOR, 2005) of young people, we reflect on the ability of the method to capture the symbolic dimension of access to DTs, reconstruct the acquisition of digital skills and their role in educational transitions, and understand the links between biographical trajectories and broader social processes, such as those that constitute and reproduce social inequalities in contemporary societies. We show that technobiographies are a useful construct to identify repetitions, trends, and patterns of behavior, but also to pinpoint anything that is out of the ordinary in the paths of the appropriation of DTs of each particular group.
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