Digital memory: Black Music Jams in Buenos Aires. Trajectory and particularities of the Afromama case
This paper describes memory mechanisms constructed by Afromama —an Afro cultural collective of Buenos Aires— through an analysis of different uses and social practices of technical devices belonging to the Instagram and Spotify platforms. The current media moment guarantees Afromama the co...
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I10-R361-article-345532023-03-04T00:14:46Z Digital memory: Black Music Jams in Buenos Aires. Trajectory and particularities of the Afromama case Memoria digital: Jams de Black Music de Buenos Aires. Trayectoria y particularidades del caso Afromama Vargas, Emiliano Multimedia art Memory Capital cities Culture Arte multimedia Memorias Ciudades Capitales Cultura This paper describes memory mechanisms constructed by Afromama —an Afro cultural collective of Buenos Aires— through an analysis of different uses and social practices of technical devices belonging to the Instagram and Spotify platforms. The current media moment guarantees Afromama the concentration and management of social memory, which was held by diverse and dispersed social actors —media, cultural collectives, musicians, record labels— during previous media stages. The descriptive approach combines semiotic tools with contributions from memory studies. First, the paper analyses the historical trajectory of production and reproduction forms of memory of texts belonging to Afro culture in the city. Then, narratives and characteristics of the memory produced in its media ecosystem, Instagram and Spotify, are described. The results show processes of digital memory construction based on the online/offline dialectic characterizing contemporary media culture. Este trabajo describe formas de memoria construidas por Afromama —colectivo cultural afro de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires— a partir de un análisis de diferentes usos y prácticas sociales de distintos dispositivos técnicos pertenecientes a las plataformas Instagram y Spotify. La hipótesis plantea que el momento mediático actual garantiza a Afromama, la concentración y gestión de la memoria social, la cual era detentada por diversos y dispersos actores sociales —medios de comunicación, colectivos culturales, músicos, sellos discográficos— durante estadios mediáticos previos. El abordaje se realiza desde una perspectiva que conjuga herramientas semióticas con aportes de los estudios de la memoria. En un primer momento se analiza la trayectoria histórica de las formas de producción y reproducción de la memoria de textos pertenecientes a la diáspora africana dentro de la ciudad, situando a Afromama en su sistema cultural. Un segundo momento se detiene en la descripción de las narrativas y características de la memoria producida en su ecosistema mediático: Instagram y Spotify. Los resultados exhiben procesos de construcción de memoria digital a partir de la dialéctica online/offline que caracteriza a la cultura mediática contemporánea. Centro de Producción e Investigación en Artes, Facultad de Artes, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. 2021-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Double-blind peer-reviewed article Artículo revisado por sistema de pares doble ciego application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ART/article/view/34553 10.55443/artilugio.n7.2021.34553 ark:/s2408462x/8p2qglxe6 Artilugio; No. 7 (2021): Cartographies, Memories and Territories; 169-190 Artilugio; Núm. 7 (2021): Cartografías, memorias y territorios; 169-190 Artilugio; n. 7 (2021): Cartografías, memorias y territorios; 169-190 2408-462X 10.55443/artilugio.n7.2021 ark:/s2408462x/rkwmwvcrg spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ART/article/view/34553/35026 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ART/article/view/34553/35027 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ART/article/view/34553/35028 Derechos de autor 2021 Emiliano Vargas https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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Digital memory: Black Music Jams in Buenos Aires. Trajectory and particularities of the Afromama case |
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This paper describes memory mechanisms constructed by Afromama —an Afro cultural collective of Buenos Aires— through an analysis of different uses and social practices of technical devices belonging to the Instagram and Spotify platforms.
The current media moment guarantees Afromama the concentration and management of social memory, which was held by diverse and dispersed social actors —media, cultural collectives, musicians, record labels— during previous media stages.
The descriptive approach combines semiotic tools with contributions from memory studies.
First, the paper analyses the historical trajectory of production and reproduction forms of memory of texts belonging to Afro culture in the city. Then, narratives and characteristics of the memory produced in its media ecosystem, Instagram and Spotify, are described. The results show processes of digital memory construction based on the online/offline dialectic characterizing contemporary media culture. |
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Centro de Producción e Investigación en Artes, Facultad de Artes, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. |
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