Social uses of ICTs in dynamics of transnationalism and network migrant communication: an approach to the Senegalese diaspora in South Brazil

Abstract

Although the relationships between Brazil and Africa have established among many social-historical processes, the continent still represents an unknown in the Brazilian context. The article starts from a debate on the concepts of Black Atlantic and diaspora, in more hybrid senses of culture and identities, in order to reflect upon migratory fluxes that remodel the relationships between both realms. The text integrates research on communication and migration dynamics between Senegal and Rio Grande do Sul, and aims at exploring the consumption process of information and communication technologies by Senegalese immigrants. The analysis values two central aspects assumed by ICTs in the migratory process: the role of transnational connection and the consolidation of network communication dynamics with intra and intercultural implications.

Keywords

• Comunicação em rede
• Usos sociais das TICs
• Migração
• Senegal