Closeness in the world of digital connectednes: towards a reconceptualisation of familial relations, friendships, and partnerships in Serbia

[S. S. Radivojević]

247 str.

Etnologija i antropologija - Antropologija savremenosti, digitalna antropologija / Ethnology and Anthropology - Anthropology of Contemporary, Digital Anthropology

Ova studija bavi se istraživanjem načina na koje se praktikuju i oblikuju – uspostavljaju, održavaju, neguju, menjaju i prekidaju bliske društvene veze u savremenom, digitalno povezanom svetu na primeru tri vida bliskih društvenih veza – porodičnih, prijateljskih i partnerskih. Promene koje se povezuju sa usponom i normalizovanom upotrebom digitalnih tehnologija u sferi društvenosti i bliskosti u savremenom svetu detektuju se u odnosu na modernost. Temeljeći se na materijalno orijentisanoj ontologiji kao široj teorijskoj platformi i pristupima iz polja studija materijalne kulture, digitalne antropologije i antropologije savremenosti, u ovoj studiji se digitalne tehnologije percipiraju kao sastavni deo tj. kao jedan od elemenata društvenog sveta i društvenih veza. One učestvuju u oblikovanju i međusobnom konstituisanju bliskih društvenih veza, dok istovremeno ljudi stvaraju veze i sa tehnologijama koje koriste, zbog čega se razmatraju ne samo veze koje uspostavljamo međusobno, već i one koje uspostavljamo sa tehnologijom. Metodologija rada zasnovana je na kvalitativnim temeljima, a osnovni metod za prikupljanje građe jeste višelokacijska duoetnografija, koja se zasniva na razgovoru, deljenju iskustava, posmatranju i osluškivanju, kao i uključivanju sekundarnih metatekstova kao što su terenske beleške unošene u terenski dnevnik. Interpretacija terenske građe, prikupljene istraživanjem među generacijom milenijalaca, starosne dobi između 27 i 41 godine, organizovana je u četiri analitička poglavlja. Prvo od njih bavi se ljudsko-tehnoloških odnosima u užem smislu, tj. pripitomljavanjem, bliskošću i odnosima koju uspostavljamo sa digitalnim tehnologijama što svakodnevno koristimo, kao i pitanjem ljudskosti. Drugo poglavlje u fokus stavlja porodične veze, njihovo definisanje i iskustvo savremenog porodičnog života u globalnom, pokretljivom svetu; međugeneracijsku komunikaciju i solidarnost u cilju digitalnog opismenjavanja, kao i bliskost u pandemijskom kontekstu. U trećem poglavlju u fokusu su prijateljske veze, kao i oblici i sadržaji komunikacije, te odnos onlajn i oflajn prisustva. Četvrto, poslednje analitičko poglavlje bavi se partnerskim vezama – definisanjem odozdo, oblicima partne

This study examines the ways in which close social relationships are practiced and shaped – established, maintained, nurtured, changed, and terminated – in the contemporary, digitally connected world, using the example of three types of close social relationships – familial, friendly, and partners. The changes associated with the rise and normalized use of digital technologies in the sphere of sociality and intimacy in the contemporary world are detected in relation to modernity. Based on a materially oriented ontology as a broader theoretical platform and approaches from the fields of material culture studies, digital anthropology, and anthropology of contemporary, this study perceives digital technologies as an integral part, or one of the elements, of the social world and social relationships. They participate in shaping and mutually constituting close social relationships, while at the same time, people form connections with the technologies they use, which is the reason why not only relationships established among individuals are considered, but also those established with technology. The methodology is based on qualitative foundations, with the primary method for collecting material being multi-sited duoethnography, which relies on conversation, sharing experiences, observation, and listening, as well as on secondary meta-texts such as field diaries and field notes. The interpretation of field material, collected through research among the millennial generation, aged between 27 and 41, is organized into four analytical chapters. The first of them deals with human-technological relationships in a narrow sense, i.e., domestication, intimacy, and the relationships we establish with digital technologies that we use daily, as well as the question of humanity. The second chapter focuses on family relationships, their definition, and the experience of contemporary family life in a global, mobile world; intergenerational communication and solidarity for digital literacy, as well as closeness in a pandemic context. The third chapter focuses on friendships, as well as forms and contents of communication, and the relationship between online and offline presence. The fourth, final analytical chapter deals with partners relationships – their grassroots definitions, forms of partners relationships, ways of meeting and dating online, as well as the relationship between intimacy and privacy.

digitalne tehnologije, društveni mediji, komunikacija, bliskost, materijalnost, modernost, savremenost, etnografija, društvenost, milenijalci

digital technologies, social media, communication, closeness, materiality, modernity, contemporary, ethnography, sociality, Millennials

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