Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaUna dilatada bienvenida a la “normalidad”. Prácticas online en Cuba
Cubans’ access to the Internet has been the subject of academic production and activism since the late 1990s. Until 2013, that right had only been exercised by about 25% of Cubans, according to official statistics. But since that year, ETECSA, a Cuban telecommunications company, has gradually increa...
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EDITORIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR
2021
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| description | Cubans’ access to the Internet has been the subject of academic production and activism since the late 1990s. Until 2013, that right had only been exercised by about 25% of Cubans, according to official statistics. But since that year, ETECSA, a Cuban telecommunications company, has gradually increased the options for Wi-Fi, ADSL and mobile data access. Recent information indicates that about 75% of the Cuban population accesses the Internet through some of these channels. In addition, Cubans maintain alternative and irregular practices for accessing informational content. In this text, taking as a starting point an investigation carried out in the summer of 2018, I discuss the relationships between imaginaries about “modernity,” “normality,” “isolation” and “exceptionality,” in the context of the experiences of Cubans with information and communication technologies. My main argument is that by adopting and adjusting typically online practices to a mixed environment (online / offline), Cubans are rearticulating social imaginaries about modernity and the sense of belonging to the world historically associated with their identity, which shows a search for an “imagined” normality that subverts the feeling of isolation derived from technological backwardness. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO344872022-03-16T20:39:51Z Una dilatada bienvenida a la “normalidad”. Prácticas online en Cuba Reloba de la Cruz, Xenia Cuba prácticas online imaginarios sociales Cuba online practices social imaginaries Cubans’ access to the Internet has been the subject of academic production and activism since the late 1990s. Until 2013, that right had only been exercised by about 25% of Cubans, according to official statistics. But since that year, ETECSA, a Cuban telecommunications company, has gradually increased the options for Wi-Fi, ADSL and mobile data access. Recent information indicates that about 75% of the Cuban population accesses the Internet through some of these channels. In addition, Cubans maintain alternative and irregular practices for accessing informational content. In this text, taking as a starting point an investigation carried out in the summer of 2018, I discuss the relationships between imaginaries about “modernity,” “normality,” “isolation” and “exceptionality,” in the context of the experiences of Cubans with information and communication technologies. My main argument is that by adopting and adjusting typically online practices to a mixed environment (online / offline), Cubans are rearticulating social imaginaries about modernity and the sense of belonging to the world historically associated with their identity, which shows a search for an “imagined” normality that subverts the feeling of isolation derived from technological backwardness. El acceso de los cubanos a internet ha sido tema de la producción académica y del activismo desde finales de los noventa. Hasta 2013, ese derecho solo había sido ejercido por cerca del 25% de los cubanos, de acuerdo con estadísticas oficiales. Pero desde ese año, ETECSA, empresa cubana de telecomunicaciones, ha ido incrementando gradualmente las opciones de acceso wi-fi, ADSL y por datos móviles. Informaciones recientes indican que cerca del 75% de la población cubana accede a internet por alguna/s de esas vías. Además, los cubanos conservan prácticas alternativas e irregulares para el acceso a contenidos informativos. En este texto, tomando como punto de partida una investigación realizada en el verano de 2018, discuto las relaciones entre imaginarios sobre “modernidad”, “normalidad”, “aislamiento” y “excepcionalidad”, en el contexto de las experiencias de los cubanos con las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones. Mi argumento principal es que al adoptar y ajustar prácticas típicamente online a un entorno mixto (online/offline), los cubanos están rearticulando imaginarios sociales sobre la modernidad y el sentido de pertenencia al mundo históricamente asociados con su identidad, lo que evidencia una búsqueda de una “imaginada” normalidad que subvierta la sensación de aislamiento derivada del atraso tecnológico. 2021-07-16 2022-03-16T20:39:51Z 2022-03-16T20:39:51Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://revistas.uns.edu.ar/csl/article/view/2787 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/34487 spa https://revistas.uns.edu.ar/csl/article/view/2787/1602 https://revistas.uns.edu.ar/csl/article/view/2787/1603 Derechos de autor 2021 Xenia Reloba de la Cruz http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 application/pdf text/html EDITORIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR Cuadernos del Sur Letras; Núm. 50 (2020); 32-57 2362-2970 1668-7426 |
| spellingShingle | Cuba prácticas online imaginarios sociales Cuba online practices social imaginaries Reloba de la Cruz, Xenia Una dilatada bienvenida a la “normalidad”. Prácticas online en Cuba |
| title | Una dilatada bienvenida a la “normalidad”. Prácticas online en Cuba |
| title_full | Una dilatada bienvenida a la “normalidad”. Prácticas online en Cuba |
| title_fullStr | Una dilatada bienvenida a la “normalidad”. Prácticas online en Cuba |
| title_full_unstemmed | Una dilatada bienvenida a la “normalidad”. Prácticas online en Cuba |
| title_short | Una dilatada bienvenida a la “normalidad”. Prácticas online en Cuba |
| title_sort | una dilatada bienvenida a la “normalidad”. prácticas online en cuba |
| topic | Cuba prácticas online imaginarios sociales Cuba online practices social imaginaries |
| url | https://revistas.uns.edu.ar/csl/article/view/2787 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/34487 |