O que acontece nas universidades aparece nas redes sociais – pelos afetos e pela tela de Íris

Abstract

Being a woman brings challenges throughout the history of Brazil and the world, and it would not have to be different from what has been being a woman in higher education. This thesis objective to meet with stories of women experienced throughout academic formation in Brazil. For such a meeting, we will browse the social networks of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, tracking hashtags, profiles and memes focused on academic student topics. Many stories told, or rather, posted online made us know challenges based on machism, misogyny, classicism, LGBTFobia, racism, religion, ethnicity among other social markers of the difference. The way to do research at the AfeTAR Laboratory based on the Actor-Network Theory of Bruno Latour, in the “PesquisarCOM” of Marcia Moraes and, in this research, using the concept of netnography of Christine Hine, which was the methodology that gave body to this thesis. These markers clearly reflect the experiences of university students, their academic development and their mental health. Talk about these stories is a step towards taking care of the university environment in a genuine and healthy way, in the search for a safe and welcoming place for all women.