Digital virtual ethnography: how to investigate the school in pandemic from a new Ontology

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https://doi.org/10.1590/2965-1557.036.e202430150

Abstract

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools began to massively conduct virtual classes all over the world. Virtuality generated a debate on how to understand this form of education. While some researchers argue that the virtual school maintains the structure of the traditional school, others claim that digital platforms interact with the teaching processes, altering the roles of students and teachers, leading to a new ontology of the school. This paper explores the methodology to address this new phenomenon. It reviews traditional ethnography, hybrid virtual ethnography and digital ethnography. It concludes by arguing that the offline school gives way to a new ontology where movement, emotions and the environment will determine specific ways of knowing.

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Paula Ascorra, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Paula Ascorra holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Chile. She graduated in Psychology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Is professor at the School of Psychology of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, where she teaches the following subjects: Thesis Seminar; Workshop of change in organizations; Psychology and social transformations. She specializes in the relationships within institutions, where studies on school coexistence from a democratic perspective become more relevant. In this area, she is particularly interested in the analysis of public educational policies, analysis at the level of school and classroom managers. In addition, she is Main Researcher of the Research Center for Inclusive Education (EduInclusiva) of the same University.

Published

2024-06-04

How to Cite

Ascorra, P. (2024). Digital virtual ethnography: how to investigate the school in pandemic from a new Ontology. Revista De Filosofia Aurora, 36. https://doi.org/10.1590/2965-1557.036.e202430150

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Continuous Flow