El voluntariado animalista: Análisis de redes sociales en las fundaciones animalistas Doggy in Home, OPAM y Hogar de Paso Salvando Huellas en Bogotá

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the articulation of volunteer work within the animal foundations Doggy in Home, OPAM and Hogar de Paso Salvando Huellas de Bogotá in a synchronous period of time, for them the Actor-Network Theory was used as a base theory and The Theory of Social Networks and a mixed methodology was implemented which highlights the Analysis of Social Networks that give rise to the graphic representation of recognized social networks. The results allow to elucidate the identification of categorized actors among which are allied foundations, rescuers, programs, activities, among others; the relevance of animals in the configurations of social networks as they act as a binding subject of the network, the lack of permanence and constancy of the participation of volunteers, the interaction between human and non-human subjects, the importance of volunteer work in the dynamics characteristic of animalism due to its essentiality and the specificities of social relations (type of relationship, strength, intensity) between the agents that together allow the articulation of the dynamic work of the foundations.