Construcción de la identidad en un grupo de niños y niñas que hacen parte de la era de las tecnologías digitales

Abstract

The present investigation arises from the need to understand how in the digital era the construction of identity takes place in a group of children between 9 and 11 years of age, taking into account that identity is gradually developed through the narratives that the child generates with another, with his or her culture and with himself or herself. For this reason, we propose a qualitative methodology where we can identify, from the narratives of eight children, the valuable aspects that are born about the self, the significant contexts in each one's life and the relationships that emerge between digital technology and the construction of the self. To make the children's discourses visible, emphasis is placed on strategies such as in-depth interviews and discussion groups, based on the narrative method. Making possible spaces where children have a voice, are considered as subjects of rights and seen as subjects with all the capacities to give an account of the phenomena that surround them. Finally, a systematisation is carried out based on the previously established categories and, on the basis of a categorical analysis, an attempt is made to identify how the children's narratives are conceptually linked to these categories. Finally, it is found that identity is not currently built in a single environment, but is related to several elements that cannot be isolated: family, school, digital world and friends, as a structure permeated by multiple factors.