Ontopolítica no audiovisual queer brasileiro: uma cartografia do discurso minoritário drag

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the processes of mediatization and cultural interaction of trans and non-binary people through studies in media, gender, and philosophy. It is grounded in reflections on gender, media, and ontopolitical processes, proposing a cartography that includes interactive experimentation on social networks using profiles of trans and non-binary people, especially on TikTok. The method employed is based on the Deleuze–Guattarian rhizomatic model, a method characterized by the absence of centrality and by permanent openness in the process, enabling the construction of a cartography. As an additional methodological procedure, discourse analysis drawing on Michel Foucault is also used. The research is based on the assumption that digital platforms, especially TikTok, have opened up an interactive space for minority expressions, including those of LGBTQIA+ culture, enabling the welcoming of divergent patterns at the level of gender, ideas, and behaviors. The cultural diversity mediatized on social networks raises relevant questions for thinking about the current paradigm of communication and audiovisual media, as well as for processes of identity construction and social inclusion. The underlying question that guided this research and stimulated the cartographic process, albeit rhetorical, is: “who are todes and what are the ontopolitical implications of their process of identity and existential affirmation?”