Diálogos Com Daniel Miller No Campo Da Comunicação: Reflexões a Partir Das Pesquisas Do Gp Consumo E Culturas Digitais

Abstract

The article reflects the research practices of the research group Consumption and Digital Cultures (Consumo e Culturas Digitais, Brazil) in view of Daniel Miller’s theoretical legacy regarding consumption and material culture in interface with studies in the field of communication and in particular of digital cultures. Through the critical appraisal of four theses and six dissertations, it demonstrates how we have been working with digital anthropology through the interlacement of different field researches that animate and pose challenges to empirical research. Our affiliation with Miller’s ethnographic lineage makes us pursue the argument that it is possible to understand the everyday consumption practices of the internet, social media and mobile devices as cultural genres elaborated in the lived experience and in the particular contexts in which digital media are used.