A propósito de la noción de movimiento: virtualización de los movimientos sociales

Abstract

This paper intends to bring into question the concept of “new social movements”. So far, the above-mentioned effort has oriented itself especially in putting in doubt the qualifying item of “new”. Without ignoring this debate, we take another path: we revise the term “movement” and try to determinate what exactly it is that might move in social movements. By using Nodo50 as our main case and Pierre Levy’s postulates on the “virtualisation” as reference mark, we reflect on the possible transformation of contemporary social movements starting from the use they make of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Thus we hope to determine whether Alberto Melucci’s concept turns into another one in the so- called “Information Society”.