La representación social del otro despojado en el cine documental contemporáneo de Pocho Álvarez. Casos de estudio: Muisne, aquí nos quedamos biejo lucho y Hugo, territorio rebelde

Abstract

This article investigates, from a communicational perspective, the social representation of the other deprived, in the contemporary documentary work of the Ecuadorian filmmaker Pocho Álvarez. The work analyses the documentaries “Muisne, aquí nos quedamos biejo Lucho” y “Hugo, territorio rebelde”, in the context of the oppression generated by transnationals and the Ecuadorian State on the people who are in resistance, who care for life, land and water, and fight against the dispossession. Through the use of the bibliographical-documentary review, the in-depth interview, the critical analysis of the visual text and the triangulation, the article aspires to offer a reflective analysis of both, the theoretical sources and the research object, and to merge communication, representation and cinema as areas of study of mutual enrichment. It is concluded that the social representation of the other deprived can be considered as controversial, since it is the product of the confrontation between antagonistic sides and appears in people or groups that are going through crises or social conflicts. In addition, from the methodological point of view, is posible the multidisciplinary convergence of the fields of social communication, representation and cinema, with a view to obtaining a more thorough understanding of the phenomena or objects of study in which they are involved, respectively.