Rupi Kaur: poetic creation amid the affordances of the Instagram platform

Authors

  • Helvio de Araújo Caldeira Júnior Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Bruno Guimarães Martins Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/extraprensa2023.203769

Keywords:

Instapoetry, Rupi Kaur, Digital Platforms, Affordances

Abstract

Based on the what is known as instapoetry — a phenomenon composed of poets who invest in Instagram to produce literature — this study (which belongs to a master’s thesis at Federal University of Minas Gerais) has as its central objective to analyze the poetic creation of the artist Rupi Kaur by considering her relationship with the affordances of the platform. Interested in the dynamics that involve the appropriate uses foreseen by the social media and its appropriation for literary purposes, we draw an investigative line by theoretically reviewing concepts such as instapoetry and affordance, along with the follow-up of Kaur’s posts from January to February 2022. Overall, we hope to see how the logic that influences other relations on Instagram affects the work of digital poets.

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Author Biographies

  • Helvio de Araújo Caldeira Júnior, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Journalist and Master's student at the Graduate Program in Social Communication at the Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences (FAFICH) at UFMG. It is dedicated to studies interested in the interface between digital platforms and the ways of publishing and reading poetry on Web 2.0.

  • Bruno Guimarães Martins, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Professor, researcher associated with the Department of Social Communication at UFMG and permanent professor in the Graduate Program in Social Communication. Researches the history of communication media from a material and aesthetic perspective.

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Published

2023-11-03

How to Cite

Caldeira Júnior, H. de A., & Martins, B. G. (2023). Rupi Kaur: poetic creation amid the affordances of the Instagram platform. Revista Extraprensa, 16(2), 95-112. https://doi.org/10.11606/extraprensa2023.203769