数字化时代太湖渔民的身份建构

A Study on the Identity Construction of Taihu Fishermen in the Digital Age

在不同的时代背景中太湖渔民的身份建构呈现出不同图景。在传统社会中太湖渔民的身份任凭农耕社会建构;在当下数字化时代,渔民主体却能够进行自我身份的叙事和建构,实现了由过去渔民身份被客位代写转向自我建构与主位表达的翻转。由此可见,数字社交软件的使用突破了以地理位置为基础的群体互动范围,将小地域与大社会、历史与当下进行链接,使太湖渔民在社会参与中能够表达自己声音、获取群体内部支持,并为主体性的身份建构提供一种有效手段。这不仅给处在信息闭塞的水上渔民提供了与外界沟通的渠道,而且令历史地理环境所引起的信息不对称与身份不平等的结构性因素得以消弭。

The construction of the identity of the fishermen in Taihu Lake has shown different patterns in different eras.The identity of the fishermen in Taihu Lake is constructed by the farming society in the traditional society;while in the current digital age,the fishermen groups are able to self-narrate and construct their identities,thus realizing the shift from the identity of the fishermen being written in the past to self-construction and thematic expression.From this case,the use of digital social software has broken through the range of group interaction based on geographic location,and can link a small area with a large society,history and the present,thus enabling Taihu fishermen to express their voices in social participation,obtain support from within the group,and provide an effective channel for the construction of subjective identity.The use of digital media has not only provided a channel of communication with the outside world for the ill-informed fishermen,but also eliminated the structural factors of information asymmetry and identity inequality caused by history and geographic environment.