Análisis de las representaciones sociales de violencia en la hinchada del fútbol ecuatoriano

Abstract

The analysis of the social representations of violence among Ecuadorian football fans aimed to explain how social imaginaries are built regarding the most popular sport in Ecuador, taking into account moments in this sport in which extreme violence has been witnessed globally and locally that have significantly marked society. The main objective was to describe the most representative events of manifestations of violence that occurred in this field, especially those that occurred within the fans, to analyze how identities and regionalisms have been constructed within these groups; in addition to being able to determine through the qualitative and descriptive method what the antecedents and consequences of these social representations are. To do this, a qualitative analysis methodology was applied to acts of violence in football, as well as interviews and surveys to find out the opinions of the main members of this environment. From the conclusions obtained, it stands out that violence in sports settings is linked to fans who transform this sport into something more emotional, manifesting it physically and aggressively to defend the colors of their team; Despite this, these attitudes are not the absolute rule that all fans of this sport present nor are they present in all sporting events, but some exceptions are recognized as negative circumstances for the football environment.