Caracterización de las prácticas y consumos culturales de un grupo de Cosplayers en la Ciudad de Cali

Abstract

The present research is descriptive non experimental which was aimed at establishing, inquiring and analizing cultural practices and consumption that occur within the Otaku Subculture through a group of Cosplayers. For this, a semi structured interview was conducted with seven participants, all of them chosen from geek nation and shinanime with the purpose of elucidating the following question: how are the practices and cultural consumption of a group of Cosplayers in Cali? For this it was inquired about their beginnings of Anime-like The products they consume the most, the realization of their Cosplays, consumption places, influences of fans in the market and another more questions with the aim of finding in their speeches the answers to the problem question. The concepts handled for the development of the present research and that were used as categories of analysis, are the following: Cultural Consumption, Fandom and Transmedia It was found in the analysis that the participants establish a direct link with the series and their characters and that is thanks to this that they manage to adapt that taste to their daily lifestyle, that the consuming products related to their likes by Anime, comics and videogames, satisfies the needing to replicate in reality what they like in fiction, also that the new technologies have allowed to expand their consumption panorama and have easy access to the products they require for the realization of their Cosplays, achieving a recognition within the cultural environment where it converges.