%0 Journal Article %T Letramento, etnicidade e di¨¢logo intercultural %A Martins %A Maria S¨ªlvia Cintra %J DELTA: Documenta£¿£¿o de Estudos em Ling¨¹¨ªstica Te¨®rica e Aplicada %D 2011 %I Pontif¨ªcia Universidade Cat¨®lica de S?o Paulo - PUC-SP %R 10.1590/S0102-44502011000100005 %X i defend the relevance of the application of the concept of ethnicity in the area of new literacy studies for an in-depth understanding of phenomena bearing aspects of hybridism and cultural tension inherent in intercultural dialogue. i present a report of field research developed in a participative way in order to make clearer the form of application of this concept in the area of new literacy studies. i conclude that the concept of ethnicity is rich for the understanding of situations involving invisibility factors typical of conflict zones, propitiating also a better understanding of the bakhtinian concepts of dialogism, polyphony and conflict arena. %K ethnicity %K hybridism %K dialogue %K multiculturalism. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-44502011000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en