| Grant number: | 10/16685-4 |
| Support type: | Scholarships abroad - Research |
| Effective date (Start): | December 01, 2010 |
| Effective date (End): | February 02, 2011 |
| Field of knowledge: | Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Theory of Communication |
| Principal researcher: | Malena Segura Contrera |
| Grantee: | Malena Segura Contrera |
| Host: | Christoph Wulf |
| Home Institution: | Vice-Reitoria de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa. Universidade Paulista (UNIP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Research place: | Freie Universität Berlin, Germany |
Abstract This research investigates how the electronic communication means (especially television) configure the mimetic procedures, considering if the disguise of television behaviors is not an attempt of rescuing a shared symbolical universe from ritual. It proposes to compare the function of the mimetic operations in the archaic rituals and in the media rituals, considering that the current virtualization of the communications may be generating new formats of teleparticipation that simulate the immersion existent in the archaic rituals. Accordingly, it is also concerned with investigating the role of the mimetic procedures in the constitution of communicative bonds, considering the differences existent between interpersonal communication and telecommunication, evaluating what were the relevant transformations occurred in the replacement of the ritual participation (which implied a differentiated dimension of presential corporeal existence) through the teleparticipation, that is, by the projections through electronic media. (AU) | |