How human are we? - The human notion in New Hollywood's science fiction films

• Grant number: 13/10315-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2013
• End date: February 28, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Heloísa André Pontes
• Grantee: Thais Farias Lassali
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to study the notion of human evoked by Hollywood's science fiction films since 1975, observing the simbolic markers that distinguish human from aliens, computers, machines, cyborgs, robots, androids and so on. In an effort to do so my atention will turn itself mainly to two movies: Alien (Scott, 1979) and Tron (Lisberger, 1982). Through american documentaries and actors', directors' and producers' interviews, this project intends to retrace the notion of human built in the uniques experiences in which the making of those movies were submerged. In order to make a more comprehensive analysis, a small antropological experiment with adolescents will also be presented with the intention to focus on the specifities of the brazilian young audience and the way these movies' social experience is retaken, reviewed and reapropriated in brazilian context.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

LASSALI, Thais Farias. Eletric minds, mechanical bodies. 2015. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Campinas, SP.