The microcosm of the Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida: religion and materiality in a sacred space

• Grant number: 15/26487-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: April 01, 2016
• End date: August 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Ronaldo Romulo Machado de Almeida
• Grantee: Adriano Santos Godoy
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/08791-0 - Religious matters and materials of Brazilian National Basilica, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The Roman Catholic Church is the great patronage of reference since it was responsible for financing large works of art history. In this sense, it simultaneously keeps this characteristic. This project, with the assumption the historical background, aims a newer approach. Since the 2000s, the National Sanctuary has experienced a process of modernization made by Redemptorist Missionaries. This research anthropologically examine the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida through historiographical and ethnographic survey of its construction. In dialogue with the theological, artistic and architectural assumptions, the approach will take place on two levels: as the temple is designed institutionally and as is appropriate daily.

Academic Publications

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

GODOY, Adriano Santos. Cultivating the House of Mary: materialities of the National Basilica of Aparecida. 2020. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Campinas, SP.