Uma jornada prolongada
Luto e ressurreição digital no contexto chinês
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https://doi.org/10.18861/ic.2025.20.2.4112Palavras-chave:
luto, ressurreição digital, China, re-socialização, face, aparênciaResumo
Este artigo analisa as dinâmicas em evolução das práticas de luto no contexto chinês, enfatizando o papel das tecnologias digitais impulsionadas por (AI) na resocialização dos falecidos.Baseando-se no conceito de desempenho mediacional (Bauman, 2004) como uma característica fundamental da autoridade vernacular, investigamos de que maneira a ressurreição digital por meio de chat-bots e avatares media a relação entre os vivos e o além-vida ao resocializar os falecidos. De fato, o advento das tecnologias digitais introduz uma mudança de paradigma, à medida que os avatares de IA imitam os papéis sociais dos falecidos, criando uma presença estranha que reencanta os rituais de luto. Esse reencantamento está fundamentado no sacrifício do semblante (o papel social da pessoa falecida), criando, em última análise, a ilusão de um rosto autêntico. A agência facilita uma ressurreição digital dos falecidos, que, embora forneça uma ilusão de continuidade, representa um risco significativo para a fluidez da memória cultural. Esse processo influencia a interação dinâmica entre passado e presente através da simulação algorítmica, levando assim a uma reevaluation crítica sobre como a autoridade vernacular é construída e legitimada.
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