The semiotic conversion of Combu Island: Representations and aesthetic resignifications of the Amazon on Instagram

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https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v18i54.2520

Abstract

In this article, we’ve analyzed the resignification or recreation of signs in the comprehension of Combu Island, located in the metropolitan region of Belém. We’ve taken as a theoretical and methodological vision the Semiotics Conversion of the researcher Paes Loureiro, 2007, which is configured as a transitioning movement in which the functions are rearranged and expressed in another cultural situation. Our analysis corpus is the photographic images from 2019, posted under the hashtags #ilhadocombu and #combu in the application Instagram. We’ve observed that the individuals that visit or experience this space in the Amazon convert the river island into another one of itself, in an environment in which nature is incorporated as imaginary. The new senses are had according to how the individuals scenarize the space and its lives, in which the technology starts resignifying cultural signs.

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Author Biographies

Ivana Cláudia Guimarães de Oliveira, Universidade da Amazônia (UNAMA)

Ph.D. in Social and Environmental Development Sciences (NAEA/UFPA). Full Professor at the University of Ama-zon (UNAMA) in the Graduate Program in Communication, Languages, and Culture (PPGCLC). In the present paper, the author participated in the theo-retical construction, theoretical reflections on semiotic conversion, the analysis of texts, and interviews, besides being responsible for the text’s final revision.

Lucilinda Ribeiro Teixeira, Universidade da Amazônia (UNAMA)

Ph.D. in Communication and Semiotics (PUC/SP). Full Professor at the University of Amazon (UNAMA) in the Graduate Program in Communication, Languages, and Culture (PPGCLC). In the pre-sent article, the author participated in the theoretical construction based on the principal question and contributed to analytical approaches and the final writing.

Alda Cristina Silva da Costa, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)

Ph.D. in Social Science (UFPA). Postdoctoral researcher in Communication, Languages, and Culture (UNAMA). Associate Professor at the Institute of Letters and Communication/College of Commu-nication/ Graduate Program in Communication, Culture, and the Amazon (Federal University of Pará). In the present article, the author participated in the theoretical and methodological construction and conducted interviews with subjects, the object’s analysis, and the final writing.

Diego Duarte Borges, Universidade da Amazônia (UNAMA)

Ph.D. student in the second semester of the Gradua-te Program Communication, Languages, and Culture (PPGCLC/UNAMA). In the present paper, the author was responsible for capturing and categori-zing Instagram images, data collection on the island of Combu, and analytical perspectives.

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Published

2022-04-29

How to Cite

Oliveira, I. C. G. de, Teixeira, L. R., Costa, A. C. S. da, & Borges, D. D. (2022). The semiotic conversion of Combu Island: Representations and aesthetic resignifications of the Amazon on Instagram. Comunicação Mídia E Consumo, 19(54). https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v18i54.2520

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Vol. 19 No. 54 (2022): JANEIRO/ABRIL

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