When image is body: ways to survive the colonial machine

Authors

  • Fernando Resende Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Roberto Robalinho Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Diego Granja Amaral Universidade Federal Fluminense

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v16i47.2107

Keywords:

corpo, tempo, imagem, pós-colonial, sobrevivência

Abstract

Having as a starting point the human remains of an African slave buried in Rio de Janeiro’s harbour and the film “Era o Hotel Cambridge” (Brazil, 2016), about a squat in downtown São Paulo, we will discuss how an image configures a body in extreme situations. We aim to observe the intermittent emergence of images and what is considered rest, trail and remains of colonial power structures. From human bones that claim reparation from their slave past, to the skeleton of an abandoned building reinvented as political body by refugees and Brazilian homeless, image is the instance that carries political demands in time. It is the insistence of a marginalized and violated memory that refuses to be erased. As a gesture of creation, persistence and re-existence, image becomes an analytical tool to understand postcolonial contexts and its surviving remains.

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Author Biographies

Fernando Resende, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Professor at the course of Media Studies and the Post-Graduation Program in Communication at the Department of Media and Cultural Studies at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) and professor of the Cátedra João Guimarães Rosa of Cultural Studies and Communication in Brazil (Universität Tübingen, Germany). Coordinator of the Post-Graduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM/UFF). PhD in Communication Sciences at Universidade de São Paulo (2002), Post-Doctorate at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London − England − 2013), master’s in Literary Studies at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1995) and graduated in Communication Studies − Journalism at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (1988).

Roberto Robalinho, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Post-doctorate student in Communication at the Post-graduate Program in Communication at the Instituto de Artes e Comunicação Social at UFF. Participated in the program of post-doctorate of Teach@Tübingen at the Tubingen University as visiting professor. PhD in Communication at PPGCOM-UFF, Master’s at PPGCOM-UFF.

Diego Granja Amaral, Universidade Federal Fluminense

PhD student at the Post-graduate Program in Communication
at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) with the University of
Tübingen (EKUT), Germany.

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Published

2019-12-10

How to Cite

Resende, F., Robalinho, R., & Amaral, D. G. (2019). When image is body: ways to survive the colonial machine. Comunicação Mídia E Consumo, 16(47), 480–499. https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v16i47.2107

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Vol. 16 No. 47 (2019): SETEMBRO/DEZEMBRO

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