21st century Babel: from the myth to the media

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Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Renato Cordeiro
Data de Publicação: 2008
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: E-Compós
Texto Completo: https://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/article/view/285
Resumo: The images and the senses of the city change in time and space due to historical and social contexts. It is in this sense that it has been said that thinking the city in the contemporary culture implies reading it as a component of a communication system, associated to the technological advance that affects the order of representation. It is observed, however, that, in such representations in the media, in the arts and in the literature, one appeals to archaic myths, such as Babel and its tower, that, since its biblical origin, refers to the phenomena of communication and the city. This archaic myth is the semantic support that makes possible to characterize new phenomena such as the modern city and its postmodern derivatives, with its mechanical urbanity, atomization, progress, and technologies. This assumption is the starting point to analyze the Babel of the 21st century, scenerized and dramatized on media products, that reedit, from the representations of the Twin Tower’s destruction of the babelic New York City, to the São Paulo Fashion Week 2008, passing through the movie Babel (2006), an American production directed by the Mexican González Iñárritu. Image of disjunction, chaos, and uncommunication, Babel’s saga in such stage allows one to put in question the crisis of the representation and to measure the shock of cultures, the multicultural drama, the social, political and cultural barriers of the globalization age.
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spelling 21st century Babel: from the myth to the mediaBabel del siglo XXI: del mito a los mediaBabel do século XXI: do mito às mídiaso mito bíblico de Babelséculo XXIglobalizaçãoNova YorkBabelfilme de González Iñárritucrise da representaçãoThe images and the senses of the city change in time and space due to historical and social contexts. It is in this sense that it has been said that thinking the city in the contemporary culture implies reading it as a component of a communication system, associated to the technological advance that affects the order of representation. It is observed, however, that, in such representations in the media, in the arts and in the literature, one appeals to archaic myths, such as Babel and its tower, that, since its biblical origin, refers to the phenomena of communication and the city. This archaic myth is the semantic support that makes possible to characterize new phenomena such as the modern city and its postmodern derivatives, with its mechanical urbanity, atomization, progress, and technologies. This assumption is the starting point to analyze the Babel of the 21st century, scenerized and dramatized on media products, that reedit, from the representations of the Twin Tower’s destruction of the babelic New York City, to the São Paulo Fashion Week 2008, passing through the movie Babel (2006), an American production directed by the Mexican González Iñárritu. Image of disjunction, chaos, and uncommunication, Babel’s saga in such stage allows one to put in question the crisis of the representation and to measure the shock of cultures, the multicultural drama, the social, political and cultural barriers of the globalization age.Las imágenes y los sentidos de la ciudad se modifican en el tiempo y en el espacio, ligados a contextos históricos y sociales. En esa media, es que se dice que pensar la ciudad en la cultura contemporánea implica leerla como parte integrada a un sistema comunicacional, asociado al avance tecnológico que afecta el orden de la representación. Se observa, sin embargo, que en tales representaciones en los medios, en las artes y en la literatura, se recurre a mitos arcaicos, un ejemplo es de Babel y su torre, que, desde el origen bíblico, se refiere a los fenómenos de comunicación y de la ciudad. Este mito arcaico es soporte semántico que posibilita caracterizar fenómenos nuevos como la ciudad moderna y sus derivados pos-modernos, con su urbanidad mecánica, la atomización, el progreso, las tecnologías. Esta premisa es punto de partida para analizar la Babel del siglo XXI, escenificada y dramatizada en productos mediáticos, que la reeditan, desde representaciones de destrucción de las dos torres, de la babélica Nueva York, hasta el São Paulo Fashion Week, de 2008, pasando por la película Babel (2006), producción americana, dirigida por el mexicano Gonzáles Iñárritu. Imagen de la disyunción, del caos y de la incomunicación, la saga de Babel ahí representada permite poner en cuestión la crisis de la representación y dimensionar el choque de culturas, el drama multicultural, las barreras territoriales, sociales, políticas y culturales de la era de la globalización.As imagens e os sentidos da cidade se modificam no tempo e no espaço, ligadas a contextos históricos e sociais. Nesse sentido, é que se tem dito que pensar a cidade na cultura contemporânea implica lê-la como parte integrante de um sistema comunicacional, associado ao avanço tecnológico que afeta a ordem da representação. Observa-se, entretanto, que, em tais representações nas mídias, nas artes e na literatura, recorre-se a mitos arcaicos a exemplo de Babel e sua Torre, que, desde a origem bíblica, referem-se aos fenômenos da comunicação e da cidade. Esse mito arcaico é suporte semântico que possibilita caracterizar fenômenos novos como a cidade moderna e suas derivas pós-modernas, com sua urbanidade mecânica, a atomização, o progresso, as tecnologias. Essa premissa é ponto de partida para analisar a Babel do século XXI, cenarizada e dramatizada em produtos midiáticos, que a reeditam, desde representações da destruição das Twin Towers, da babélica Nova York, até a São Paulo Fashion Week, de 2008, passando pelo filme Babel (2006), produção americana dirigida pelo mexicano González Iñárritu. Imagem da disjunção, do caos e da incomunicação, a saga de Babel aí encenada permite pôr em questão a crise da representação e dimensionar o choque de culturas, o drama multicultural, as barreiras territoriais, sociais, políticas e culturais da era da globalização.ABEC2008-12-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/article/view/28510.30962/ec.285E-Compós; Vol. 11 No. 1 (2008)E-Compós; Vol. 11 Núm. 1 (2008)E-Compós; v. 11 n. 1 (2008)1808-2599reponame:E-Compósinstname:Associação Nacional dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Comunicaçãoinstacron:ANPPCporhttps://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/article/view/285/253Gomes, Renato Cordeiroinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2019-07-24T05:29:41Zoai:ojs.www.e-compos.org.br:article/285Revistahttps://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/PUBhttps://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/oairevistaecompos@gmail.com1808-25991808-2599opendoar:2019-07-24T05:29:41E-Compós - Associação Nacional dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Comunicaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv 21st century Babel: from the myth to the media
Babel del siglo XXI: del mito a los media
Babel do século XXI: do mito às mídias
title 21st century Babel: from the myth to the media
spellingShingle 21st century Babel: from the myth to the media
Gomes, Renato Cordeiro
o mito bíblico de Babel
século XXI
globalização
Nova York
Babel
filme de González Iñárritu
crise da representação
title_short 21st century Babel: from the myth to the media
title_full 21st century Babel: from the myth to the media
title_fullStr 21st century Babel: from the myth to the media
title_full_unstemmed 21st century Babel: from the myth to the media
title_sort 21st century Babel: from the myth to the media
author Gomes, Renato Cordeiro
author_facet Gomes, Renato Cordeiro
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv o mito bíblico de Babel
século XXI
globalização
Nova York
Babel
filme de González Iñárritu
crise da representação
topic o mito bíblico de Babel
século XXI
globalização
Nova York
Babel
filme de González Iñárritu
crise da representação
description The images and the senses of the city change in time and space due to historical and social contexts. It is in this sense that it has been said that thinking the city in the contemporary culture implies reading it as a component of a communication system, associated to the technological advance that affects the order of representation. It is observed, however, that, in such representations in the media, in the arts and in the literature, one appeals to archaic myths, such as Babel and its tower, that, since its biblical origin, refers to the phenomena of communication and the city. This archaic myth is the semantic support that makes possible to characterize new phenomena such as the modern city and its postmodern derivatives, with its mechanical urbanity, atomization, progress, and technologies. This assumption is the starting point to analyze the Babel of the 21st century, scenerized and dramatized on media products, that reedit, from the representations of the Twin Tower’s destruction of the babelic New York City, to the São Paulo Fashion Week 2008, passing through the movie Babel (2006), an American production directed by the Mexican González Iñárritu. Image of disjunction, chaos, and uncommunication, Babel’s saga in such stage allows one to put in question the crisis of the representation and to measure the shock of cultures, the multicultural drama, the social, political and cultural barriers of the globalization age.
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