Deterritorialized bodies

new territory-body relationships in Umbanda liturgy

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-58442023129pt

Keywords:

Umbanda, Communication, Territory, Mediatization, Body, Egregore

Abstract

Based on the assumption that the sacred territory is inseparable from the body, that is, for the religious experience to reach the epiphany / hierophany, it is necessary to connect bodies with their center of the world (ELIADE, 1957, 2019), we seek to problematize the context of the deterritorialization of bodies from their sacred space, in the face of a crisis situation that makes liturgical practice impossible - in the case discussed, the COVID-19 pandemic of the 2020-21 biennium and its impacts on the religious practice of Umbanda practitioners. We launched some questions about how these disembedded bodies (GIDDENS, 1991), as a form of identity resistance, exercise their liturgy in an online environment, even with the fragmentation of the egregore composed of spiritual entities, mediums, and consultants. The object chosen to discuss the topic are the online liturgies (giras) of the Adérito Simões channel, on the YouTube platform, broadcast between 2020 and 2021.

Author Biographies

  • Maurício Ferreira Santana, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná. Curitiba – PR, Brazil, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná. Curitiba – PR, Brasil, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná. Curitiba – PR, Brasil

    Doctoral student in Communication and Languages at PPGCOM-UTP; scholarship holder of the CAPES PROSUP Program. Master in Literary Theory from Uniandrade; guest professor at the UNINTER. Member of the Communication and Religions Research Group, at INTERCOM. His research interests include reconfigurations in the Umbanda religion, representations of artificial intelligence in games and literary criticism studies with an emphasis on intermediality.

  • Geraldo Magela Pieroni, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná. Curitiba – PR, Brazil, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná. Curitiba – PR, Brasil, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná. Curitiba – PR, Brasil

    Doctor in History - Université de Paris IV - Paris-Sorbonne (1996). Professor-researcher in the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program in Communication and Languages at UTP. Currently his studies are focused on communication processes that manifest themselves in institutions and cultural practices. It contemplates interactional regimes and the multiple languages mobilized in specific socio-historical contexts. Research the mechanisms of communication and images as a movement of mediation and cultural interaction. Current research project: Communication and Critical Art: Two artists, two times - Goya and Banksy.

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2023-12-12

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Vol. 46 (2023)

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Deterritorialized bodies: new territory-body relationships in Umbanda liturgy. Intercom - Brazilian Journal of Communication Sciences, São Paulo, v. 46, p. e2023129, 2023. DOI: 10.1590/1809-58442023129pt. Disponível em: https://revistas.intercom.org.br/index.php/revistaintercom/article/view/4467. Acesso em: 21 jul. 2026.