Notas Sobre Estamira: cultura, semiosfera e fronteira

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the film Estamira (2006), by Marcos Prado, articulating the notion of translation, according to Iuri Lotman and what he would later call culture and non-culture, semiosphere and border. In addition to the theorists mentioned, we have Bakhtin, on his concept of dialogism, and Eco, with his levels of culture. In our bibliographical review, research on Estamira was related to mental studies and very targeted elements of cinema language such as editing. As a methodology, we then propose an analysis of the film based on the concepts exposed throughout the work, establishing a connection between them. We divide the relationships between Estamira and Semiosfera and Estamira and border, in addition to relating the film to the concepts of culture and non-culture. At the end, we will present a reflection on the relationship between culture and communication, considering thoughts about the semiosphere as a living organism and the border as this place of exchange.