Portuguese-speaking countries and the challenge of a technological circumnavigation
In this article, I propose the assumption that we are making a technological journey, analogous in many respects to European ocean voyages of the 15th and 16th centuries (Martins, 2015a, 2017, 2018a, 2018b). Thus, I confront the technological nature of the current financial globalization and the com...
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In this article, I propose the assumption that we are making a technological journey, analogous in many respects to European ocean voyages of the 15th and 16th centuries (Martins, 2015a, 2017, 2018a, 2018b). Thus, I confront the technological nature of the current financial globalization and the commercial nature of European maritime expansion. Whereas the first journey resulted in the colonization of peoples and nations, in the second journey we moved, in a century and a half, to that which Edgar Morin called the “colonization of the spirit” of the entire human community (Morin, 1962). Within this context, I took into consideration the consequences, for culture, of the acceleration of the time via technology, which has mobilized human beings, “totally” (Jünger, 1930) and “infinitely” (Sloterdijk, 2010), in view of the urgencies of the present (Martins, 2010). On the other hand, I will use post-colonial studies to situate transnational and transcultural identities, by examining Portuguese-speaking communities within the context of the “battle of languages,” to use an expression coined by Mozambican linguist Armando Jorge Lopes (2004). This is why I will consider “technological circumnavigation” (Martins, 2015a, 2017, 2018a, 2018b), to be undertaken by every Portuguese-speaking country, like a fight for the world’s symbolic ordering (Bourdieu, 1977, 1979, 1982), where we raise hegemony language-related problems and those pertaining to political, scientific, cultural and artistic subordination (Martins, 2015b). This is, therefore an electronic journey, using sites, portals, social media, digital repositories and archives, as well as virtual museums. What’s more, the viewpoint adopted is that which states a great language of cultures and thinking, such as Portuguese, likewise cannot avoid being a great language of human and scientific knowledge. |
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Portuguese-speaking countries and the challenge of a technological circumnavigation |
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openedition-oai:revues.org:cs_550 en https://journals.openedition.org/cs/550 2019-10-01T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/eyla https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Portuguese-speaking countries and the challenge of a technological circumnavigation Comunicação e sociedade Centro de estudos de comunicação e sociedade info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2183-3575 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-2089 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cs Martins, Moisés de Lemos Lusophony post-colonialism Portuguese language transcultural and transnational identities technological circumnavigation lusofonia pós-colonialismo língua portuguesa identidades transculturais e transnacionais circum-navegação tecnológica In this article, I propose the assumption that we are making a technological journey, analogous in many respects to European ocean voyages of the 15th and 16th centuries (Martins, 2015a, 2017, 2018a, 2018b). Thus, I confront the technological nature of the current financial globalization and the commercial nature of European maritime expansion. Whereas the first journey resulted in the colonization of peoples and nations, in the second journey we moved, in a century and a half, to that which Edgar Morin called the “colonization of the spirit” of the entire human community (Morin, 1962). Within this context, I took into consideration the consequences, for culture, of the acceleration of the time via technology, which has mobilized human beings, “totally” (Jünger, 1930) and “infinitely” (Sloterdijk, 2010), in view of the urgencies of the present (Martins, 2010). On the other hand, I will use post-colonial studies to situate transnational and transcultural identities, by examining Portuguese-speaking communities within the context of the “battle of languages,” to use an expression coined by Mozambican linguist Armando Jorge Lopes (2004). This is why I will consider “technological circumnavigation” (Martins, 2015a, 2017, 2018a, 2018b), to be undertaken by every Portuguese-speaking country, like a fight for the world’s symbolic ordering (Bourdieu, 1977, 1979, 1982), where we raise hegemony language-related problems and those pertaining to political, scientific, cultural and artistic subordination (Martins, 2015b). This is, therefore an electronic journey, using sites, portals, social media, digital repositories and archives, as well as virtual museums. What’s more, the viewpoint adopted is that which states a great language of cultures and thinking, such as Portuguese, likewise cannot avoid being a great language of human and scientific knowledge. Proponho neste artigo a hipótese de estarmos a fazer uma travessia tecnológica, em muitos aspetos análoga à travessia marítima europeia dos séculos XV e XVI (Martins, 2015a, 2017, 2018a, 2018b). Coloco, pois, em confronto a natureza tecnológica da atual globalização financeira e a natureza comercial da expansão marítima europeia. E se da primeira travessia resultou a colonização de povos e nações, com a segunda travessia passámos, em século e meio, àquilo a que Edgar Morin chamou a “colonização do espírito” de toda a comunidade humana (Morin, 1962). Neste contexto, tomei em consideração as consequências, para a cultura, da aceleração da época pela tecnociência, que tem mobilizado o humano, “total” (Jünger, 1930) e “infinitamente” (Sloterdijk, 2010), para as urgências do presente (Martins, 2010). Por outro lado, vou situar nos estudos pós-coloniais as identidades transnacionais e transculturais, analisando as comunidades lusófonas no contexto da “batalha das línguas”, para utilizar uma expressão do linguista moçambicano, Armando Jorge Lopes (2004). Por essa razão, vou considerar a “circumnavegação tecnológica” (Martins, 2015a, 2017, 2018a, 2018b), a empreender por todos os países do espaço lusófono, como um combate pela ordenação simbólica do mundo (Bourdieu, 1977, 1979, 1982), onde se colocam os problemas de língua hegemónica e de subordinação política, científica, cultural e artística (Martins, 2015b). Trata-se, pois, de uma travessia eletrónica, utilizando sites, portais, redes sociais, repositórios e arquivos digitais, e ainda, museus virtuais. E o ponto de vista adotado é o de que uma grande língua de culturas e de pensamento, como é a língua portuguesa, não pode deixar de ser, igualmente, uma grande língua de conhecimento, humano e científico. |