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Avatarian embodiment in Indigenous Futurisms 4D: the intersemiosis of intercultural encounters

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Pages 123-139 | Received 18 Feb 2022, Accepted 10 Dec 2022, Published online: 13 Jan 2023
 

ABSTRACT

Drawing on VR affordances and its relevant discourse of embodiment, immersion and engagement, Indigenous Futurisms (IF) challenges mainstream stereotypes of indigenous cultures. This article explores how the VR movie Crow: The Legend mediates an intercultural experience of IF. The framework proposed for understanding the virtually-mediated IF intercultural experience is grounded in the integration of SF-MDA and postphenomenology. The suggested theoretical integration interprets the VR embodied affordances of navigation, body movement, and hand gestures. The dialogue established in Crow between the interactants and VR technology unravels the cultural particularities of futurisms' notions of ‘non-linear temporality,' ‘selfdetermination,' ‘self-discovery,' ‘selflessness' and ‘diversity’.

يسعى المفهوم المستقبلي للشعوب الأصلية IF إلى تغيير الصور النمطية السائدة باستخدام إمكانات الواقع الافتراضي وخطابه الذي يتسم بالتجسيد والانغماس والمشاركة. تعني هذه المقالة بتحليل كيف يعرض فيلم VR Crow: The Legend تجربة فريدة للقاء الثقافات .وفي هذا الشأن يرتكز الإطار التحليلي على الدمج بين SF-MDA وpostphenomenology .ويعمل هذا التكامل النظري المقترح على تفسير إمكانات الواقع الافتراضي المتجسدة في التنقل الإفتراضي وحركة الجسم وإيماءات اليد، كما انه يكشف عن الحوار الذي يحثه الفيلم بين المتفاعلين وتكنولوجيا الواقع الافتراضي وينتج عنه ترسيخ الخصائص الثقافية لمفاهيم المستقبل عن “الزمنية غير الخطية” و “تقرير المصير” و “اكتشاف الذات ” و “نكران الذات ” و “التنوع ”.

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Rania Magdi Fawzy

Rania Magdi Fawzy is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics. She is an editor for Discourse Context & Media, Elsevier. She has published a number of papers in international journals affiliated to reputable publishers such as Discourse, Context & Media, Discourse & communication, Visual Communication, Space & Culture and Social Semiotics.

Reham Farouk El Shazly

Reham El Shazly is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at CLC at Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, Cairo. Her research focuses on multimodality, CDA, cognitive linguistics, and foreign language acquisition. Her most recent publications appeared in Language and Intercultural Communication, Semiotica, and Expert Systems.

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