Memória e identidades nipo-brasileiras: cultura pop, tecnologias e mediações

This research turns to the study of the manifestations of Japanese-Brazilian pop culture related with Japanese descendants in Brazil and artists from other origins who share the aesthetic of Japanese pop culture. This research aims to study the development of the processes of mediation of culture and information contained in the manifestations of pop culture Japanese-Brazilian cultural and new virtual spaces in which is manifested through the influence of current information technologies and communication. Therefore, it is necessary to understand aspects of Japanese culture and traditions that were brought by immigrants and incorporated and adapted by his descendants in order to constitute a distinct sense of identity or "japonesidades multiplied," a term adopted in UFSCAR symposium held in 2010 and discussing being and Japanese-Brazilian, and one realizes expressed in artistic concerned.