Sep 3, 2024 5:00 PM
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Grindr and Gay Sex-Affectivity on the Net: Body, Narrative and Subjectivity

Grindr and Gay Sex-Affectivity on the Net: Body, Narrative and Subjectivity

Panel:
[PA] Semiotics of Sexual-Emotional Relations: From Post-Confinement to Artificial Intelligence, Including Dating Sites and Video Games (Rafael Del Villar, José Miguel Labrin)
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Speaker:
José Miguel Labrín Elgueta
University of Chile
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Dating apps in the LGBTTIQA+ community have established new sex-affective conditions based on georeferencing the spaces of interactions. In a context of mobility, the presentation of persons in the virtual space is established as a new way of constructing repertoires of the self for the potential selection of another desirer.The presentation will focus on the narrative construction of Grindr profiles of gay people located in Santiago de Chile. Considering Gennette, these are organized from an autodiegetic narrator who constructs a story where two competencies are reconciled: the desired one and the real performance that is intended to be achieved. The profile articulates a publicistic condition of the self, constructing an attribution of value to the operating subject, what Greimas calls competence. The fetishization of the body allows for potential conversation as a private interaction and sequential passage through chat. This process allows conditions for the future presentation of the person in real space, re-establishment of the virtual spatial continuity – co-presence in the consummation of desire.The analysis will focus on three axes: selection of standardized identity options (gender, orientation, role, among others), textual narration/presentation, and photographic selection. The latter, in its semiotic dimension, generates a specific interest in the centrality of the profile and its visual treatment, which is often fragmented. Each body image implies a position of the enunciator which, in turn, generates a repertoire of possible representation of the self.

Location:
0.410 room, WLS (Dobra 55 street)

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Mickiewicz Hall, Auditorium Maximum (Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28 str.)
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Australia Hall, WLS (Dobra 55 street)
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Coffee break [catering]

September 2, 2024
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Australia Hall, WLS (Dobra 55 street)
José Miguel Labrín Elgueta