ÁSIA INTERATIVA Mapeamento, práticas produtivas e linguagens visuais nos WDIs
ÁSIA INTERATIVA Mapeamento, práticas produtivas e linguagens visuais nos WDIs
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.215112624025
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Palavras-chave: Webdocumentário Interativo; Ásia; Narrativa Interativa; Mídias Digitais; Experiência do Usuário.
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Keywords: Interactive Webdocumentary; Asia; Interactive Narrative; Digital Media; User Experience.
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Abstract: This chapter presents a mapping and analysis of Web Interactive Documentaries (WDI) produced in seven Asian countries between 2008 and 2023. Through a qualitative and exploratory methodology, supported by content analysis (Bardin, 2011), 28 works were examined, focusing on the identification of production patterns, the complexity of design systems, navigation flows, predominant aesthetics, and the visual languages employed. The approach engages with the definition of the field of interactive webdocumentary proposed by Aston and Gaudenzi (2012), as well as with the formulations of Gaudenzi (2013) and Manovich (2001) on the logic of interactivity and database organization. The results indicate the predominance of themes related to historical memory, rapid urbanization, cultural identity, environmental issues, and migratory dynamics. It was also observed that approximately 45% of the analyzed works incorporate elements of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), in line with discussions on agency, immersion, and transformation in digital narrative (Murray, 1997), presence and immersion in documentary VR narratives (Shin, 2018), and the relationships between audience participation and convergence media cultures (Jenkins, 2006; Nash, 2012). The comparative analysis with contemporary Euro-American productions highlights specificities of the Asian context related to cultural and social practices, as well as to the adoption of digital platforms and interactive resources. In this sense, the study engages with research on interactive webdocumentary production in Asia (Kim, 2018) and with analyses of cultural identity and digital media in East Asia (Choi, 2020), in addition to considering contributions by Norman (2013) on user-centered design and by Milk (2015) on VR as a device of empathy. The study contributes to the systematization of knowledge about WDI production in Asia and to the debate on non-linear and participatory narrative in the field of WDI.
- Alexandre Torresani de Lara