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Liberdade neighborhood as language and communication

Sunday market in Praça da Liberdade (Sunday market in Praça da Liberdade)


Published: March 26, 2008 Modified: Feb. 11, 2025

In freedom "there is a syncretism that recreates a new type of commerce that dialogues with the dominant, orientalized system... Candles coexist with incense on the shelves of religious goods stores and images of saints, such as Buddha; or, through the strength of colors, red and white, of chôchins, which are distributed across other supports, far beyond the prints on the canvases at weekend fairs". In: SAITO, Cecília. RESIDUAL SPACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF LIBERDADE AS LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION. -- In freedom "there is a syncretism that recreates a new type of commerce that dialogues with the dominant, orientalized system... Candles coexist with incense on the shelves of religious goods stores and images of saints, such as Buddha; or, through the strength of colors, red and white, of chôchins, which are distributed across other supports, far beyond the prints on the canvases at weekend fairs". In: SAITO, Cecília. RESIDUAL SPACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF LIBERDADE AS LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION.

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Liberdade neighborhood as language and communication
Set of photos that communicate what the Liberdade neighborhood is and the construction of its orientalization, as interpreted by Cecília Saito's work, "THE RESIDUAL SPACE IN THE LIBERDADE NEIGHBORHOOD AS LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION". Availa…
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