The purpose of nude culture: an autoethnographic magazine for the nude folklore project

Abstract

This article uses autoethnography as a tool for a critical regard on the photo-essay "Nude
Folklore - Revealing Brazilian Culture". The initiative brought together fine art aesthetics with
artistic nude shoots, always themed by the oral literature that constitutes Brazilian vernacular
culture. The material was based on bibliographical research shared with the public, with the
purpose of promoting an epistemic shift about Folklore and its artistic projections. Seven years
later, however, the very way of understanding the term Folklore gains new meanings in the
public sphere. Thus, mobilizing the sensitivity of Imaginary Studies and Dialectic Folkloristics,
we promote a reflective return to this folkmediatic project. Through this path, we find the way to think about the challenges of creation inspired by traditional cultures.