The body as a living archive:

memory and sensitive knowledge

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33871/21750769.2026.22.1.11653

Keywords:

Embodied Cognition, Body, Memory, Sensitive Knowledge

Abstract

The Cartesian tradition has been challenged by contemporary approaches that integrate the body as a constitutive element of mental processes, opening important paths toward a more sensitive understanding of human beings and their experiences. Through a dialogue between embodied cognition, neurosciences, and the arts, this article reflects on the body as a living archive that is constantly updated. The aim of this article is to reflect on how memory, understood as an embodied process, manifests and operates as a form of sensitive knowledge. Memory, treated here as a complex, dynamic, affective, and sensorimotor process, continuously updated in the present moment, becomes embodied knowledge, presenting itself as a sensitive experience even before it becomes words.

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Author Biographies

Marcos Henrique Camargo Rodrigues, Universidade Estadual do Paraná

Especialista em História do Pensamento Contemporâneo (PUC-PR). Especialista em Economia e Sociologia (PUC-PR). Mestre em Comunicação e Linguagens (UTP). Doutor em Artes Visuais (IAR-UNICAMP). Pós-doutor pela Escola de Comunicação (UFRJ). Professor de Graduação de Jornalismo, Relações Públicas e Publicidade (UTP,). Professor de Graduação em Cinema e Audiovisual, Artes Cênicas, Música e Dança (Campus de Curitiba 2 Unespar). Professor de Pós-graduação stricto sensu do Mestrado Profissional em Artes (Campus de Curitiba 2. Pesquisador nas áreas de Filosofia, Estética e Semiótica.

Mayra Cristina Fernandes Almeida, Universidade Estadual do Paraná

Psicóloga pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), especialista em Análise Transacional e em Luto e Rompimento de Vínculos e mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Artes (PPGArtes) pela Universidade Estadual do Paraná (UNESPAR). Sua pesquisa investiga como a experiência estética pode sustentar processos de formação e de cuidado na clínica psicológica, especialmente no trabalho com o trauma. Atua como psicóloga e supervisora clínica.

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Published

2026-07-03

How to Cite

Camargo Rodrigues, M. H., & Fernandes Almeida, M. C. (2026). The body as a living archive: : memory and sensitive knowledge. O Mosaico, 22(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.33871/21750769.2026.22.1.11653

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2026): Revista O Mosaico No. 30

Section

Dossiê - Bloco III: Corpo como arquivo e campo sensível (memória, escuta, gesto)

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